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Bob Rawlings, publisher of the Pueblo Chieftain, has battled for decades to bring water to southeastern Colorado and, once it's there, to keep it no matter what.
by Matt Jenkins,
Mar 26, 2012
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The old Ute-Ule mine site outside Lake City, Colo., is under scrutiny by the Hardrock Revision Team, which wants to clean up the mine and yet preserve it as a living and historic work of art.
by Laura Pritchett,
Dec 02, 2011
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Charles Conklin had an unlikely political career, successfully running as a Democrat in a Republican part of Colorado -- for a time.
by Marty Durlin,
Nov 26, 2010
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The Silverton Standard & the Miner has held onto life in its tiny Colorado mountain town since 1875, and now it’s become a "public paper."
by Mark Esper,
Apr 20, 2010
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Wolves may be returning to Colorado on their own 70 years after their deliberate extirpation from the state.
by Jonathan Thompson ,
Feb 09, 2010
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A writer remembers her father's unlikely political career, running as a Democrat in a Republican part of Colorado.
by Marty Durlin,
Oct 28, 2009
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One hundred and thirty-five years ago, Alferd E. Packer survived winter starvation in the Colorado mountains with the help of his friends -- or at least of the meat on their bones.
by Andrew Gulliford,
Feb 27, 2009
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Ed Quillen says that even in this so-called “Year of
the West,” presidential candidates and media pundits
demonstrate a deplorable ignorance of the region’s history
and culture.
by Ed Quillen,
Jan 10, 2008
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In Rise, Do Not Be Afraid, poet Aaron Abeyta explores the
lives of the people who lived and loved in the long-lost town of
Santa Rita in Colorado’s remote San Luis Valley
by Annie Dawid,
May 28, 2007
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In Leadville: The Struggle to Revive an American
Town, Gillian Klucas describes the history and the
current environmental and economic struggles of the old mining town
of Leadville, Colo.
by Jessica Clement,
Jul 25, 2005
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Western Voices: 125 Years of Colorado
Writing is a diverse collection of fascinating essays,
chosen by editors from the Colorado Historical Society
by Staff,
Mar 07, 2005
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