The regional field guide / 01–04

Start with a place.
Follow the story.

Our editorial home is the Grand Valley. Begin with a handful of connected places, then follow the evidence beyond the view.

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The Gunnison and Colorado rivers meeting beside railroad tracks in Grand Junction
Rivers, rails, and a city at their meeting.Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0 · Resized; display crop. Full credits
Four places. A wider perspective.

Landscape is
only the beginning.

A canyon wall. An irrigation channel. The rivers behind a city’s name. Each is an invitation to look more closely.

A connected region

No story stands alone.

Our opening collection connects landforms, water, transportation, Indigenous history, and living communities. Place names are starting points for understanding.

01Land & geology02Water & work03People & place

An editorial route through connected subjects · conceptual, not a map

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