You know that feeling when you discover a twenty-dollar bill in your winter coat pocket from last season? That’s essentially ...

The memories have faded, retained now only by a few railway enthusiasts and elderly Trinidadians who still remember a ...

Texas’ state history museum is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, and it’s got a special exhibit running through ...

In honor of the U.S. celebrating its 250th birthday this summer, Country Living has updated its annual list of the 10 best ...

May is an anniversary month for the town of Fountain and it’s in all their history books for the most explosive of reasons. It’s called “The Blast” and it flattened the little town south of Colorado ...

As Grand Junction residents prepared to honor fallen soldiers and sailors on Memorial Day 1920 — or Decoration Day as it was often called — news of a tragic railway ...

A reimagined freight corridor through Colorado and Utah is reconnecting travelers with red rock canyons, gateway towns, and national park landscapes under growing pressure from congestion.

When the new Grand Junction Union Depot opened to the public in mid-April 1906, a writer for The Daily Sentinel was given a private tour of the building constructed for the Denver & Rio Grande ...

The Bureau of Reclamation warns that persistent drought and early snowmelt could pose challenges for the Rio Grande. Water managers on the Rio Grande are bracing for more drought after the earliest ...

This story was updated on April 23 with a comment from Customs and Border Protection. Juan Moreno remembers when the river was part of his home. “My family goes back a century here,” he said as he ...

Classic steam engines – like the ones that grace the rails of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad – are an iconic image of the history of the American West. But there is an unsung hero on ...