Oct 25, 20181 minLost Indian remainsIn 1969, the Historical Museum in Grand Junction secured the remains of an ancient Indian with the assistance of students at Grand...
Oct 9, 20181 minSpanish flu struck a century agoOne hundred years ago, the inaptly named Spanish Flu (it didn’t originate in Spain) struck the world with a vengeance, and western...
Sep 29, 20181 minSpeaking in OlatheJudy and I are off to Olathe today, where I am making a presentation before the Montrose County Historical Society. I’ll talk about the...
Sep 17, 20181 minGrand Mesa VacationIn the last years of the 19th century, the Colorado Midland Railway offered a mountain getaway on Grand Mesa in conjunction with Grand...
Sep 7, 20181 minAnother book projectI had great news this month when I signed a contract with the Wisconsin Historical Society Press to publish my book on the fur trade...
Aug 28, 20181 minScout and ShowmanWhat I find most fascinating about William F. Cody, aka Buffalo Bill, is how he bounced between authentic frontiersman and a showman with...