by Mark Duggan | Sep 25, 2021
Photography by Mark Duggan The Mancos Common Press is a working educational letterpress studio in southwest Colorado. It’s also a printing museum, operating out of the old newspaper building. Hundreds of printing blocks and type are found among the displays,...
by Mark Duggan | May 1, 2020
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,...
by Mark Duggan | Feb 12, 2019
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 Hotel Colorado...
by Mark Duggan | Dec 15, 2017
Durango, CO – When the snow melts on a certain San Juan Mountain pass, a dark chapter in Colorado labor history is revealed. Imogene Pass is one of several rugged traverses of the central San Juans. The road connects Ouray and Telluride. A century ago, it was...
by Mark Duggan | Dec 8, 2017
Durango, CO – What’s the real story behind the famous stuffed animal? Theodore Roosevelt’s refusal to shoot a subdued bear. Andrew Gulliford, a historian at Fort Lewis College, says America’s children – and adults – deserve to know the truth...
