History makes a little money...

A historic square grain silo near Mancos, Colorado tells of the state's agricultural roots.

Heritage Tourism seems to making inroads in Colorado these days. The State Tourism Office has paired up with the state's Department of Agriculture to sponsor nine workshops to learn about opportunities to develop Colorado history and agriculture. I created a heritage tourism resource book for the Southwest Colorado Travel Region and the State Tourism Office.  You can see it and learn about heritage tourism in that corner of the state at http://www.swcoloradoheritage.com/about-our-heritage/downloads/heritage-preservation-toolkit/Preserving%20History%20WorkbookFinal.pdf/view

At the local level, check out my article "Exploring Telluride's Mining Past" in Headwaters Magazine, http://www.cfwe.org/flip/catalog.php?catalog=hw28 and Lake City's "Guide to Buying History" at http://issuu.com/lc_dirt/docs/buyinghistoryguide?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true   Happy reading.