History - The Journal

Dutch ovens, cowboy hats and biscuits: Chuckwagon dinner returns to La Plata County

Cattlemen's association hosts 23rd annual community cookout

DATE: Aug 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fort Lewis College receives $1 million grant for reconciliation work

New campus center will further college’s goal of remediating damage from its history as an Indian boarding school

DATE: Aug 1, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Visitors tour Fort Lewis College’s Old Fort Campus for history day

FLC’s reconciliation efforts wrapped into agriculture programs

DATE: Jul 4, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Debuting film features Hopi man who traced his DNA back to Chaco Canyon

‘Room 33’ premieres at Fort Lewis College on Wednesday

DATE: May 10, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez to celebrate Historic Preservation Month with events, scavenger hunt

The events are being held to celebrate Cortez’s history

DATE: May 7, 2025 | CATEGORY: Community

From archives to stage: Montezuma Heritage Museum will bring local history to life

‘Voices From the Past’ play is coming up at Cortez’s Sunflower Theatre

DATE: Apr 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Forest Service to return Indigenous remains discovered near McPhee Reservoir

At least 10 individuals and 10 shards of pottery were unearthed in 2021 and 2022

DATE: Mar 31, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bayfield Middle School club raising historical, cultural awareness of Indigenous tribes

November is Native American Heritage Month

DATE: Nov 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

World’s longest track of dinosaur footprints near Ouray is now open to public

We go on a tour with the grown-up boy who discovered them

DATE: Aug 7, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Leaders in Cortez area speak out about Trump shooting

‘This discontent on both sides has got to be idled back’

DATE: Jul 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

14th Annual Cortez Historic Preservation Day set for the first weekend in May

The weekend will be packed with events centered around historic preservation

DATE: Apr 25, 2024 | CATEGORY: Community

Southern Ute archivist dives into boarding school history

A look into what the Southern Ute Dormitory was and its relation to other institutions during the time

DATE: Apr 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News