Happy Birthday, Colorado!

Aspen Near Poncha Pass The Arkansas River from the F Street Bridge in Salida San Luis Valley n...

Salida - Colorado State Capital?

Five years after Colorado became a state, the voters chose a state capital on November 7, 1881. The cities listed on the ballot were Denver,...

Whispers of the Valley

Driving to Salida and Buena Vista reminded me again of my connection to the Upper Arkansas Valley; a land where I’ve never lived, never even...

Locating Ernest's Land

On Thursday morning I went to the Chaffee County Clerk's office and started looking through the Grantee/Grantor indexes. About thirty mi...

Trip To Salida and Buena Vista

Arkansas River between Canon City and Salida Last week I drove to Salida and Buena Vista for three days of research. And, it was a producti...

Ute Creek Trail

Last Friday, John and I drove to Salida, then drove up northeast on County Road 175 or Ute Creek Trail. Ute Creek Trail was the road the set...

Researching Ernest Christison's Story

Dr. Wendell Hutchinson, Connie, John and Gayle (Salida 1981) Have you ever had a story that stayed with you? For years?  I took a Colorado h...