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- 2 days ago
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1858 road was major accomplishment
When the U.S. Army decided it needed a wagon road from Fort Union in New Mexico to its newest base in Utah, Camp Floyd, it turned to Col....
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- Jul 1
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Grass and Grazing
On June 28, 1934, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Taylor Grazing Act. In signing the legilsation, named for a Glenwood Springs...
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- Jun 11
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Child labor detailed in 1924
Child labor was a major issue throughout the country in 1924. There was even an attempt to pass a constitutional amendment to outlaw it....
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- May 27
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Black man on a mixed-race frontier
I had heard about John Taylor some time ago. But when I met his great grandson last fall, and I was able to meet with him in Ignacio,...
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- May 2
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Mythic river attracted mapmakers and explorers
Rio San Buenaventura was the great water connection between the Rocky Mountains and Pacific Ocean. The only problem was, it never...
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- Apr 15
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Rivers of dreams proved unnavigable
Many people thought they could navigate the Colorado and Green Rivers from the Gulf of California as far upstream as southern Wyoming....
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