Colorado A Classic Western Quarrel: A History of the Road Controversy at Colorado National Monument

Books

Cameron, Jenks. The National Park Service: Its History, Activities, and Organizations. New York: D. Appleton & Company, 92.

Everhart, William C. The National Park Service. Boulder: Westview Press, 1983.

Fishell, Dave. The Grand Heritage: A Photographic History of Grand Junction, Colorado. 2d ed., Norfolk/Virginia Beach: The Donning Company/Publishers, 1994.

Freemuth, John C. Islands Under Siege: National Parks and the Politics of External Threats. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1991.

Gleyre, L.A., and C.N. Alleger, eds. History of the Civilian Conservation Corps in Colorado: That the Work of Young America May Be Recorded. Denver: Press of the Western Newspaper Union, 1936. Colonel Harold Booth Collection, Museum of Western Colorado.

Ise, John. Our National Park Policy: A Critical History. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1961.

Kania, Alan J. John Otto of Colorado National Monument. Boulder: Roberts, Rinehart. Inc. Publishers, 1984.

Kirkendall, Richard S. The United States 1929-1945: Years of Crisis and Change. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1974.

Lamm, Richard D, and Micheal McCarthy. The Angry West: A Vulnerable Land and its Future. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1982.

Limerick, Patricia Nelson. The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1987.

Lohman, Stanley W. The Geologic Story of Colorado National Monument. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1981.

Look, Al. John Otto and the Colorado National Monument. Denver: Denver Westerners Inc., 1961; reprint, Grand Junction: Sandstone Publishing Co., 1962.

Mackintosh, Barry. The National Parks: Shaping the System. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, 1991.

Malone. Michael P. and Richard W. Etulain. The American West: A Twentieth Century History. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1989.

McCarthy, Michael. "History of the CCC in Colorado," in 1930 Employment 1980: Humanistic Perspectives on the Civilian Conservation Corps in Colorado. Edited by Thomas Lyons. Boulder: Colorado Humanities Program, 1981.

McCreanor, Emma. Mesa County, Colorado: A 100 Year History (1883-1983). Edited by Lani Duke. Grand Junction: Museum of Western Colorado Press, 1986.

Mehls, Steven F. The Valley of Opportunity: A History of West Central Colorado. Denver: Bureau of Land Management Colorado State Office, 1982.

Paige, John C. The Civilian Conservation Corps and The National Park Service, 1933-1942: An Administrative History. National Park Service: U.S. Department of the Interior, 1985.

Pinto, Leonard. "The CCC in Colorado: The Enrichment of Social Life: The Gift of a People to Themselves, in 1930 Employment 1980: Humanistic Perspectives on the Civilian Conservation Corps in Colorado. Edited by Thomas Lyons. Boulder: Colorado Humanities Program, 1981.

Radin, Max. Radin Law Dictionary. 2d ed. Dobbs Ferry: Oceana Publications, Incorporated, 1970.

Runte, Alfred. National Parks: The American Experience. 2nd ed. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1987.

Short, C. Brant, Ronald Reagan and the Public Lands: America's Conservation Debate, 1979-1984. College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 1989.

Ubbelobde, Carl, Maxine Benson and Duane A. Smith, A Colorado History. Boulder: Pruett Publishing Company, 1988.

Underwood, Kathleen. Town Building on the Colorado Frontier: Grand Junction. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1987.

Vandenbusche, Duane and Duane A. Smith. A Land Alone: Colorado's Western Slope. Boulder: Pruett Publishing Company, 1981.

Waldman, Mark. "1930 Employment 1980," in 1930 Employment 1980: Humanistic Perspectives On The Civilian Conservations Corps in Colorado. Edited by Thomas Lyons. Boulder: Colorado Humanities Program, 1981.

Government Documents

(Unless otherwise indicated, all documents are located in the Colorado National Monument Museum and Archive Collection.)

An Act For the Preservation of American Antiquities. Statutes at Large. Vol. 34 (1906).

Congress. House. Creating the Monument National Park, 61st Congress., 2d sess., S. 4934, (6 January 1910).

______. For the Construction of a National Road from Grand Junction, Colorado, to and through the Colorado National Monument, 62d Congress., 1st sess., H.R. 11379 (8 June 1911).

Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Lands. Grant of Certain Lands to Fruita, Colo. 59th Cong., 1st sess., 1906. Report No. 3620.

Federal Register (13 February 1972) Vol. 37, No. 31.

______. (14 March 1982) Vol. 47, No. 52.

Secretary of Interior. Boundary Revision. National Park Service Colorado National Monument." Federal Register (19 January 1978) vol. 43, no, 20, 43 10-10.

U.S. President. Proclamation. "Colorado National Monument, Establishment, Proclamation 1126." Statutes at Large (24 May 1911) Vol. 37.

______. Proclamation. "A Proclamation by the President of the United States." Statutes at Large, (3 March 1933) Vol. 47.

U.S. Department of the Interior/National Park. "Resource /Boundary Evaluation for Lands Adjacent to Colorado National Monument Colorado" Draft, September 1989.

