Carlos Pitts / Ute Indian Museum
The average Coloradan has at least a passing familiarity with Captain John W. Gunnison’s 1853 expedition to determine the feasibility of a transcontinental railroad route through western Colorado to California. Captain Gunnison received a friendly reception from the resident Tabeguache Nuche (Ute) during his brief transit of the Uncompahgre Valley but was admonished…
