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.

Tuesday, June 15, 2021

New Deal programs push farm security

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Grand Valley Resettlement project workers photo by Authur Rothstein, Farm Security Administration, Office of War Information. Programs offer...
Monday, June 7, 2021

Rise of facism and fall of McPhee

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"The Klan constituted an alternate civic authority, parallel to the legal state, which, in the eyes of the Klan’s founders, no longer ...
Sunday, May 16, 2021

Mom, Grandma, Great Grandma, Pat Carrigan dies

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  Patsy (Pat) Jewel Loveday Carrigan, long-time resident of Dolores died Tuesday night, May 11, at Windsor Healthcare in Windsor, Colorado. ...
Sunday, May 9, 2021

High-graders resist everything but temptation

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“But there are some things, child, that you should steal. That you must steal, if you have enough love and courage in your heart. You must s...
Sunday, May 2, 2021

Across the years from Poverty to riches

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Poverty Gulch Bridge east of Cripple Creek about 1901, Photographer Andrew J. Harlan, Andrew J., Photo courtesy of Pikes Peak Library Di...
Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Things Zevon did in Colorado before he was dead

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I called up my friend LeRoy on the phone I said, Buddy, I'm afraid to be alone 'Cause I got some weird ideas in my head About things...
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Sunday, March 28, 2021

Last logging railroad in Southwestern Colorado

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McPhee plant, company town, allowed moving tracks deeper into the timber By Rob Carrigan, robcarrigan1@gmail.com  It was a bit of a mad scra...
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