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24. Arts District
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This collection contains videos that Mesa County Library produced for RMPBS Arts District. Arts District, Rocky Mountain PBS' award-winning half-hour arts and culture series, features local and national artists in pursuit of their artistic passions.
25. STRATA
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STRATA, the STudent Research, Academic, and Talent Archive, is a collection of selected Fort Lewis College student work, including undergraduate research, senior seminar papers, published works, conference presentations, and other creative and artistic projects. Search by name, subject, title, or academic department.
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Join local Colorado poet Al Albrethson as he reads selections of his cowboy poetry.
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A collection of journals written by Alfred Borah. Born in 1845, Borah was an early settler to the Brush Creek Valley. He was a rancher and would sometimes lead hunting and fishing parties with his brother, Jake Borah. The years covered in the journals are from 1870 to 1914. Also included is a small summary of events written by Borah's daughter, Mittie Alda Borah.
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These images are from the Bob Pierce Photo Collection. Bob worked for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad for nearly 48 years as a supervisory agent, stationed at the railroad offices in Salida, Colorado.
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Salida, Colorado celebrated its centennial in 1980. The Salida Centennial Committee compiled this collection of old photographs to help preserve the history of Salida and the surrounding areas.
Photos were donated from:
• Frank Thomson
• Donna Nevens
• Salida Museum
• Alice Chinn
• Salida Fire Department
• Josephine Soukup (Kratky)
• Ernest Brownson
• Alta Proctor
• Janice Pennington
• ...
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The Salida Oral History Project preserved the history and heritage of Salida through interviews of long-time residents and other knowledgeable people who lived and worked in the area. These are shared stories of their childhood, schooling, family, church, outings, celebrations, friends, hobbies, and events that still live in their memories. The interviews will be kept forever so that others can learn from these true historians’ words.
33. Cattlemen's Days
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A long-standing celebration of the ranching heritage of the Gunnison Valley, Cattlemen's Days was founded in 1901 and is Colorado's oldest rodeo.
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According to the U.S. National Park Service, Mesa Verde National Park features 5,000 known archeological sites, including 600 spectacular cliff dwellings. The name is Spanish for “Green Table,” and the area was inhabited by the Ancestral Pueblo people from AD 600 to 1300, over 700 years. (source) Mesa Verde, as well as nearby Aztec Ruins National Monument located in Aztec, New Mexico,...
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From Montrose to Cortez to Pagosa Springs, southwest Colorado includes many towns with interesting history, significant natural and cultural resources, and other facets that have been pictured on postcards.
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These mountain towns are gems in Southwest Colorado. Telluride and tiny Ophir are in San Miguel County, and Ouray, not far away if unimproved roads aren’t a barrier, is located in Ouray County. Telluride is the most populous (about two thousand residents) and best known of the three, home to a famous ski resort, many well-known music festivals, and exclusive luxury homes. Telluride’s colorful history as a hard-rock mining town where gold, silver,...
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Audiobook of More Musings of a Barrio Sack Boy by Dr. L. Luis Lopez, read by the author. L. Luis Lopez's fourth collection of poems returns to the barrio in Albuquerque where the author grew up in the 1940's and 1950's. Each poem is a glimpse into the neighborhood characters who came and went from the small supermarket where he worked as a 'sack boy'. With great simplicity the poems move from remembered description into small but vital illuminations...
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This collection includes images from all the collections in the Salida Archive.
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Audiobook of Musings of a Barrio Sack Boy by Dr. L. Luis Lopez, read by the author. A book of poetry written primarily in English but with some poems in Spanish and Spanglish. The poems describe people and situations in the author's neighborhood in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Often humorous.
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The Mesa County Oral History Project began as a joint project of the Museums of Western Colorado and Mesa County Libraries (MCL) in 1975. The Oral History Project collected tape-recorded interviews with pioneers of Mesa County and surrounding areas, and interviews with the children of pioneers. The Central Library housed the duplicate audio cassettes and provided patron access to the histories. The Museum stored the master tapes and kept files and...