On January 21 a group of six participants braved the cold and howling winds for a snowshoe trip on the Grand Mesa. The photograph that we used to advertise the trip was of a nice sunny day with bright blue skies accentuating pure white snow and a view off the mountain [...]

Grand Valley Zoological Quest and Dinosaur Journey Museum presents a collaborative effort - the future Green River Formation Living Exhibit.

The Green River Formation Shoreline Living Exhibit will link the fossils from our area during the Eocene Epoch to living mixed species today. Fossils of animals past will be displayed alongside living animals such [...]

Range Creek Trip in Utah by Mel Morris

September 23-24, 2011

We top the 9,000-foot ridge and see the tavaputs (beautiful sunrise, Ute). The sun’s rays highlight the east-facing slopes where the trees are changing color. The maples are so red that your eyes hurt to look at them. Yes, I said maples–Big-tooth maples. Orange, yellow, [...]

Curator John Foster was featured in the January 2 issue of The Daily Sentinel, unveiling the newest addition to Dinosaur Journey - a 2.87 billion year old metamorphosed rock.  Check out the story here. This specimen is scheduled to be on exhibit in the late spring.

Frances’ poems capture 75 years of experiences gained while living on the family ranch northeast of Steamboat Springs. Her poetry is filled with humor, wisdom and experience. She now lives in Fruita, Colorado where five generations of her family also live.
Frances is the author of several books including From the Pages of her Heart, [...]

Tom was born and raised in Trinidad, Colorado and spent much of his youth riding day labor and breaking colts for area ranchers. After graduation from college in 1971 with a degree in Animal Nutrition and Reproduction, Tom drifted across the country working cattle in 10 states. Fluctuations in the cattle market caused [...]

Terry was raised near Idalia, Colorado on a farm/ranch operation. In the late ‘60’s, after the farm was lost in an estate battle (the subject of one of his poems) Terry drifted into a thirty-five year career trucking, although never getting too far away from farming and raising beef.
Today, the horses, cattle and [...]

Peggy is a member of the Western Music Association (WMA) and deeply involved in preserving Western Music. She has been a featured performer at numerous Cowboy and Poetry Gatherings/Western Music shows throughout the U.S.A., has been on television and radio, and performed for a variety of entertainment venues. In 2000 she sang at the [...]

Ray was born and raised on a farm in the Missouri Ozarks at a time and place where horses or mules were about the only source of power and transportation. They raised cattle and hogs and feed for them. There was an “Open Range Law” in effect so their cattle had a lot [...]

Susie has been writing cowboy songs and poetry since age 15. True-life experiences are her source for story-like cowboy poetry and western songs. Inspired by rodeo legend, Chris LeDoux, Susie’s style captures a woman’s perspective on rodeo, ranch life, and horses.
Raised in the Chicago suburbs, Susie Knight was a “cowgirl” from age three when [...]