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Losing Colorado's Heritage to Time and Vandals
One of the most disheartening things in this modern age is the disappearance of so much of Colorado's old heritage. I've tramped...
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Interview with Stewart Green on Colorado Public Radio
I visited Grand Junction in western Colorado for a few days in late June. On a Wednesday morning I met up with Ryan Warner, the host of the
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Haunted Tunnels: Chasing Ghosts on Colorado's Gold Camp Road
Restless spirits have long haunted the Pikes Peak region. Cripple Creek, an 1890s gold mining town on the west side of Pikes Peak, is repute
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Dateline 1930: Harry Standley Photographs Colorado Hikers
Here's a throwback photograph by Harry L. Standley, an early 20th-century photographer, of climbers sitting around a blazing campfire in
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1912: Ute Indians Ride Through Garden of the Gods on old Ute Trail
The Garden of the Gods is a sacred place to the Ute Indians. The Mouache group used the area as a winter campground in the 19th century, roa
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Captain Jack: Colorado Springs Feisty and Fearless Woman in 1900
Colorado Springs hikers often follow Captain Jack's Trail from the High Drive above North Cheyenne Canon up to Jone's Park. Most fol