Trent Rock, 2nd place winner in SLV Dweller's photo contest of 2005, decided to make another of his photographs available to a discerning buyer. You might have seen the offered photo on SLV Dweller before, but Trent promises that the mounted, signed, 15" x 20" print will be the only one.

The Rio Grande National Forest has scheduled prescribed burns in southern Conejos County today, weather permitting.

The Fox Creek Store offers good information about the surrounding area and has a rafting video to boot!

Wild Turkey are spotted along the road at the border of the Rio Grande National Forest in Fox Creek.

A view of the SLV from the southwest side near Fox Creek. photo by Russell Braiden

A view of the San Luis Valley from the southwest side near Fox Creek is the cover for October 1. photo by Russell Braiden

Sheriff Joe Taylor said Monday that officials are "95 percent sure" the skeletal remains of a man found Thursday in the San Juan Mountains are those of a man who went missing after the 1992 killing of his wife.

"We've covered almost 3,000 miles on our cross-country bike ride so far, and I don't remember any place as unique as this. I almost feel like I'm in a different country." Read More...

"...I rode in the middle of on an empty Colorado Highway 17 between Fox Creek and Antonito when I passed a farmer making hay while the sun did shine. Had I been remotely hydrated, I would have shed a tear at the sight." Read More...

The SLV Dweller Webcam captures a fire in the Fox Creek area. Watch!! (Quicktime Required)

Freecycle group is open to all who want to recycle that special something rather than throw it away. Nonprofit groups are welcome to participate! There is one main rule however: EVERYTHING posted must be FREE. This group is part of The Freecycle Network, a nonprofit organization and a movement of people interested in keeping good stuff out of landfills.

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An old abandoned cabin in Fox Creek shines in the SLV sun while a storm looms. Photo by Trent Rock.

A truck driver and his passenger escaped serious injury yesterday after his semi loaded with pumpkins crashed into the Conejos River. Witnessess said "Thousands of pumpkins were floating down the river."

According to the Catawba People web site, in the mid-1880s, "missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (a.k.a. LDS Church or Mormons) arrived on the remnants of this once great Catawba Indian Nation in South Carolina and converted many to Mormonism. Faced with abject poverty, racism, and religious intolerance, approximately half of the tribal members migrated en masse to southern Colorado as members of the LDS Church. Some refer to this as the exile period. Founding numerous LDS townships in the high mountains of Colorado (Manassa, Fox Creek, La Jara, and Sanford), the Catawba Indians thrived in comparison to the living standards that were left behind." View a photo taken in Sanford, circa 1935, of William "Buck" Canty, whose parents were both Catawba, wearing a traditional Catawba headdress. Canty was a prominant LDS member and was often invited to speak at Brigham Young University.

The Mormon church at Fox Creek, west of Antonito, will be the largest building in Fox Creek. It is also the newest church in Conejos County.