Items by Peter Mcbride — 10 items
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Colorado couple turns healthy profit from healthy beef
David and Kay James are doing a good business raising "grass-finished" beef on their ranch near Durango, Colo.
by Peter McBride, Mar 21, 2005 -
A fresh breeze hits Western utilities
Wind power is getting a second wind, especially on the "wind farms" of Wyoming.
by Peter Mcbride, Oct 11, 1999 -
Mexican subculture grows beneath Colorado's mountains
The many Latino immigrants who work in Aspen, Colo., try to keep their own culture alive behind the scenes of the high-end resort town.
by Peter Mcbride, Jul 06, 1998 -
Patience runs out in San Luis
After four years, the Sangre de Cristo Land Grant Commission decides to end talks with landowner Zachary Taylor over purchasing the controversial Taylor Ranch in Colorado's San Luis Valley.
by Peter Mcbride, Nov 24, 1997 -
The Taylor Ranch downsizes
Zachary Taylor sells a third of the controversial Taylor Ranch - locally known as La Sierra - to an undisclosed buyer.
by Peter Mcbride, Sep 01, 1997 -
San Luis heats up again
As the logging of the Taylor Ranch resumes, protests flare up in the local community of San Luis, Colo.
by Peter Mcbride, Jul 07, 1997 -
The last undiscovered place in Colorado
Developer Evan Melby in his own words talks about his plans for building a subdivision in Costilla County.
by Peter Mcbride, Jun 09, 1997 -
'I saved Jack Taylor's life'
In his own words, San Luis mayor and saloon-owner Joe Espinoza talks about the community's problems with the Taylor Ranch owners.
by Peter Mcbride, Jun 09, 1997 -
Chaos comes to Costilla County
Costilla County, Colorado's attempts to rein in logging and gain access to the Taylor Ranch their Hispanic forebears used as a commons are frustrated by a wave of mostly Anglo newcomers who want no part of any planning regulations.
by Peter Mcbride, Jun 09, 1997 -
Amen!
The tiny Christian Church of Bethlehem in Emma, Colo., serves the spiritual - and other - needs of Mexican and Central American immigrants who work in nearby Aspen.
by Peter Mcbride, Dec 23, 1996
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