Maps

United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, Topographic Map of the Colorado National Monument Quadrangle, 7.5 Minute Series, 1962, revised 1973.

Theses, Dissertations

Berger, Merton. "The Development of Fruita and the Lower Valley of the Colorado River From 1884 to 1937." M.A. thesis, University of Colorado, 1937.

Cawley, R. McGreggor. "The Sagebrush Rebellion." Ph.D. Dissertation, Colorado State University, 1981.

Interviews

Albers, Maxine. Interview by Lisa M. Schoch, 20 August 1992, Grand Junction, Colorado.

Benton, Robert. Telephone interview by Lisa M. Schoch, 23 January 1994.

Ela, Lucy. Interview by Sally Crum, 25 March 1976. Transcript, Oral History Collection, Colorado National Monument Museum and Archive Collection.

Files, Loyd. Interview by Lisa M. Schoch, 19 August 1992, Grand Junction, Colorado.

Fishell, Dave. Interview by Lisa M. Schoch, 14 August 1992, Grand Junction, Colorado.

Huffman, Dennis. Telephone interview by Lisa M. Schoch, 6 February 1994.

Schoch, Henry. Telephone interview by Lisa M. Schoch, 27 April 1994.

Wilkenson, John R. Interview by Lisa M. Schoch, 17 August 1992, Grand Junction, Colorado.

______. Interview by Lisa M. Schock, 17 August 1992, Orchard Mesa, Colorado. Woods, Vern. Interview by Maria Baldi, 10 June 1976. Transcript, Oral History Collection, Colorado National Monument Museum and Archive Collection.

County Documents

(Unless otherwise indicated, all documents are located in the Colorado National Monument Museum and Archive Collection.)

Mesa County. Proceedings of the Board of County Commissioners, Book 5, 1 April 1912. Mesa County Courthouse, Grand Junction, Colorado.

______. Proceedings of the Board of County Commissioners, Book 10, 2 December 1937.

______. Proceedings of the Board of County Commissioners, Book ?, 23 November 1959. Records of the Mesa County Courthouse, Grand Junction, Colorado.

Robinson, J. D. Deputy County Surveyor. Report on Road From End of Present County Road to East Creek Divide, 30 January 1884. Submitted to the Mesa County Commissioners.

Road Petition for the Board of County Commissioners, filed at the Office of the County Clerk, 13 November 1883.

Wilkenson, David. Deed to John R. Wilkenson, Reception No. 1257437 Book 1314. Mesa County, Colorado, 19 May 1981

Correspondence/Telegrams

(Unless otherwise indicated all documents are photocopies of National Archives Record Group 79 Central Files, U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service located in the Colorado National Monument Museum and Archive Collection.)

Albright, Horace. Letter to L.W. Burgess, President Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce, 29 February 1932.

______. Telegram to F.A. Kittredge, 12 November 1931.

______. Director National Park Service. Letter to Senator Lawrence Phipps, 9 February 1929.

______. Telegram to Edward Taylor, 9 November 1931.

______, Director of National Park Service. Letter to Edward T. Taylor, 16 March 1932.

______, Director of National Park Service. Letter to W.M. Wood, Secretary Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce, 26 November 1932.

Anderson, Clifford, Custodian Colorado National Monument. Letter to Director National Park Service, 15 November 1933.

______, Custodian Colorado National Monument: Letter to A.B. Cammerer, Director of National Park Service, 30 November 1933.

______. Letter to A.B. Cammerer, Director of National Park Service, 13 July 1935.

Antles, L., Secretary Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce. Letter to Edward T. Taylor, 23 January 1915.

Bennett, Fred, Commissioner General Land Office. Letter to Senator Simon Guggenheim, 27 December 1909. Alan Kania Research Materials, Colorado National Monument Museum and Archive Collection.

______, Acting Commissioner General Land Office. Letter to Register and Receiver, United States Land Office, Montrose, Colorado, 15 July 1907.

Burgess, L.W., Chairman Park Committee. Letter to Horace Albright, Director of National Park Service, 19 October 1932.

______, Chairman Monument Park Committee, Letter to A.W. Burney, Acting Chief Engineer, National Park Service, 7 June 1932.

______, President of Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce, to F.A. Kittredge, 21 November 1931.

Burney, A.W., Assistant Chief Engineer. Letter to Horace Albright Director National Park Service, 9 January 1933.

Cammerer, Arno B. Letter to A.E. Demaray, 4 October 1935.

______, Acting Director National Park Service. Letter to A.T. Gormley, 29 April 1927.

______, Acting Director National Park Service. Letter to John Otto, 20 June 1922.

______. Letter to John Otto, 20 July 1922.

______, Associate Director National Park Service. Letter to John Otto, 20 May 1931.

______, Acting Director National Park Service. Letter to R.A. Ross, President Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce, 11 February 1927.

Cammerer, A.B. Letter to Representative Edward Taylor, 26 October 1932.

Commissioner General Land Office. Letter to John Otto, 30 January 1913.

Connolly, J.E., Special Agent General Land Office. Letter to Commissioner General Land Office, 22 November 1913.

