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Where pioneers are buried: La Plata County’s historic cemeteries

She was dying as she took her place on the wooden wagon. Wrapped in quilts and an oil cloth against the cold pelting rain, her relatives spoke urgently, encouraging the team of horses. But i...

DATE: Jun 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

Where rocks have names: Running rapids on Western rivers

Running rapids on Western rivers

DATE: May 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

The murals at Mama D’s: In Salida, wall art tells story of an era

SALIDA – Traveling around the West, when it’s mealtime I’ll eat anything – and I have. Friends tell me that I am blessed with an iron stomach and a tasteless palate. Perhaps. I w...

DATE: Apr 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

Writer advocates for ancient S.W. sites

New book challenges visitors to leave artifacts in place

DATE: Apr 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Canyon country controversy

A new national monument in southern Utah?

DATE: Mar 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

Some like it hot: Soaking at New Mexico's Ojo Caliente

On frigid winter days with long winter nights, there's nothing like a soak in a natural hot springs and one of the most historic in the Southwest is at Ojo Caliente, New Mexico. ...

DATE: Feb 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

Stone messengers

Across wild landscapes, humans build cairns as markers, companions

DATE: Jan 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

A tragic tale in Ouray

A failed mining dream and the origin of ‘Danny Boy’

DATE: Dec 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

Grand Canyon under siege

Developer proposes tram to sacred site at river bottom

DATE: Nov 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

Exploring Tsankawi Ruin Clues to an ancient culture found on New Mexico’s Parajito Plateau

In the penetrating heat of early July, storm clouds brewed to the south. Summer monsoons had yet to arrive in northern New Mexico. The temperature stood at 95 degrees as I left the truck wit...

DATE: Sep 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels