The Land Desk

The Land Desk

Long-read: The Golden Goose Syndrome and the Train

What we can learn from the Silverton depot bombing mystery

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Jonathan P. Thompson
May 21, 2021
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Still from the 1950 film, Rio Grande.

It was one of those late-summer days in the San Juan Mountains when the sky is so blue it almost hurts, when the iridescent leaves of the aspen are just taking on a tinge of yellow, when each morning dawns with a crisp hint of fall and a thin veneer of frost. San Juan County Sheriff Virgil Mason and local business o…

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