Demaray, A. E. Letter to L.I. Howes, Chief Engineer Bureau, 24 August 1926.

______. Telegram to F.A. Kittredge, 1O November 1931.

______, Acting Director National Park Service. Letter to Chief Engineer National Park Service, 5 March 1928.

______, National Park Service. Letter to F.R. Hall, Mayor of Grand Junction, 22 April 1933.

______, National Park Service. Letter to F.A. Kittredge, Chief Engineer, 10 February 1933.

______, Acting Director National Park Service. Letter to Frank Merriell, 7 May 1926.

______, Administrative Assistant National Park Service. Letter to Frank Pinkley, Superintendent Southwestern Monuments, 22 October 1924.

______, Acting Director National Park Service. Letter to W.M. Wood, Secretary Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce, 24 October 1927.

______, Acting Director National Park Service. Letter to W.M. Wood, Secretary Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce, 3 November 1927.

______. Telegram to W.M. Wood, 14 August 1930.

Fisher, Walter L., Secretary of Interior, Letter to William H. Taft, President of the United States, 23 May 1911.

Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce. Telegram to Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of Interior, 24 March 1933.

______. Telegram to Horace Albright, Director National Park Service, 18 November 1932.

Hall, F.R., Mayor of Grand Junction. Telegram to Horace Albright, Director of National Park Service, 5 April 1933.

Hutchison, Ira J. Director National Park Service. Letter to Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Brent, 9 July 1981.

Jones, Douglas L., Secretary Pinon Mesa Livestock Association. Letter to Dennis Hufftnan, Superintendent, 15 June 1981.

Kittredge, F.A. Letter to Horace Albright, 9 November 1931.

______, Chief Engineer National Park Service. Letter to Director National Park Service, 5 November 1930.

Mahoney, Thomas F., Secretary Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce. Letter to Edward T. Taylor, 15 May 1911.

Marsh, George A., Secretary Grand Junction Rotary Club. Letter to Edward Taylor, 7 April 1933.

Mather, Stephen, Director National Park Service. Letter to John Otto, 18 February 1919.

McEniry, M.D. Chief General Land Office. Letter to the Smithy Brothers, 18 November 1913. Alan Kania Research Materials, Colorado National Monument Museum and Archive Collection.

McMullin, Samuel G. Letter to Edward T. Taylor, 13 January 1933.

Merriell, Frank C. Letter to A.E. Demaray, Acting Assistant Director National Park Service, 1 July 1926.

Mesa County Commissioners. Letter to Cecil Andrus, Secretary of the Interior, 25 January 1980.

Nusbaum, Jesse L., Superintendent Colorado National Monument. Letter to J.A. Elliot, District Engineer Bureau of Public Roads, 29 September 1937.

Otto, John. Letter to Horace Albright, December 1931.

______. Letter to Horace Albright, 12 October 1932. Telegram to Horace Albright, 25 November 1931.

______. Letter to Arno B. Cammerer, Acting Director National Park Service, 10 February 1927.

______. Letter to Arno B. Cammerer, Acting Director National Park Service, 14 February 1927.

______. Letter to Arno B. Cammerer, Acting Director National Park Service, 12 February 1927.

______. Letter to Arno B. Cammerer, Acting Director National Park Service, 19 February 1927.

______. Letter to Arno B. Cammerer, Assistant Director National Park Service, 20 October 1927.

______. Letter to Commissioner General Land Office, 22 January 1913.

______. Letter to A.E. Demaray, 2 April 1927.

______. Letter to A.E. Demaray, Acting Assistant Director National Park Service, 10 May 1927.

______. Letter to A.E. Demaray, Acting Director National Park Service, 21 June 1929.

______. Letter to A.E. Demaray, Acting Associate Director National Park Service, 1 April 1930.

______. Letter to Director National Park Service, 4 March 1919.

______. Letter to Franklin Lane, 17 January 1919.

______. Letter to B.B. Marshall, Superintendent of National Parks, 6 June 1916.

______. Letter to Stephen Mather, Director National Park Service, 1 March 1927.

______. Letter to Stephen Mather, Director National Park Service, 17 October 1927.

______. Letter to M.D. McEniry, Chief General Land Office, 12 November 1913. Alan Kania Research Material, Colorado National Monument Museum and Archive Collection.

Post, W.H. Letter to Secretary of Interior, 15 May 1922.

Rogers, E.B. Letter to Director National Park Service, 27 December 1933.

Ross, R.A. President Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce. Letter to A.E. Demaray, Acting Director National Park Service, 7 January 1927.

Schoch, Henry, Chief Ranger. Letter to John R. Wilkenson, 22 June 1981.

______, Chief Ranger. Letter to John R. Wilkenson, 1 July 1981.

Secrest, T. W. Letter to F.A. Kittredge, Chief Engineer National Park Service, 30 January 1936.

Sullivan, Walter. Letter to Bryson P. Blair, 5 June 1907. Alan Kania Research Materials, Colorado National Monument Museum and Archive Collection.

