Colorado Central Articles From — August 1995

Review by Ed Quillen

Geology – August 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine

Road and Riverside Geology of the Upper Arkansas Valley
by Tom Karnuta
Published in 1995 by Geotechnics
No ISBN Read the rest of this article

[amazon-product]096440561X[/amazon-product]Review by Ed Quillen

Local history – August 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine

Retracing the Old Spanish Trail: North Branch , Today’s OST Travel Guide
by Ron Kessler
Published in 1995 by Adobe Village Press
ISBN 096440561X Read the rest of this article

[amazon-product]0870813331[/amazon-product]Review by Martha Quillen

Wildlife – August 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine

Mammals of Colorado
by James P. Fitzgerald, Carron A. Meaney and David M. Armstrong
published in 1994 by The Denver Museum of Natural History and University Press of Colorado
ISBN: 0-87081-333-1 Read the rest of this article

[amazon-product]0939101017[/amazon-product]Review by Martha Quillen

Local History – August 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine

Taylor Park, Colorado’s Shangri-la
by Eleanor Perry
Copyright 1989
ISBN: 0-939101-01-7 Read the rest of this article

Sidebar by Jeanne Englert

Ute Language – August 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine

A BIT OF EXPLANTION

You may have seen some Ute words in print (they pop up in romances, histories, and Westerns), and the Ute words published here look rather exotic by comparison. That may be because the words you saw were from Northern Ute, which doesn’t use the same orthography (spelling and alphabet) as the Southern Ute discussed here. Read the rest of this article

Essay by Gen. Kashmir Horseshoe

Local humor – August 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine

Are you planning a visit to the Western Slope this summer? If so, here is a preferred selection of attractions even you won’t want to miss! Read the rest of this article

Essay by Ed Quillen

Tourism – August 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine

This past June was pretty dismal — literally so, because sunshine was a rare novelty, rather than a customary blessing. Looming dark clouds dropped moisture constantly in every known form: rain, sleet, hail, snow. Some streams jumped their banks, and if hot weather had arrived to dissolve the record snowpacks, we could have suffered some devastating floods. Read the rest of this article

Brief by Central Staff

Water – August 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine

Until quite recently, we were under the impression that the Arkansas River was a tributary of the Mississippi, and that it thus generally flowed toward the rising sun, thereby placing it on the Eastern Slope of Colorado. Read the rest of this article

Brief by Central Staff

Regional Briefs – August 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine

It Will Look Much Better Once The Drapes Are In

World-reknowned artist Christo has announced his plans to suspend nylon fabric over several miles of the Arkansas River between Cañon City and Salida. Read the rest of this article

Article by Hal Walter

Pack-burro racing – August 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine

How could something as ridiculous as the sport of pack-burro racing go on for 47 straight years? In 1999 — just four years away — the only sport indigenous to Central Colorado will be half a century old. Read the rest of this article

Essay by Lynda La Rocca

Mountain life – August 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine

“Your roots are here,” my father always insisted, referring to the greater New York metropolitan area where I was born and raised. So when I yanked those roots out by the, uh, roots, and transplanted them to the distant dirt of Central Colorado, I disturbed the natural order of things. Read the rest of this article