Archive for 2006

Granite

I started writing this blog yesterday at 4:00 p.m., but I decided to check a fact on the Internet. Six hours later I got off the ’net. That’...

Top Photo: Gas Creek looking northwest of hwy. 285 Bottom Photo: Gas Creek looking east towards Arkansas River Just after passing Brown’s C...

One of the things I need to mention about the Lake County War (read November 29 post) is that it took place in what is now Chaffee County. I...

I had a chance to try out my research logs on Thursday when I went to the Colorado State Archives and the Denver Library. I stopped by the S...

I’m gearing up for some research trips. I’ve got my research logs filled out; ready to move in and mine out the smallest details and perhaps...

PennyS left an interesting comment on yesterday’s post, but it shows up on the first post. Penny wrote, "I found it very interesting to...

Here’s the short version of the Lake County War: George Harrington was shot in the back when he went out to extinguish a fire in an outbuild...

Several months ago I learned about the Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection: http://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org This project is a ...

When I was young, my parents researched my Dad’s family history in dusty newspaper offices. I remember sitting for endless hours in the Fai...

In the summer of 2004, I drove our pickup truck west, pulling my family’s 4-wheelers and motorcycles. Winding alongside the Arkansas River o...