Taylor, Edward T. Telegram to Horace Albright, 8 November 1931.

______. Letter to Horace Albright, Director of National Park Service, 20 October 1932.

______. Letter to William Howard Taft, President of the United States, 25 February 1911. Alan Kania Research Materials, Colorado National Monument Museum and Archive Collection.

Tobin, Daniel J. Jr., Associate Director National Park Service. Letter to the Honorable Ken Kramer, House of Representatives, 25 February 1980.

Tolson, Hillory A., Acting Director of National Park Service. Letter to F.W. Bocking, President Fruita Chamber of Commerce, 20 July 1935

Van Loan, Jay and George. Letter to Senator Gary Hart, 19 January 1980. Gary Hart Papers. Courtesy Western Historical Collections, University of Colorado at Boulder.

Vint Thomas C. Letter to A.E. Demaray, 14 December 1932.

Wilbur, Ray Lyman, Secretary of Interior. Letter to President Herbert Hoover, 1 March 1933.

______, Secretary of the Interior. Letter to John Otto, 28 November 1932.

Wilkenson, John R. Letter to Rick Enstrom, 10 September 1981.

______. Letter to Superintendent Dennis Huffman, 24 June 1981.

______. Letter to Superintendent Dennis Huffman, 9 July 1981.

______. Letter to Superintendent Dennis Huffman, 13 July 1981.

______. Letter to Superintendent Dennis Huffman, 22 July 1983.

______. Letter to Judge Richard P. Matsch, 9 December 1985.

______. Letter to Henry Schoch, Chief Ranger, and Dennis Huffman, Superintendent. 4 June 1981.

______. Letter to Henry Schoch, Chief Ranger, and Dennis Huffman, Superintendent, 18 June 1981.

Wood, W.M., Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce. Telegram to Horace Albright, National Park Service Director, 7 November 1931.

______, Secretary Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce. Letter to Horace Albright, Director of National Park Service, 18 November 1932.

______, Secretary Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce. Telegram to A.B. Cammerer, Director National Park Service, 5 October 1933.

______, Secretary Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce. Letter to A.E. Demaray, Acting Director National Park Service, 15 May 1926.

______, Secretary Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce. Letter to A.E. Demaray, Acting Associate, 27 June 1930.

______, Secretary Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce. Letter to A.E. Demaray, Acting Director National Park Service, 1 March 1928.

______, Secretary of Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce. Letter to Director National Park Service, 10 March 1923.

______, Secretary Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce. Letter to F.A. Kittredge, Chief Engineer National Park Service, 16 February 1932.

______, Secretary Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce. Letter to A.E. Demaray, Active Director National Park Service, 6 October 1932.

_______, Secretary Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce. Telegram to National Park Service, 6 October 1932.

______, Secretary Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce. Letter to A. R. Nowels, 29 May 1936.

______, Secretary of Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce. Letter to Senator Lawrence Phipps, 13 December 1928.

Newspaper Articles

(Unless otherwise indicated all newspaper articles are part of the Alan Kania Research Materials or lawsuit records located in the Colorado National Monument Museum and Archive Collection.)

"2500 Available For Scenic Road in National Monument West of City," November 1930. Photocopy. National Archives Record Group 79, Colorado National Monument Museum and Archive Collection.

"Almost Sure To Get a Park." Daily Sentinel, 23 May 1910.

"Alternate Road Plan Outlined for Glade Park," Daily Sentinel, 14 November 1979.

"Another Old Timer, Trail of the Serpent, Gets Retirement Papers after 28 Scary Years." Daily Sentinel, 18 April 1950.

Associated Press. "Agency Set to Battle For Lands." Daily Sentinel, 7 November 1989.

"Biographical Sketch of Congressman Edward T. Taylor, 4th District of Colorado." Montrose Daily Press, 27 October 1926. Clipping file. Colorado Historical Society.

"Can Raise $1500 for Park Road," Daily Sentinel, 18 December 1916.

"Commercial Vehicle Regulation Established at National Monument." Fruita Times, 13 June 1974.

"County Investigates Glade Park Access." Daily Sentinel, 25 September 1979.

"County Officials Term Road Damage Major." Daily Sentinel, 11 March 1980.

"County Seeks Congress Aid on Monument Road" Daily Sentinel, January 1980.

Crowell, T. Michael. "Monument Gate Crashers Face Citations." Daily Sentinel, 26 July 1983.

"Do Not Approve Name of Park." Daily Sentinel, 10 May 1911.

"Early Experiences in Life of the Great Grand Valley Trail Builder." Daily Sentinel, 7 June 1911.

"Endorsed For Custodian," Daily Sentinel, February 1927.

Former Senator of Colorado Dies." Denver Post, 3 November 1941. Clipping file. Denver Public Library. Western History Department.

Frazier, Deborah. "Cuts Force National Parks to Adopt Austerity Plans." Rocky Mountain News, 3 December 1992.

"Fruita After a Road from Glade Park." Daily Sentinel, 6 December 1911.

Giblin, Mary Louise. "County Sues Park Service on Glade Park Access Fee." Daily Sentinel, 27 December 1982.

Giblin, Mary Louise. "Glade Park Access Case Moved to Federal Court." Daily Sentinel, 23 October 1981.

______. "Glade Park Access Lawsuit Snagged in Bureaucracy." Daily Sentinel, 10 March 1983.

______. "Glade Park Dwellers Need Access Permits." Daily Sentinel, 5 June 1985.

______. "Glade Park Man to name Watt, Interior Department in Lawsuit." Daily Sentinel, 27 November 1981.

______. "Lack of Funds Stopping Roads." Daily Sentinel, November 1979.

______. "Lawyers Want Merger in Glade Park Road Case." Daily Sentinel, 14 January 1984.

______. "No Fast Judgement Expected on Road." Daily Sentinel, 30 August 1984.

______. "Rancher Heads to Court over Fee on Monument Road." Daily Sentinel, 1 August 1981.

______. "Road Hassle Subject of Meeting." Daily Sentinel, 21 July 1974.

______. "Road Suit Could Affect Nation." Daily Sentinel, 4 April 1985.

______. "Visitors Speed Work on Nature in Eroding National Monument." Daily Sentinel (?), 2 May 1956.

"Glade Park Man Seeks Trial Before Federal Judge." Daily Sentinel, 19 November 1981.

"Glade Park Road Plan Fails to Please Enstrom." Daily Sentinel, 21 June 1980.

"Glade Park Residents See Inequities in Rim Rock Fees." Fruita Times, 20 October 1982.

"Glade Park Road One of Scenic Grandeur." Daily Sentinel, 26 December 1911.

"Glade Park Road Plan Fails to please Enstrom." Daily Sentinel, 21 June 1980.

"Grand Junction Gets Lands Set Apart for a Great National Park." Daily Sentinel, 1 January 1910.

"Grand Valley: Its Resources and Advantages." Grand Junction News, 2 December 1882.

"Greater Precaution to Protect Men on Rimrock Road asked by Employees." Daily Sentinel, 16 December 1933.

Harmon, Gary. "Neighbors Wary of Park Proposal." Daily Sentinel, 28 January 1989.

"Hooper National Park." Daily Sentinel, 10 May 1911.

Hutchins, Tom. "A History of the Glade Park Road Controversy." Fruita Times, 3 October 1984.

"Investigation by Competent Engineer," Daily Sentinel, ca. 15 December 1933.

"Investigation Made of Great Scenic Spot Near This City." Daily Sentinel, 19 April 1909.

"Is Your Name On This List?" Daily Sentinel, 15 February 1910.

"It's Official: County to Sue Park Service." Daily Sentinel, 18 August 1982.

"John Otto Comments on Some Fiery Themes." Daily Sentinel, 30 March 1910.

"John Otto Determined to Build Scenic Road." Daily Sentinel, 6 February 1909.

"John Otto Has Narrow Escape From Death From Explosion." Daily Sentinel, 17 October 1910.

"John Otto Released." Daily Sentinel, 24 February 1906.

"Judge Nixes Monument Segment Fee." Daily Sentinel, 3 May 1986.

"Junction Entrance to Monument to be in Operation By July 1." The Morning Sun, 20 June 1960.

Knox, Don. "Monument Chief Holds Steady to Stand on Coors Bike Race." Rocky Mountain News, 13 February 1986.

"Lawsuit Overshadows Park, County Neighbor Cooperation." Fruita Times, 27 October 1982.

"Many Visitors at the Canon." Daily Sentinel, 1 September 1909.

"Map Monument Park Road Out." Daily Sentinel, 16 December 1916.

McCullen, Kevin. "Some Parks Could Close, Retiring Officials Warns." Rocky Mountain News, 1992.

"Means Much to This City." Daily Sentinel, 20 November 1909.

"Monument Park Campaign Given Boost by Wadleigh," Daily Sentinel, 2 December 1916.

"Monument Park Development to be Considered at Meeting." Daily Sentinel, 11 November 1916.

"Monument Park Development Working Gaining Impetous Daily." Daily Sentinel, 16 November 1916.

"Monument Park Should be Developed; Let's Do It Now." Daily Sentinel, 10 November 1916.

"Monument Plea is Taken to Washington." Daily Sentinel, 13 December 1916.

"Monument Superintendent Tells Rotarians of Colorado Monument Development Since 1911." Daily Sentinel, 20 February 1952.

"More Subscribers to Otto Trail Fund." Daily Sentinel, 7 June 1910.

Munru, Drew. "Expansion of National Monument Draws Support of GJ Councilmen." Daily Sentinel, 16 November 1989.

"National Monument 2nd Most Popular Park in Colorado." Daily Sentinel, 27 May 1956.

"New Glade Park Road." Daily Sentinel, 13 January 1921.

"New Monument Chief Begins; Native Coloradan; Experienced." Daily Sentinel, 19 March 1958.

"New Road a Must." Daily Sentinel, 27 June 1974.

Norgaard, Noland. "Nine Killed by Slide on Monument Road." Daily Sentinel, 13 December 1933.

