History

Local News

Ribbon-cutting celebrates saving of historic flume

flies during ribbon-cutting taking it off endangered list

December 6, 2018

Local News

Film shares stories of Dolores River rafting in 1970s

Filmmaker and Dolores River guide tell story of rapid’s offbeat nickname

October 31, 2018

Cultural Center awarded $10,000 historic preservation grant

$10,000 will fund study of history

October 10, 2018

Looking back

Second city: Cortez put down roots in La Plata County

Cortez is a beautifully situated, being on an elevated slope at an altitude of about 6,800 feet above sea level,…

October 4, 2018

Local News

Archaeologist plans lecture on ice mummy Otzi

Deter-Wolf authored book on ancient tattoos

August 28, 2018

Education

Camp offers up-close look at American history

Students visit 42 historical sites in five weeks in D.C. area

August 7, 2018

Looking back

The Hammond brothers’ journey west to Rico

I was born in the province of Quebec, June 7, 1855. My brother Allen born in 1853, and my brother…

July 30, 2018

Local News

Rico celebrates Independence Day with floats, music, art and food

Classic celebration with parade floats, music, art and food brings out crowd

July 4, 2018

The coal mines of Montezuma Valley, from Mesa Verde to Mitchell Springs

Coal Mine on the Mesa at Mesa Verde Jack Hamilton interview Traveling south of Cortez and to the Trading Post…

July 3, 2018

Local News

County claims trails, roads on national forest

Resolution claims 17 roads and trails in local counties

June 20, 2018

Local News

Students blend past and present in artwork

Ancient architecture and pottery design re-interpreted with style

June 7, 2018

Looking back

Early Mesa Verde center included cabins, a shop and a bear

Mesa Verde was designated a national park in 1906. The first roadway to carry vehicles was developed about 1913. It…

May 30, 2018

Silverton students examine the town’s untold stories

Fourth-, fifth-graders explore numerous cultures with a role in state’s history

May 27, 2018

Local News

Cortez celebrates pioneer past on Historic Preservation Day

Walking tours and performance draw a crowd

May 23, 2018

Local News

Canyons of the Ancients museum offers cultural events

‘Ask a Ranger’ program is every Sunday

May 1, 2018

Gulliford's travels

Miera y Pacheco was first European to map the Four Corners

18th century, Miera y Pacheco was first European to create maps of our region

April 17, 2018

Outdoors

Lecture to discuss Ansel Hall collection

Benjamin DuMontier, 2017-18 Center of Southwest Studies doctoral fellow, will give a presentation about the Ansel Hall collection at 5:30…

April 15, 2018

Mystery surrounds Estebanico, black explorer of U.S. Southwest

is considered the first person of African descent to enter the American Southwest

March 1, 2018

CMS seeks community volunteers for mock trial

Eighth-graders will argue historical, current genocides

February 8, 2018

Local News

Unlimited Learning Center holds open house

Longtime teacher will be recognized

February 5, 2018

Looking back

Life in Big Bend and the young Cortez in 1885

The J. W. Hanna place at 24 South Beech St. in Cortez. The building, built before 1900, was adjacent to…

January 2, 2018

Local News

Galloping Goose schedules winter excursions

Excursions planned for February

January 2, 2018

Emil Johnson and the start of hospital care in Cortez

That year, Emil Johnson spent three months in Aspen with his widowed mother and two sisters while filling in for…

December 8, 2017

Local News

Galloping Goose stars in PBS special tonight

Colorado Experience episode to air Dec. 7

December 7, 2017