Restless native

Rob Carrigan is a third-generation Colorado Native. His grandfather's homestead was near the Hamilton turnoff between Craig and Meeker. He grew up in Dolores. Carrigan can be reached by emailing robcarrigan1@gmail.com.

Thursday, June 26, 2014

Still eating is enough, here in the hardscrabble

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Two bodies of water in Rio Blanco County bear granddad’s name By Rob Carrigan, robcarrigan1@gmail.com His answer was always the same:...
Friday, June 6, 2014

River smoothes over us hard cases

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The river smoothes over us hard cases. In the spring, it is wild and dangerous. But summer reflects upon us cautiously. By fall, we a...
Friday, May 16, 2014

Don't want anything to do with the place

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Don't want anything to do with the place. Can't stand the smell, color, the looks on his face. Lots money spent, people hired...
Saturday, April 19, 2014

All roads lead to Walter Paris

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By 1873, Walter Paris was painting water color sketches in around the Pikes Peak region By Rob Carrigan, robcarrigan1@gmail.com Art ...
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Sunday, April 6, 2014

No surprise: Rough Riders heroes of a specific past

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The whole town considered him a fragment of their own history   By Rob Carrigan, robcarrigan1@gmail.com   When a kid, looking throug...
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Saturday, March 29, 2014

The craft: Passed on from one generation to another

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Bound to be musical because he was brought up around a piano By Rob Carrigan, robcarrigan1@gmail.com Fifty or sixty years ago, you...
Monday, March 17, 2014

An 'Oh Crap! moment' in Colorado mining history

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"The usual shift was about 125 people. It would have killed everybody." By Rob Carrigan, robcarrigan1@gmail.com We have al...
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