The Other Four Corners: High in the San Juan National Forest four counties meet
High in the San Juan National Forest, four counties meet
DATE: Aug 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels
Andrew Gulliford
Position: Staff reporter
Cedar Mesa Perishables Project examines 1,000-year-old fiber, wood artifacts
Cedar Mesa Perishables Project examines 1,000-year-old fiber, wood artifacts
DATE: Jul 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels
Westerners used to wear masks
Because of the coronavirus, we are now asked to wear masks while working and shopping downtown. Westerners used to wear masks a century ago, so the fashion has come back around. Butch Cassid...
DATE: Jun 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels
As in the Great Depression, today’s economic refugees may take to the road
As coronavirus devastates economy, refugees again might take to the road in search of opportunity
DATE: May 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels
Adventure seekers: FLC award inspires students to pursue outdoor dreams
Author’s note: Even with a viral pandemic and a downturn in the economy, it is important to plan for the future. Fort Lewis College is doing just that. If Durangoans can’t spend time out...
DATE: Apr 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels
Pioneering passion for plants: Botanist Alice Eastwood explored the Southwest
Famous botanist Alice Eastwood explored the Southwest a flower at a time
DATE: Mar 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels
A failed attempt to remove the Southern Utes to San Juan County, Utah
Whenever I hike in Bears Ears National Monument, I think about how it almost became an Native American reservation.
Over a century ago, Durango businessmen actively campaigned to...
DATE: Feb 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels
On the trail of tiny tubers This Four Corners potato was a staple of Native American diets
For years, we’ve learned that ancestral Puebloans depended upon corn, beans and squash, nicknamed The Three Sisters, for sustenance.
Well, move over sisters. Little brother spud ...
DATE: Jan 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels
Helper’s new riches: Utah railroad, coal mining town reinvents itself as artistic haven
Soiled doves are visible from hotel room windows in Helper, Utah, but now they are just mannequins. This gritty coal mining and railroad boomtown has embraced its diverse ethnic past. A new ...
DATE: Dec 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels
Pendleton blankets inspired by Navajo designs benefit Center of Southwest Studies
Babies get wrapped in Pendleton trade blankets. At Native American ceremonies and giveaways, the gift of choice is usually Pendleton blankets. Pendleton blankets are given to returning veter...
DATE: Nov 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels
The case of the stolen stove doors: Couple gives mining history to San Juan Historical Society
Couple give mining history to San Juan Historical Society
DATE: Oct 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels
Through the Grand Canyon before Major Powell?
This year we celebrate the 150th anniversary of Major John Wesley Powell’s daring expedition down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. But was he the first? Another story exists with...
DATE: Sep 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels
