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HISTORY158 - Generations

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Recently I was wondering if generational differences in my fellow residents in the Hacienda at the Canyon retirement community have any effect on how we interact with each other.  I also wondered about difficulties we might have with the current culture.  We’re all seniors of course or we wouldn’t be living here, and mostly of two generations:  the Silent Generation (born from 1928 - 1945) and the Baby Boomer Generation (born from 1946 - 1964).  So, I decided to do some research and write about these subjects.  After an introduction, I will discuss the Silent and Baby Boomer Generations in turn.  For each generation, I will identify key historical events that helped shape the cultural traits of the generation, and the generation’s supposed core traits.  I will then summarize the similarities and differences between the two generations, and then the biggest difficulties these (senior) generations reportedly have with the current culture.  Lastl...
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HISTORY157 - Glenwood Canyon Colorado

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Earlier this month, Pat and I took Canyon Spirit’s luxury scenic train trip from Salt Lake City, Utah to Denver, Colorado.  This blog addresses the most impressive experience we had on our train trip:  passing through the very deep, very narrow Glenwood Canyon, located along the Colorado River, 90 miles northeast of Grand Junction, Colorado, beginning at Glenwood Springs (see the map below).  We were astounded at the incredible engineering and construction effort it must have taken to lay the track bed through the canyon.  Moreover, traversing the same river bed was Interstate 70, implying another incredible feat of engineering and construction.  So, documenting the history of Glenwood Canyon, including how the railroad route and interstate highway were constructed, will be the subject of this article. Glenwood Canyon is located on the Colorado River, 90 miles east of Grand Junction, Colorado, beginning at Glenwood Springs.   After an introduction to Gl...
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