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On April 20, 1914, armed state officials and the Colorado National Guard murdered about 25 miners and their families striking against unfair working conditions. Those murdered included women and children.
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Henry and his wife Maggie Herrick were settlers in the Kannah Creek, Colorado area. In 1883, she left him during a domestic squabble, and went to her parents’ house in Albuquerque. She later returned, only to find Henry in a carriage with a woman named Margaret Thompson, whom Henry had employed as a housekeeper. Maggie shot and killed Margaret. Maggie had been represented by Robert Cobb, who later represented her husband, and who also worked as...
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The Midsummer Roundup was the annual rodeo held in Salida, Colorado, back in the 1920s and 30s.
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During the 1940s and 50s, Buena Vista, Colorado, celebrated the lettuce harvest with entertainments, food, and a rodeo.
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67th annual celebration of the Cattlemen's Days rodeo in Gunnison, Colorado.
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The Taylor Grazing Act of 1934 (Pub.L. 73–482) is a United States federal law that provides for the regulation of grazing on the public lands (excluding Alaska) to improve rangeland conditions and regulate their use. (Source: wikipedia)
112) Al Look Day
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A holiday on June 16, 1972 named for Al Look by the city of Grand Junction.
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An annual, professional rodeo that was held in Grand Junction, Colorado for several years. It was begun by the Veterans of Foreign Wars and taken over by the Mesa County Sheriff Posse in 1957. The rodeos were held on North Avenue at the location of a motor speedway (later the Kmart location at 2809 North Avenue), at the fairgrounds in Lincoln Park, and later at Uranium Downs, the Mesa County Fairgrounds location in Orchard Mesa. It was considered...
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In 1896, two fires separated by 96 hours burned much of the town down. According to oral history interviewee Grace Wade, the first fire was supposedly caused by an argument between a miner and his 'lady friend'. A lamp was kicked over and it set fire to her building where a heavy wind blew it all over town. Buildings were later rebuilt with brick to prevent another fire.
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91st Annual celebration of the Cattlemen's Days Rodeo in Gunnison, Colorado.
