— Subscribe to this topic on PagosaSUN.comA stroll (in boots) down memory lane
Have you ever felt like a stranger in your own personal boots, cowboy hat and hometown? Those were the cobwebs I was tangled in on the Fourth of July this…
Where is the water?
Well. Here it comes again, a summer with no water. You could almost say that the history of the West was “Where is the water?” Remember the song “Cool Water”…
‘Pagosa Springs, the largest, hottest and most singularly curious springs …’
Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr wrote in January of 1849, “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” Read the following publication and see if you agree with the Frenchman.…
Revisiting ‘Death Rode the High Country’
The tourist season has arrived, along with summer activities such as hiking and camping in the wilderness. Unfortunately, unless more rain comes quickly, the San Juan Forest will be closed…
Men of the Martinez family
We’ve been writing about Emmett Martinez, a member of one of the prominent pioneering Hispanic families in Archuleta County. Before he passed away, I had the privilege of spending many…
Straight from the horse’s mouth
As you might have guessed from my last column, I had the privilege during the late 1970s to talk with several Pagosa old-timers. Coffee was the favored lubricant for loosening…
Coffee, history and talking cowboy
Coffee and history seem to go together. I know that statement requires an explanation, so here goes. Way back in 1976, I was working at The Pagosa Springs SUN and…
Ballots, bullets and bloodshed: an apron of truce
For several weeks we’ve been reporting the bitter struggle between Anglos and Hispanics for control of the Archuleta County government in 1886, following the first county election when the Hispanics…
Ballots, bullets and bloodshed: ‘We had a dance that night’
We’re in the middle of telling the true story of the battle between Gringos and Hispanics for control of the Archuleta County government. The county was created by the state…
Ballots, bullets and bloodshed: Siringo the suspect
Charlie Siringo, the most famous detective working for Pinkerton Detective Agency, the most famous detective agency in the Pioneer West, is on the job in 1886 working undercover in Archuleta…
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