Rich L.
@wanderinghistorian.bsky.social
Colorado; historian, professor; study sports, the American West. Nebraska raised; U of Kansas and New Mexico grad. Happily married.
Sending our boy off to UNM in Albuquerque. It’s harder than I thought it would be, but proud he will be a Lobo.
August 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Sending our boy off to UNM in Albuquerque. It’s harder than I thought it would be, but proud he will be a Lobo.
For 27 years I have been fortunate to celebrate my birthday with our son, since we are back to back. Great dinner in Arroyo Seco, NM.
August 5, 2025 at 3:53 AM
For 27 years I have been fortunate to celebrate my birthday with our son, since we are back to back. Great dinner in Arroyo Seco, NM.
Happy Colorado Day; 149 and counting. I am luck to have been able to spend nearly half of my life in this beautiful state.
August 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Happy Colorado Day; 149 and counting. I am luck to have been able to spend nearly half of my life in this beautiful state.
This weeks marks 35 years since our first date in Gainesville, Florida. We married in New Mexico, lived in Nebraska and Montana, and settled in Colorado. Two great kids, a perfect son in law, and two wonderful grand kids later and here we are.
July 28, 2025 at 3:56 AM
This weeks marks 35 years since our first date in Gainesville, Florida. We married in New Mexico, lived in Nebraska and Montana, and settled in Colorado. Two great kids, a perfect son in law, and two wonderful grand kids later and here we are.
In June I was fortunate to visit five national parks and one monument: have you been and what is your favorite?
July 7, 2025 at 1:20 AM
In June I was fortunate to visit five national parks and one monument: have you been and what is your favorite?
July 1, 44 degrees, Rio Grande in southern Colorado and the sun coming over a new month. We are now on the backside of 2025 and I sure hope we see better than the first part. Not optimistic, but this view gives me inspiration.
July 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
July 1, 44 degrees, Rio Grande in southern Colorado and the sun coming over a new month. We are now on the backside of 2025 and I sure hope we see better than the first part. Not optimistic, but this view gives me inspiration.
On a Montana hillside today where dedicated people defended their way of life.
June 15, 2025 at 2:44 AM
On a Montana hillside today where dedicated people defended their way of life.
Hitting the national parks in Wyoming and Montana this week.
June 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Hitting the national parks in Wyoming and Montana this week.
One of the most haunting sites in Nee Mexico. Dawson cemetery, holding the graves of some 400 victims of mining disasters in 1913 and 1923; two of the worst in U.S. history. #NewMexico
June 4, 2025 at 4:48 AM
One of the most haunting sites in Nee Mexico. Dawson cemetery, holding the graves of some 400 victims of mining disasters in 1913 and 1923; two of the worst in U.S. history. #NewMexico
Cimarron, NM. Triggered the Colfax County War.
June 3, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Cimarron, NM. Triggered the Colfax County War.
I was at DIA this week and saw the Lufthansa airbus pull up; the largest passenger plane in the world, coming from Munich. I can say that is a big ass plane.
May 24, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I was at DIA this week and saw the Lufthansa airbus pull up; the largest passenger plane in the world, coming from Munich. I can say that is a big ass plane.
Spanish Peaks one week later.
May 10, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Spanish Peaks one week later.
Cloud-capped Spanish Peaks tonight, hopefully indicative of the much-needed gathering rain over the next couple of days in southern Colorado.
May 5, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Cloud-capped Spanish Peaks tonight, hopefully indicative of the much-needed gathering rain over the next couple of days in southern Colorado.
Carmelo Anthony in the jockey’s room is quite a spectacle.
May 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Carmelo Anthony in the jockey’s room is quite a spectacle.
Left crappy Denver weather for crappy St. Louis weather.
March 20, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Left crappy Denver weather for crappy St. Louis weather.
Wolf Creek Pass today.
March 15, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Wolf Creek Pass today.
A good day of skiing.
February 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
A good day of skiing.
Hope you all had a good Valentines Day. How it started, how it’s going.
February 15, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Hope you all had a good Valentines Day. How it started, how it’s going.
And the Crestone group.
February 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
And the Crestone group.
Daylight fading on Blanca.
February 5, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Daylight fading on Blanca.
I lost my close friend of 25 years today. Dr. Ed Crowther hired me at ASU and was my chair and mentor until he retired in 2018. Check out his edited book, The Enduring Lost Cause: Afterlives of a Redeemer Nation (U. Of Tenn. Press, 2020). A great professor who impacted thousands of students.
January 13, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I lost my close friend of 25 years today. Dr. Ed Crowther hired me at ASU and was my chair and mentor until he retired in 2018. Check out his edited book, The Enduring Lost Cause: Afterlives of a Redeemer Nation (U. Of Tenn. Press, 2020). A great professor who impacted thousands of students.
I grew up 50 miles from Wounded Knee, and yesterday was the anniversary of the massacre. I have done tour guiding around the country, including Wounded Knee. I think this is the most eerie and haunting place; no one goes there, it seems. Little Big Horn is always crowded; Wounded Knee.
December 31, 2024 at 3:58 AM
I grew up 50 miles from Wounded Knee, and yesterday was the anniversary of the massacre. I have done tour guiding around the country, including Wounded Knee. I think this is the most eerie and haunting place; no one goes there, it seems. Little Big Horn is always crowded; Wounded Knee.