Humanity is no stranger to pandemics. The 1918-1919 influenza known as the Spanish Flu infected 500 million people – or about a third of the world’s population at the time. Another viral outbreak, though less severe, came just a decade later. Ebola, H2N2,...
Fort Lewis College history professor Andrew Gulliford talks about President Teddy Roosevelt’s time on Colorado’s Western Slope, particularly around Rifle and Glenwood Springs. The nation’s 26th president hunted in the Divide Creek area and stayed at the...
Durango, CO – What’s the real story behind the famous stuffed animal? Theodore Roosevelt’s refusal to shoot a subdued bear. Andrew Gulliford, historian at Fort Lewis College, says America’s children – and adults – deserve to know the truth...
The website for the Center of Southwest Studies immediately gives a sense of the organization’s large regional scope, from the logo image of the Superstition Mountains east of Phoenix, to the historic mining photographs of Ouray and Silverton, Colo. Clicking...
Tucson, Ariz. – When the San Manuel Mine northeast of Tucson closed in 1999, it was the largest underground copper mine in the U.S., with more than 2,000 people working in 350+ miles of tunnels and a nearby smelter. The copper market had just gone bust,...
Tucson, Ariz. – The names stand out on early maps of the Arizona Territory: Hamlets like Ruby and Silver Bell. Mines named The World’s Fair, Old Dominion and The Heavy Weight. But they’re not to be found on modern maps of Arizona. When the...
