Gulliford’s Travels – The Journal

Making Ute history live The enduring legacy of Clifford Duncan

Clifford Duncan passed away this winter, and with his passing went centuries of Ute cultural knowledge about land and landscape. A World War II veteran in his 80s living in Neola, Utah, near...

DATE: Jun 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

Saving Saguache: Life takes root in an old town

Set in the northern San Luis Valley, Saguache served as one of the early gateways to the San Juans and the Western Slope. When Durango was just a twinkle in railroad baron Gen. W...

DATE: May 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

Blood and struggle in Ludlow

100 years ago, coal miners rebelled against dangerous working conditions

DATE: Apr 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

Hoodoo heaven

Discover mysterious nature of wilderness exploration at Bisti

DATE: Mar 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

All eyes to the sky

FLC graduate watches birds of prey to understand their migratory routes

DATE: Dec 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

Route 66: Finding the Mother Road

I had the ride, but not the road. I was living in Tennessee, and I’d bought my dream car, a Big Bird or 1963 pearl white Thunderbird complete with a 390-cubic-inch Ford V-8 engine, brushed a...

DATE: Nov 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

One last sunset

Suicides in western national parks

DATE: Jul 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

Leaving Silt behind

A rural town transforms as the West evolves

DATE: Jun 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

It’s a tree – how about a hug?

There’s a lot to learn from giants of the forest

DATE: May 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

The Virgin never leaves Hispanic roadside shrines dot the mystic West

Driving across the mystical West, it is important to say a prayer, leave an offering, think of others. The Spanish phrase is “vaya con Dios,” or “go with God.” North of Abiquiu, N.M., is a r...

DATE: Apr 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels