Tom Ross: Routt County's earliest ranchers were drawn to Twentymile Park
Charley Temple pushed a herd of 1,500 steers from his father’s ranch near Wagon Mound, N.M., to Northwest Colorado, where they wintered on open range near Maybell and spent their summers in Twentymile Park.
Tom Ross: Ski racing great Buddy Werner could be a rapscallion after all
Along the horseback ride, Buddy Werner encountered a stray sheep and stopped to round her up. Werner heaved the sheep onto a packsaddle where the sheep rode serenely and became the trip mascot.
Tom Ross: Spring skiing arrives this week in Steamboat
Steamboat kids are in for one of the best Easter egg hunts ever, just 18 days away on March 30.
Tom Ross: Lewis and Clark walked in the land of the great white bears
Anyone who wants to glimpse what it was like to travel among grizzlies and wolves when the Rocky Mountains truly were wild can get a feel for it by reading “The Journals of Lewis and Clark,” as compiled by Bernard DeVoto.
Tom Ross: More harrowing than a trip along I-70 on a busy ski weekend
I received reports over the weekend that the trek was rugged from Denver into the mountains and through the Eisenhower Tunnel. But the tedium those skiers and snowboarders endured couldn’t have matched the rigors of traveling over Rollins Pass and through “The White Desert” by train to reach Colorado’s Western Slope in the winter of 1909.
Tom Ross: Hubby finds wife's lost wedding band on Steamboat ski trail with help from mouse
A visiting physician who broke her arm in a skiing accident consequently lost her wedding band only to have a ski patrolman and a tiny rodent help her husband recover the precious jewelry a day later.
Tom Ross: With global luminaries gathering in Long Beach, conference video will be live in Steamboat's Library Hall
TED is a nonprofit organization bringing together creative people from the broad fields of technology, entertainment and design, and spreading their innovative ideas.
Tom Ross: Routt County pioneer rancher Ferry Carpenter made his own Western film to sell cattle
There’s an art to riding a cow pony across the swollen Yampa River during spring runoff when it measures 200 feet from bank to bank.
Tom Ross: Horses are the stars of the Steamboat Springs Winter Carnival Parade
Improvisation is just as traditional as anything else that takes place at the annual Steamboat Springs Winter Carnival.
Tom Ross: Wither family celebrates 125 years in Steamboat Springs during Winter Carnival parade
When the 100th Winter Carnival Diamond Hitch Parade unfurls down Lincoln Avenue on Sunday, one of the floats will carry 20 proud members of the Wither family. Its history in Routt County precedes the first Winter Carnival by a quarter of a century.
Tom Ross: All bets up in the air when football stadium lights go off
It would not have made sense for betting establishments to have tried to throw down some voodoo on the Ravens’ halftime lead.
Tom Ross: Golden eagles take part in wildlife drama near Routt County's Lake Windemere
Once on the ground, the eagle’s movement was restricted not only by the metal mesh fence, but by the spruce limbs above his head. And he wasn’t happy.
Tom Ross: Rediscovering my ancestors's 1848 journey on the California Trail
Now I know in great detail how my ancestors took part in America's westward expansion in wagons drawn by oxen.
Tom Ross: 100 lanterns will light the 100th Winter Carnival
Sarah Floyd hopes folks who decide to launch a Winter Carnival lantern will write personal wishes for future carnivals on them.
Tom Ross: First power plant turned marbles into a winter sport in Steamboat Springs
Steamboat’s first coal-fired power plant fed a network of underground steam ducts leading to local homes and businesses, allowing the byproduct of power generation to heat homes and school classrooms.
