Rocky Ford Stories


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In this story, Sassy is having trouble going to sleep. Her brother, Slither, can sleep; her best friend, Freshie, loves to rest; and her friends, Torch and Turbo, never seem to be grouchy or tired. Sassy asks for their ideas and makes herself a list that will become her new bedtime habit. She learns to enjoy going to bed and how to relax and fall asleep.










Rock Springs


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In these ten stories, Ford mines literary gold from the wind-scrubbed landscape of the American West - and from the guarded hopes and gnawing loneliness of the people who live there. A refugee from justice driving across Wyoming with his daughter; an unhappy girlfriend and a stolen Mercedes; a boy watching his family dissolve in a night of tragicomic violence; two men and a woman swapping hard-luck stories in a frontier bar as they try to sweeten their luck. Rock Springs is a masterpiece of taut narration, cleanly chiselled prose, and empathy so generous that it feels like a kind of grace.




The Rider at Rocky Ford


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Rocky Ford


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Rocky Ford


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The hero of the critically acclaimed mystery, SAND CREEK, is back. Colorado Deputy Sheriff Johnny Hart faces a train wreck both his job and his personal life. A migrant worker found dead opens up a sordid tangle of modern day slavery and murder that Johnny can only solve with a little help from his friends. Old history and present day headlines collide in ROCKY FORD..




Rocky Ford, Colorado


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A History of Rocky Ford Community, 1818-1952


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Contains: Roads and homesteads, first settlers, settlers after the Civil War, making a living: farming, sawmills, blacksmiths, general store, gristmill, molasses mill, post office at Sitzville, tar gum wells, woodman of the world hall, doctors, folk medicine; social life, churches and schools, rockford school teachers, changing time.




Rocky Ford, Colorado, a Walk Past Local Doors


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Anyone with a connection to Rocky Ford, Colorado will enjoy over 500 historical and modern photographs collected from the public library, museum, other archives and private collectors by author and former resident David J. Muth. His fondness for the community stems from his childhood spent in the Arkansas Valley. Explore Rocky Ford, Colorado from the earliest plat around the time Colorado became a state in 1876 through the days when the melons were harvested and brought to town in horse-drawn wagons for annual Watermelon Days, a festival tradition that is carried on today. Author David Muth has created a fantastic photographic collection of local homes and businesses--a trip down memory lane for long-time residents, and for the younger generation, a chance to explore the Rocky Ford that beloved parents and grandparents once knew.