

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....
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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
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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
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Harry Tracy caused mayhem across four states
Outlaw Harry Tracy left a path of violence, murder and jail breaks during a four-year period. It included a murder and two jail escapes...
Jul 61 min read
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Thomas Dwyer didn't allow county rules deter his road & bridge work
Mesa County Commissioner Thomas Dwyer of Collbran got in trouble in the early years of the 20th century for ignoring county rules, state...
Jun 231 min read
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Military attack set Espinosa brothers on a violent path
The Espinsoa brothers of Colorado's San Luis Valley were called the "Bloody Espinosas" after they went on a killing spree in 1863, but...
Jun 231 min read
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