“the river’s meandering ribbon ties together its more recent significance — as an engine for agriculture and, gradually, recreation — with a complicated history of westward expansion and native displacement from the water’s once heavily timbered banks that extended more than 60 miles west toward La Junta.” https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/02/arkansas-river-lamar-big-timbers-colorado-history/ via @coloradosun re: #BigTimbers #IndigenousLandscapes #WaterintheWest + more