A writer catalogues the practical and the sentimental objects grabbed when people flee their homes
Items by David Frey
Seventy years after the publication of Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, migrant workers still roam the West, eking out a tough living in its orchards and farm fields.
In Western Colorado, where the energy boom is stretching
the resources – and social fabric – of local
communities, some companies have turned to portable dormitories to
ease the housing crunch.
U.S. Route 666 is having its number changed to appease
those who fear the number 666, but the author remembers the road
with fondness, and fears its link with the Mother Road, Route 66,
will now be lost
The Rural Resort Region, a coalition of five Colorado
counties, is pressing for a new guest-worker program to legitimize
the immigrant workers needed by their resorts.
In "Fire On the Mountain: The True Story of the South
Canyon Fire," John N. Maclean reconstructs and analyzes all that
led up to the deadly firestorm on Storm King Mountain where 14
firefighters died.
Forest Service seeks to limit all-terrain vehicle access
to Colorado's Grand Mesa.
A California developer proposes a huge resort development
in North Park, Colo.
Two Oregon miners may have staked a claim to pressure the
feds to buy them out.
Colorado Director of Natural Resources, Ken Salazar,
attempts to tighten regulations for oil and gas drilling in eastern
Colorado, despite farmers' criticism that reforms fall
short
An advocacy group forms to fight off a proposed ski resort
on Seven Utes Mountain, west of Fort Collins, Colo.
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