Events

: Dotsero Train Wreck of 1909; Twenty-one people were killed and thirty injured when a freight train ran into a passenger train just outside of Glenwood Springs canyon in 1909.

: Durango Fiesta Days; It began in 1935 as Spanish Trails Fiesta days, with the main event being a rodeo. As of 2023, it takes place at the La Plata County Fairgrounds and still includes a rodeo, along with other competitions.

: FIBArk (Salida, Colorado); Salida, Colorado's Annual Whitewater Festival.

: Fiftieth Reunion, Fruita Union High School Class of 1927; The fiftieth reunion event of the Fruita Union High School's graduating class of 1927 was held on June 11-12, 1977 at Hawthorn Park and other locations in Grand Junction, Colorado. During the portion of the event in Hawthorne Park, the Mesa County Oral History Project interviewed and recorded assenting attendees.

: Flash Flood at Cross Orchards; Sometime in the 1920’s, a large flash flood destroyed much of the Cross Orchards ranch and the surrounding area. Charles Buttolph, manager at the orchard at the time the flood occurred, recalled that it was sunny at the time. A cloudburst in the Bookcliffs unleashed a torrent that came from miles away, following a wash that cut north and south through the valley and through the middle of the Cross Ranch. The wash followed the route of 31 Road, which was effectively destroyed by the widening of the arroyo. The water crested at about six feet high on either side of the wash, and took out fruit trees, other crops and bridges. It also destroyed a portion of the old Midland Trail, which ran on the south side of the farm. Oral history interviewee Harold Zimmerman describes feeling and hearing the rumble of large rocks that had been swept from the Bookcliffs through the wash.

: Flash flood on Diamond Creek, Utah; A flash flood caused by a storm at the head of a canyon in the Bookcliffs in August 28, 1939. According to eyewitness Merle Winters, the head of the flood ran about five feet deep. It killed Laura Turner, the wife of Albert Turner. She was camped with her son Warren Turner, ranch hand Winters, and Winters’ brother in the canyon. The brother of Merle Winters and Warren Turner nearly drowned, but Merle was able to save both of them. Prior to the flood, Winters tried to convince Laura Turner to get to higher ground, but she was scared of lightning and refused. The flood washed out all of the bridges, and the party could not get to town to take Warren Turner to the doctor. The body of Laura Turner was found underwater the next day. She had been caught in driftwood.

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