Driving the Loneliest Road in America
A trip across the vast expanse of the Great Basin
DATE: Sep 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels
Willa Cather, Mesa Verde and Southwestern literature
Captivated by the Ancient Ones, novelist reshaped writing about the West
DATE: Aug 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels
Becoming Colorado: 100 objects that illuminate the state’s vivid history and people
Imagine trying to define our state’s diverse history and culture by carefully choosing 100 objects selected from History Colorado’s 15 million documents, photographs and artifacts.
Then, on...
DATE: Jul 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels
Lake Powell’s future: As water recedes, new opportunities for recreation
Lake Powell, the blue-green gem of the Colorado River and one of the 20th century triumphs of the Bureau of Reclamation, is in trouble.
Not a lake but a reservoir, its shrinking water level...
DATE: Jun 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels
Stories in stone: Guide Rickey Hayes interprets the past at Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Park
One of our archaeological treasures in the Four Corners is Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Park. All visitors must be accompanied by an official Native guide and one of the best is Rickey Hayes, who...
DATE: May 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels
Western Slope congressional leaders: Let history be the judge
Over the decades, we have had effective, powerful congressional leaders from Colorado’s Western Slope – educated leaders who sought collaboration and compromise, and who put their constituen...
DATE: Apr 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels
Amache concentration camp commencement: Honoring internee Marion Konishi
In protest of racism in 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus. Twelve years earlier, Marion Konishi gave a speech. Who was Marion Konishi and why is...
DATE: Mar 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels
The challenging task of changing place names on public lands
Last month, the Department of the Interior asked for nominations for a new Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names. The goal is to replace derogatory names on millions of acres a...
DATE: Feb 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels
A dark day for democracy
Teaching the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol
DATE: Jan 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels
The Bears Ears shuffle
Preservation vs. exploitation in southeast Utah, a five-year review
DATE: Dec 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels
Harry Goulding, Monument Valley, Hollywood and yellowcake
A Durango man’s complicated legacy on the Navajo Nation
DATE: Nov 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels
Scourge of the West: ‘Wild’ vs. feral horses on public lands
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has it wrong. Like other well-meaning, environmental-leaning Americans, he thinks that wild horses on federal public lands deserve special considerations. It’s time...
DATE: Oct 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels
