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The Woolly West: ‘Sheepscapes’ tell the story of sheepherding in Colorado

Everybody writes about cowboys. Nobody writes about sheepherders. Of the hundreds of books written about cowboys and cowboying in the American West, there are few volumes on shee...

DATE: Oct 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

For 15 years, my dog, Finn, was a beloved companion, hiking partner

It has been enough time now that I can finally write this column without choking up. These are some of the hardest words I’ve ever written. Tears have clouded my vision but not m...

DATE: Sep 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

For 15 years, my dog, Finn, was a beloved companion, hiking partner

By Andrew Gulliford Special to the Herald It has been enough time now that I can finally write this column without choking up. These are some of the hardest...

DATE: Sep 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

Lessons of the 416 Fire show how our approach to wildfires has evolved

The summer of 2018 in Durango will go down as a summer of fire and smoke. There are many lessons to learn from the devastating pattern of drought, wildfire and debris we are endu...

DATE: Sep 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

Lessons of the 416 Fire show how our approach to wildfires has evolved

The summer of 2018 in Durango will go down as a summer of fire and smoke. There are many lessons to learn from the devastating pattern of drought, wildfire and debris we are endu...

DATE: Aug 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Olga Little: A mining-era legend of the La Platas

Ascending a mountain to honor the famous female burro-packer

DATE: Jul 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

Danny Pierce’s father helped build Durango, brick by brick

Father’s Day is special for most of us, but for one son, it has a particularly deep meaning. When writers start a story, they never know what threads will weave together. I though...

DATE: Jun 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

In Bluff, the Silver Dollar Bar becomes the Bears Ears Education Center

Downtown Durango thrives because buildings get recycled. Former car dealerships are now brewpubs and office buildings. Our historic electric power plant is the Powerhouse Science...

DATE: May 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

Miera y Pacheco was first European to create maps of the Four Corners region

More than 200 years ago, friars Dominguez and Escalante traveled north from Abiquiu, New Mexico, in search of a route to Spanish missions at Monterey in Alta California. Their tr...

DATE: Apr 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

Durango’s master saddlemakers combine the finest craftsmanship, artistry

Growing up on the eastern Colorado plains, we always had horses. I chopped ice in frozen stock tanks and busted hay bales in winter. We hung saddles in the tack shed with ropes t...

DATE: Mar 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

Protecting the sacred: Navajo Nation buys land at revered peak in Colorado

For decades, Navajos have sought protection for their sacred places, and now the Navajo Nation has bought Colorado ranch land at the base of one of their sacred peaks. With a recent $8 milli...

DATE: Feb 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

World War II bombers once roared through the Grand Canyon

‘Terrified visitors on the South Rim craned their necks to see what was coming’

DATE: Jan 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

The Woolly West: ‘Sheepscapes’ tell the story of sheepherding in Colorado

For 15 years, my dog, Finn, was a beloved companion, hiking partner

For 15 years, my dog, Finn, was a beloved companion, hiking partner

Lessons of the 416 Fire show how our approach to wildfires has evolved

Lessons of the 416 Fire show how our approach to wildfires has evolved

Olga Little: A mining-era legend of the La Platas

Danny Pierce’s father helped build Durango, brick by brick

In Bluff, the Silver Dollar Bar becomes the Bears Ears Education Center

Miera y Pacheco was first European to create maps of the Four Corners region

Durango’s master saddlemakers combine the finest craftsmanship, artistry

Protecting the sacred: Navajo Nation buys land at revered peak in Colorado

World War II bombers once roared through the Grand Canyon

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