Remembering the
Forgotten Colorado

2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

In This Issue:

Gas Masks, Saints, and Tattoos

She’s an Aquarius who dresses by Aquarian code, bright pink shirt, blue corduroy jeans, green low-top Converse shoes with red shoelaces, and black hair with a pink skunk-stripe down the middle. more...

Third Places: Southern Colorado Coffeehouses

A third place is where you go when you are not at home or at work. Coffee houses have targeted their space towards being third places—they are cozy nooks where people hang out. more...

Small Town Tattoo Shop

Alleah Pearce, 22 and an aspiring tattoo artist, moved to La Junta with her husband and two small children and opened “Inkaholics”, a little tattoo shop. Alleah learned tattooing and body piercing with John “Little John” Littlefield in Fort Collins. more...

The Rialto Restored

“See, here the floor was all torn up from water damage. Here you can see that the roof feel in from rotting,”Suzanne Phipps says, pointing to pictures of damage. Phipps is Florence Architectural and Cultural Traditions’project director working to restore the Historic Rialto Theater located at 209 West Main St. more...

Fabricated: Specialty Livestock, Works of Art

Laffing Horse Farm is a place where all things handmade are celebrated. Owners Shawn Hoefer, Jeanette Larson and Elena Augustine make and sell everything from goat’s milk, to organic soap, to handspun yarns. They are one of three fiber sources in Southeastern Colorado. The other two are located in Pueblo. more...

Before the Hatch: The Rio Grande in Early Spring

While much of Colorado fly-fishing seems to focus on the 160-plus miles of Gold Medal trout streams in the northern and mid-western parts of the state, one of America’s great rivers gets largely overlooked as it carves through the San Juan mountains and out into the San Luis Valley in the south. more...

 

 


Jeff Dahl on Red Lodge pulls skier Greg Dahl. (Photo: Megan M. Crumley)

Skijoring: Leadville's Offbeat Winter Sport

Wearing skis and a fire engine-red helmet, Eric Heil stands in half crouch. He wraps and grips the end of a forty-foot rope like it was the strap on a rodeo bull and gives a quick nod to Eric Goard. Goard grips the reins of Benny, an eight-year-old quarter horse with fire in his eyes, doing everything he can to keep it together, waiting for the signal. more...

Published annually, the magazine is written primarily by students at Colorado State University-Pueblo. Freelance writers should contact Chas S. Clifton, editor, by e-mail or by telephone during the academic year at 719-549-2226 for additional information and queries.