Fort Morgan Public Library

Although less well known than the Mayans, the Anasazi, who flourished in the region now known as New Mexico, also vanished without a trace. Now, eight centuries after their thriving, 2,000-year-old civilization disappeared as though it had never existed, naturalist and adventurer Childs undertakes to find out where the Anasazi went and why. But discovering the fate of an entire race of people, 800 years after the fact, is not like tracking down a...

Trespass is the story of one woman's struggle to gain footing in inhospitable territory. A wilderness activist and jack Mormon, Amy Irvine sought respite in the desert outback of southern Utah's red-rock country after her father's suicide, only to find herself an interloper among her own people. More than simply an exploration of personal loss, Trespass is an elegy for a dying world, for the ruin of one of our most beloved and unique desert landscapes...

Describes an unprecedented journey through the backcountry of the intriguing Four Corners region.

The author provides a snapshot of the Four Corners Region where he lives through a series of micro-essays, many published previously.

Famed adventure writer David Roberts retraces the route of the legendary Domínguez-Escalante expedition. In July 1776 a pair of Franciscan friars, Francisco Atanasio Domínguez and Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, were charged by the governor of New Mexico with discovering a route across the unknown Southwest to the new Spanish colony in California. They had other goals as well, some of them secret: converting the indigenous natives along the way...

"Details the daily lives and adventures of the 1875 Ferdinand V. Hayden survey team, largely through their own personal narratives. The narrative highlights interactions between the surveyors and local indigenous communities, Four Corners region geography, and the American expansionist impulse"--Provided by publisher.

"Rebel of the Colorado" details Aleson's turbulent, active, peregrinating life, spanning the years 1899-1972, which saw great changes not only to the entire nation but in particular to the Colorado Plateau, where he spent most of his life. As well, it is an art book with many illustrations and vintage photographs (1900-1963) of the rivers and canyons of the Colorado Plateau along side stunning (real film) 35mm slide scans of the same era. Finally,...