"Not Yet Fully Appreciated." Daily Sentinel, 10 October 1951.

"Organize to Build Road." Daily Sentinel, 26 April 1910.

"Otto, Monument Canon Hermit, Speaks On Resort." Daily Sentinel, 25 July 1908.

"Otto Plans Big Celebration on Independence Day." Daily Sentinel, 17 June 1910.

"Otto Ready to Start Work on Park Highway." Daily Sentinel, 15 December 1911.

"Otto Receives Letter From President Taft," Daily Sentinel, 27 May 1909.

"Otto Tells of Grand Mesa." Daily Sentinel, 7 August 1908.

"Otto's Trail Completed." Daily Sentinel, 27 September 1909.

"Otto Unfurls Flag off Peak." Daily Sentinel, 9 July 1909.

"Park Escort Amendment is Approved." Rocky Mountain News, 26 September 1980.

"Park Service Mission said to Protect Lands for All: Monument Superintendent Huffman Grapples with Protection versus Road Use Problem." Fruita Times, 6 October 1982.

"Party of Young People Visit Famous Otto Road." Daily Sentinel, 25 April 1910.

Pratt, Mindy. 'Monument Fee Prompts Brouhaha." Daily Sentinel, 9 July 1980.

"Raise Money For Highway to Utah Line." Daily Sentinel.

Rice, Ginger. "Cattlemen Press for Trail Drive." Daily Sentinel, 4 December 1989.

"The Rimrock Tragedy." Daily Sentinel, 17 December 1933.

"Says Road Can be Built for $6500." Daily Sentinel, 25 January 1912.

"Senseless Order," Daily Sentinel, 19 June 1974.

Silbernagel, Bob. "Get Along Little Doggies: Cowpokes Herd 200 Head of Cattle Across Monument." Daily Sentinel, 8 May 1990.

______. "Government Drops Glade Park Appeal." Daily Sentinel, 21 November 1986.

______. "Groups Oppose Monument Expansion." Daily Sentinel, 26 January 1989.

______. "Head 'em Out: Ranchers Get OK to Use Monument Cattle Trail." Daily Sentinel, 3 May 1990.

______. "Park's Expansion Fuels BLM Battle." Daily Sentinel, 19 November 1989.

______. "Regulation Differences Pointed Out." Daily Sentinel, 19 November 1989.

______. "Stock Trail Shutdown Spurs Feud." Daily Sentinel, 30 November 1989.

______. "4 Groups Fight Monument Plan for Expansion." Daily Sentinel, 13 November 1989.

"Stockmen Protest Closing of Glade Park Road." Daily Sentinel, 16 June 1974.

Sullivan, Jim. "Group Forms to Oversee Government." Daily Sentinel, 2 March 1983.

"Taylor Asks $25,000 for Road to National Monolithic Park." Daily Sentinel, 10 June 1911.

"Taylor Tells of Naming the Park." Daily Sentinel, 27 June 1911.

"Teller Institute Should be Alien Detention Camp." Grand Junction Daily News, 10 June 1918.

"To Hoist Flag On Independence Rock." Daily Sentinel, 2 July 1910.

"To Photograph the Monument." Daily Sentinel, 23 April 1909.

"Truck Traffic Restrictions on Monument Road Eased." Daily Sentinel, 25 June 1974.

"Truckers Gain 24-Hour Access Through Monument." Daily Sentinel, 24 July 1974.

"U.S. Attorney Files for Dismissal of Suit on Monument Road." Daily Sentinel, 20 October 1981.

"Up to People to Boost Park." Daily Sentinel, December 1909.

Wilkenson, John R. "Glade Park: Jury or Jail? The Truth Behind the Glade Park Controversy. Palisade Tribune, 19 January 1984-1983.

______. "Speaking the Public Mind: Unconscionable Trial Delay." Daily Sentinel, 13 October 1983.

Wilkinson, Todd. "Tribes Assert their Rights to Use National Parks." Denver Post, 13 December 1992.

"Will Boost for Monument Park." Daily Sentinel, 21 April 1911.

"Work Roads on May 2 Scheme." Daily Sentinel, 25 April 1916.

Miscellaneous

(Unless otherwise indicated all documents are located in the Colorado National Monument Museum and Archive Collection.)

Acting Assistant Manager, Midwest/Rocky Mountain Team, Denver Service Center. "Truck Route Study of Route 1 Colorado National Monument." 28 April 1980.

Benton, Robert. "Environmental Review and Selected Alternative Concerning Commercial Vehicle Use In Colorado National Monument," 24 August 1979.

Copy of Application and Affidavit for Glade Park Permit, Colorado National Monument.

The Charter of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado. Grand Junction: Merrill Printing Company, 14 September 1909. Courtesy Colorado Historical Society.

Department of the Interior, National Park Service. "Draft, Resource/Boundary Evaluation for Lands Adjacent to Colorado National Monument, Colorado." September 1989.

Fruita Bureau of Information. "Fruita, Colorado." Fruita Bureau of Information, ca. 1910. Courtesy Colorado Historical Society.

Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce. "The Valley of the Grand, The Place for You." Denver: Smith-Brooks Press, no date. Courtesy Colorado Historical Society.

Index of Filings Regarding the Road Controversy on the East End of Colorado National Monument's Rim Rock Drive.

Kasparek, Robert B., Henry A. Schoch, and Robert L. Randall. "Environmental Assessment: Commercial Vehicle Use in the Colorado National Monument." Colorado National Monument, Rocky Mountain Regional Office, United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1.

"Longtime Chamber Support for Access to Glade Park Continues." News and Views, Issue #80-CUPS 112-870, August 1982.

Look, Al. "Who Was John Otto?" [photocopy]. Museum of Western Colorado Manuscripts, F-675, Al Look Manuscripts, Grand Junction, Colorado.

Mintzmyer, Lorraine, Regional Director Rocky Mountain Region. "Briefing Statement: Escort Service Colorado National Monument," 29 September 1980.

Minutes of County Commissioners Meeting with Glade Park Residents Regarding the Possible Rim Rock Drive Lawsuit, 7 September 1982.

Moore, Catherine S. "Original History of Glade Park, 1962" [photocopy]. Museum of Western Colorado Manuscripts, F-886 Progress of Glade Park, Grand Junction, Colorado.

National Park Service Message Record, Rocky Mountain Regional Office, 9 January 1980:

Jensen, Dave. National Park Service Message Record Phone Call to Dennis Huffman, 23 September 1980.

______. National Park Service Message Record Phone Call to Dennis Huffman, Superintendent, 24 December 1980.

News Aids--Warnings. Published by the Chamber of Commerce of Grand Junction, Colorado. Grand Junction: Chamber of Commerce, 15 December 1932.

Nisley, Frank. Appraisal of Present Market Value of Fruita Pipeline property, 2-3.

Otto, John. Flier of Regulations, Colorado National Monument, no date.

Otto, John, John G. McKinney, and William C. Hermann, "Articles of Incorporation of the Colorado River Auto Transportation and Toll Road Company." 12 December 1912.

Phipps, Lawrence. "Improve Colorado National Monument," Washington Weekly Newsletter, 10 March 1928.

Randall, Bob. Case Incident Record. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 9 April 1979.

Schoch, Henry. "Narrative of Events: Protest at East Entrance Colorado National Monuments" 5 June 1983.

______. "News Release, U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service," 19 May 1983.

Supplementary Case/Incident Record, Colorado National Monument, submitted by Raymond Skiles, 25 August 1981.

Wilkenson, John. "Legal Notice Attention Colorado National Monument Employee," 24 July 1983.

Memoranda

(Unless otherwise indicated all documents are located in the Colorado National Monument Museum and Archive Collection.)

Banta, Jerry. Memorandum to Superintendent Dennis Huffman, ca, 1982.

Burchard. Duncan. Memorandum to Superintendent Dennis Huffman, 20 October 1982.

Cammerer, Arno B., Director of National Park Service. Memorandum for the Assistant Secretary of the Interior. 13 October 1933.

______, Director of National Park Service. Memorandum to Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the interior, 13 June 1936.

______, Director National Park Service. Memorandum to Harold L. Ickes. Secretary of the Interior, 13 July 1936.

Finch, Breyton. Memorandum to Coordinating Superintendent Mesa Verde National Park. 21 September 1946.

Huffman, Dennis, Superintendent. Memorandum for Files regarding Meeting with Mesa County Board of Commissioners and Glade Park Residents. 1 August 1980.

______, Superintendent. Memorandum, Draft Special Regulation for Inclusion in 36 CFR, Chapter 1, Part 7," to Lorraine Mintzmyer, 8 April 1981.

Memorandum for the Director of the National Park Service, 23 February 1933.

Memorandum of Understanding Between the Superintendent, Curecanti Group, National Park Service, Department of Interior, and the Commander, Field Command, Defense Nuclear Agency, Department of Defense For Use of Road in the Colorado National Monument, 1972.

Mintzmyer, Lorraine, Regional Director Rocky Mountain Region. Memorandum to Dermis Huffman, Superintendent, 27 August 1980.

Moskey, G.A., Chief Counsel National Park Service. Memorandum to Acting Chief of Engineering National Park Service, 8 December 1941.

Nusbaum, Jesse L., Superintendent Colorado National Monument. Informal Memorandum, to Mr. A. H. Furr, 22 November 1937.

______. Memorandum for the Director, 27 May 1939.

Powell, Robert. Memorandum to Superintendent Dennis Huffman, 22 October 1982.

Schoch, Henry A., Chief Ranger. Memorandum to Dennis Huffnmn, Superintendent, 31 July 1980.

Strait, Richard A. Memorandum to Associate Director Planning and Resource Preservation Rocky Mountain Region, to Assistant Manager Midwest/Rocky Mountain Team, Denver Service Center, 19 March 1980.

Tolson, Hillory A., Acting Director of National Park Service. Memorandum for the Washington Office, 15 August 1935.

