Harnessed to our frail bodies, we humans are driven to find ways to live better and longer. At the turn of the 20th century in Northwest Colorado, this search took the form of an array.
On a dark Thursday night in September 1924, a fleet of trucks loaded with oil drilling equipment and men from the Midwest Oil Company rolled up to the gate of a ranch roughly 2.5 miles.
The history of Northwest Colorado spotlights more than its fair share of flashy, dangerous, shady and outlandish characters. However, the overall collective identity of our community was forged by the many lesser known individuals who.
The bright lights of the big top circus tent were home to Lucia Zora, one of America’s premiere celebrity circus performers of the early 20th century. Her dangerous acts with lions, tigers and elephants catapulted.
During the Great Depression, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal came to Moffat County in a slew of government programs to help lift the area out of economic chaos. Of these programs, the most effective.