History - The Journal

Historic McElmo flume awarded final funding

$180,000 grant will refurbish structure built in 1890s

DATE: Aug 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Civilian Conservation Corp featured at Dolores Library

Performance includes live music, refreshments

DATE: Aug 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Escalante Days and Nights kicks off Friday

Saturday features main events, plus 12-band music festival

DATE: Aug 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

The times were lively, and life was grand in 1909

Editor’s note: S. H. Phlegar, Dolores, wrote this story in 1934 about events in Montezuma Valley in 1909. Twenty-five years ago at Lebanon in the Montezuma Valley – well, those were the ...

DATE: Aug 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: Looking back

Forest visitor center serves a world of travelers

Historic San Juan visitor center provides a haven for tourists, adventurers and beasts

DATE: Aug 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Escalante Days and Nights celebrates 40th year

Dolores event features 12 bands for $10

DATE: Jul 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ute tribe, CU develop archaeology field school

Students study Cowboy Wash Pueblo

DATE: Jul 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Rico museum remembers mining, railroad days

Rico museum remembers mine culture, railroad days

DATE: Jun 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Two students win spots at national history contest

Student project on Powell qualifies for nationals

DATE: May 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Hisatsinom presents talk on efforts to protect Chaco

For The Journal The Hisatsinom Chapter of the Colorado Archaeology Society presents Paul Reed on Tuesday, May 3 at 7 p.m. at the Methodist Church, 515 Park St., in Cortez discuss ...

DATE: Apr 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Archaeologists use high tech to unlock pyramids’ mystery

“An unprecedented grand plan.” This is how Egypt’s State Ministry for Antiquities describes the large-scale survey of pyramids that started in November last year. Using the latest technologi...

DATE: Apr 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Study: Drought cracked Pueblos’ social fabric

As corn harvests dwindled, Puebloans stopped believing their leaders, and their social fabric cracked

DATE: Apr 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News