History

Local News

La Plata County remembers women who left significant marks on the area

Cotton, Annette Aspaas among those honored during Women’s History Month

March 15, 2024

Gulliford's Travels

Billy the Kid lives on in New Mexico

Billy the Kid is alive and well in New Mexico, or at least it seems that way. He’s doing much…

March 11, 2024

Local News

150 years of La Plata County

county commemorates its sesquicentennial anniversary Saturday

February 9, 2024

Gulliford's Travels

The Hermit Monk of New Mexico’s Organ Mountains

This group poses atop the summit of Hermits Peak near Las Vegas, N.M., in 1898. Across the Southwest and South…

December 10, 2023

Local News

Will the town of Breen be renamed?

town’s namesake was the notorious superintendent of the Fort Lewis Indian Boarding School

November 1, 2023

Local News

Reading Club of Durango receives 2023 Library Community Champion award

Women’s organization founded in 1882 formed city’s first library in 1889

October 12, 2023

Local News

Historic orchards of Montezuma, La Plata counties are a ‘living museum’

Restoration project aims to propagate rare apple cultivars that would be lost without human involvement

August 17, 2023

Local News

CDOT plans to dispose of land where famous train wreck happened

of first refusal will be given to entities who receive tax revenue for the land

August 9, 2023

Local News

Durango brothers commemorate first ski expedition to cross Colorado

‘It's a story that has been swept under the rug’

July 25, 2023

Local News

Unearthing the mysteries of Animas City Cemetery

Advocates say fencing, controlled access needed to protect historic site

June 18, 2023

Local News

Historic Columbine Cabin to be removed from Purgatory Resort

A buyer will be selected through a sealed bidding process

June 6, 2023

Local News

History and science merge in Fort Lewis College analysis of Purgatory Resort snowpack

ski patrol data, student examines ski area’s unique snowfall patterns

May 17, 2023

Tri-Cities

Theater presents interpretation of Founding Fathers debate in Farmington

Program engages audience, highlights need for rational debate

May 3, 2023

Nation & World

Funding made available to support recording oral histories from boarding school era

Victims and survivors have been sharing emotional stories during a ‘Road to Healing’ tour

April 27, 2023

Local News

Mining a vein of artistic talent

artists have started an artist collective in the historic Silverton Powerhouse

March 24, 2023

New Mexico

Historic Cedar Hill bridge near Aztec will be renovated

110-year-old bridge to be repaired, incorporated into walking trail

March 23, 2023

Regional News

Colorado governor asks U.S. to change Mount Evans’ name to Mount Blue Sky

request is second-to-last step in the renaming process

March 3, 2023

New Mexico

Aztec Museum to open for spring break

Special activities planned for spring break visitors

March 2, 2023

Local News

Fort Lewis College Black Student Union honors excellence with group’s first gala

‘I think of unimaginable possibilities,’ says club president. ‘I also think of love and I think that Black history is…

February 28, 2023

Local News

Strater Hotel on ‘Green Book’ list of safe haven sites for African American travelers

History Colorado is studying locations identified in the famous segregation-era motorist guide

February 23, 2023

Local News

Memories of Pearl Harbor, 81 years later

Current and former residents of La Plata County recall how the attack changed their lives

December 7, 2022

Local News

Animas Museum’s Second Saturday Seminar discusses history of Rio Grande Southern Railroad

Entrepreneur and politician Otto Mears a subject of discussion

November 12, 2022

Local News

Strater Hotel dedicates room to historical pioneer, entrepreneur

Pierce provided materials for famous downtown buildings

October 25, 2022

Local News

History Live revisits Bayfield’s racist past in lesson on town’s 1920s Ku Klux Klan chapter

Attendees at Pine River Library compare 20th century KKK rhetoric to modern politics

September 10, 2022