Cowboy turned pirate

Albert W. Bailey, who briefly operated a cattle ranch near Palisade, Colorado, later joined his brother in what newspapers of the time described as high-seas piracy. Their story is linked below.

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Cowboy turned pirate

Albert W. Bailey, who briefly operated a cattle ranch near Palisade, Colorado, later joined his brother in what newspapers of the time described as high-seas piracy. Their story is linked below.

Oct 271 min read

Riding the rails

Bicycling along railroad tracks with special adapters was an important means of transportation in the late 19th and early 20th century, and John Kiefer took advantage of that system when he worked for a store in Fruita Colorado. This photo shows the cover of his book. My Daily Sentinel column about his experiences is attached below.

Oct 151 min read

LDS has long history in Colorado

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, whose members are often called Mormons, has a long history in Colorado. In fact the...

Sep 291 min read

Picturing early Colorado

Solomon Nunes Carvalho produced what were likely the first photographs of Colorado as a member of John C. Fremont's 1853-1854 expedition...

Sep 151 min read

Bandits left unclear trail after robbery

In 1889, after three bandits held up the San Miguel Valley Bank in Telluride, they led pursuers on a merry chase for more than a month....

Sep 11 min read

Dust Bowl farmers resettled to West Slope

During the Great Depression, when the Dust Bowl was wreaking havoc with farms on the Great Plains, the Roosevelt Administration developed...

Aug 201 min read

The nation's oldest road?

Half a century before the first major wagon roads were built on the Eastern Seaboard, a lengthy road was in operation, part of it in what...

Jul 211 min read

Two wonderful ladies who produce a podcast for the Western Colorado Writers Forum -- Christie Matherne and Alba West -- invited me to be interviewed for High Desert Voices a few weeks ago. The podcast is about 50 minutes long. It's now online and you can listen to it at this link:

https://westerncoloradowriters.org/podcast/

There is also a youtube version for those who want closed captioning, available here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viRTggIGFMw

We discussed my history writing but also my journalism career prior to my retirement in 2014. It was fun talking with them. They were both very knowledgable and asked great questions.

ABOUT ME

I retired as editorial page editor of The Daily Sentinel in Grand Junction, Colorado in 2014. Since then, I've continued to write a twice-a-month history column for the Sentinel, while seizing every opportunity I can, with my wife Judy or my horses, to enjoy the beautiful outdoors of the Colorado Plateau.

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Cowboy turned pirate

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TRAIN OF THOUGHT

Cowboy turned pirate

Riding the rails

LDS has long history in Colorado

Picturing early Colorado

Bandits left unclear trail after robbery

Dust Bowl farmers resettled to West Slope

The nation's oldest road?

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There is also a youtube version for those who want closed captioning, available here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viRTggIGFMw

We discussed my history writing but also my journalism career prior to my retirement in 2014. It was fun talking with them. They were both very knowledgable and asked great questions.

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Cowboy turned pirate

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TRAIN OF THOUGHT

Cowboy turned pirate

Riding the rails

LDS has long history in Colorado

Picturing early Colorado

Bandits left unclear trail after robbery

Dust Bowl farmers resettled to West Slope

The nation's oldest road?

BOB's Book Picks

There is also a youtube version for those who want closed captioning, available here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viRTggIGFMw

We discussed my history writing but also my journalism career prior to my retirement in 2014. It was fun talking with them. They were both very knowledgable and asked great questions.

ABOUT ME

SUBSCRIBE

BOB's
Book
Picks