Sunday, January 7, 2024

Palmer Divide has rep for inclement Colorado weather

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The winter of 191 3 also had a brutal blizzard in the Monument area.    Long history of violent storms occurring any time By Rob Carrigan, ...
Thursday, January 4, 2024

RGS Inspection Car #1 rolled into the Dolores River, in 1913

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The original served as an inspection vehicle for Superintendent W.D. Lee (pictured, 1917) on the Rio Grande Southern.  Replica Inspection ...
Monday, January 1, 2024

Local paper still in grave danger of losing its soul

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Years ago, I wrote this about the community newspaper business in which I was immersed, and the dangerous ground we were standing on at the ...
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Sunday, December 31, 2023

Signals of a mine accident, and a funeral to go to

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A group of miners with rescue equipment pose near the mouth of a mine in Las Animas County, Colorado. Many of the men hold face masks with t...
Saturday, December 30, 2023

No. 90 engine thought to be jinxed

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In late sunshine I wander troubled. Restless I wander in autumn sunlight. Too many changes, partings, and deaths. Doors have closed that wer...
Tuesday, December 26, 2023

Jackson’s photograph made land feature Elephant Rock relatively famous

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  By Rob Carrigan, robcarrigan1@gmail.com  I saw an elephant a few miles west of here. The phrase “seeing the elephant” is an Americanism o...
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Friday, December 22, 2023

Wagner helped document the star for designation

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A decade or more has past since I wrote this story for the Tri-Lakes Tribune about an important figure in the preservation and recognition o...