______, Acting Associate Director of National Park Service. Memorandum for the Washington Office, 4 October 1935.

Articles

Farrell, Tyrone. The Civilian Conservation Corps on The Colorado National Monument. Journal of the Western Slope Vol. 6, No. 4 (Summer 1991): 1-28.

Wright, Alice. "Colorado National Monument Growing." Westworld, 13 January 1977. Mesa County Library Clipping File.

Reports/Minutes

(Unless otherwise indicated all documents are located at the Colorado National Monument Museum and Archive Collection.)

Duer, Charles L. and J.P. Golden, Mineral Inspectors. Report to Commissioner General Land Office, 26 April 1911. Alan Kania Research Materials, Colorado National Monument Museum and Archive Collection.

Gorden, C., Mineral Examiner General Land Office. Report to Commissioner General Land Office, 17 June 1915. Photocopy. National Archive Record Group 79, Colorado National Monument Museum and Archive Collection.

Haywood, William F. Report on Fatal Accident, 13 December 1933.

Kittredge, F.A., Chief Engineer National Park Service. "Conference and Inspection of Proposed Road Activities, Colorado National Monument, Grand Junction, Colorado," 13 August 1930. Photocopy. National Archives Record Group 79, Colorado National Monument Museum and Archive Collection.

Miller, Horace. Final Construction Report on Scenic Rim Rock Road Sections A, B, C, D Account 508, 1937-1940 United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1940.

"Mission 66 for Colorado National Monument." U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, ca. 1956.

Secrest, T.W. Final Construction Report on Scenic Rim Rock Road Stations 210+00 to 370+00 Section 1B Account F. P. 95.8. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 15 March 1937.

______. Final Construction Report on Scenic Rim Rock Road, 12 July 1937.

______. Final Construction on Scenic Rim Rock Road Acct. No. 507-14-1010 Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 3 August 1937.

______. Monthly Report to F.A. Kittredge, Chief Engineer National Park Service, 5 December 1931. Photocopy. National Archives Record Group 79, Colorado National Monument Museum and Archive Collection.

Superintendent's Monthly Narrative Reports for Colorado National Monument, 1933-1949.

Superintendent's Monthly Narrative Reports for Colorado National Monument, 1950-1960.

Superintendent's Monthly Narrative Reports for Colorado National Monument, 1961-1976.

Superintendent's Monthly Narrative Reports for Colorado National Monument, 1977-1980.

Legal Documents in Colorado National Monument Museum and Archive Collection

Black, Bruce. Assistant U.S. Attorney. "Motion to Dismiss," 24 August 1984. Filed in the United States District Court, For the District of Colorado." In United States v. John R. Wilkenson. (Criminal Case No. 81-CR-2 10).

______. "Proposal for the Orderly Litigation of Issues," 9 December 1983. Filed in the United District Court for the District of Colorado. United States of America v. John R. Wilkenson (Case No. 81-CR-210); United States of America v. John R. Wilkenson, et al. (Case No. 83-CR-388); John R. Wilkenson v. Department of the Interior of the United States et al. (Case No. 81-M-1825); Board of County Commissioners of Mesa County, Colorado, et al. v. James Watt, et al. (Case No. 82-Z 2171).

Matsch, Judge Richard P. "Proposal Order in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado," 15 May 1984.

______. "Pre-Trial Order," 12 July 1984. Filed in the United States District Court, District of Colorado. Board of County Commissioners of Mesa County, Colorado, et al. v, James Watt et al. (Civil Action No. 82-M-2171).

______. "Memorandum Opinion and Order," 2 May 1986. Filed in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, John R. Wilkenson v. Department of the Interior of the United States, et al. (Civil Action No. 81-M-1825) and Board of County Commissioners of Mesa County, Colorado, et al. v. James Watt, et al. (Civil Action No. 82-M-2171).

Wilkenson, John R. "Memorandum in Support of Plaintiff's Motion to Include Mesa County Commissioners as Parties," 29 September 1982. John R. Wllkenson v. Department of the Interior, et al. (Civil Action No. 81-M-1825).

______. "Response to Civil Defendants/Criminal Plaintiff's Motion for Order to Restructure; and Response to Summons in 83-CR-388; and Civil Plaintiff's/Criminal Defendant's Counter Proposal for the Orderly Litigation of the Issues" in United States District Court for the District of Colorado, 19 December 1983 John R. Wilkenson v. Department of the Interior of the United States, et al. (Civil Action No. 81-M-1825); United States of America v. John R. Wilkenson (Criminal Case No. 81-CR-2 10); United States of America v. John R. Wilkenson (Criminal Case No. 83-CR-388); Board of County Commissioners of Mesa County, Colorado, et al. v. James Watt, et al. (Civil Action No. 82-M-2171).

"Trial Brief of Board of County Commissioners, et al," 21 August 1984. Filed in the U.S. District Court, District of Colorado. Board of County Commissioners of Mesa County, Colorado et al. v. James Watt et al. (Civil Action No. 82 M 2171) and John R. Wilkenson v. Department of the Interior of the United States et al. (Civil Action No. 81 M 1825).