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Welcome to readers of the Montrose Style Fall/Winter magazine

dave — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:58:58 +0000

Mt. Sneffels Press is featured on page 19 of the Fall/Winter issue of Montrose (Colorado) Style, a magazine available to travelers, visitors, and residents alike. The article speaks of the books in The Great American Flying Broomstick series, which you can find here. And Narrow Gauge Railroading in the San Juan Triangle is found here. Some material on the coming of The Unexpected Traveler is found here and here. Linda Louise Ashley’s book is here. Beth Paulson’s poetry is here. Paul and Becky McCreary’s book is here. The page for author services, including Carole London, is here. Please enjoy your visit and look around! If you’re buying more than one book at a time, be sure to use the shopping cart feature to save on postage.

MSP Author Pettengill Wins Award For Article in MSP Book

dave — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 02:43:07 +0000

Mt. Sneffels Press author Jim Pettengill, left, receives WWHA award from WWHA President Pam Potter and WWHA Awards Chairman Carroll Moore. Photo by Daniel Patterson.

Author Jim Pettengill, one of the contributing authors of Mt. Sneffels Press book “Ouray County Historical Society Journal Volume 4,” won a prestigious award from the Wild West History Association. At WWHA’s Roundup (annual convention), Jim received the “Outstanding Article on Western History (Scholarly and/or Historical Publication),” for his article “The Marlow Brothers’ Texas Ordeal and Life in Ouray County.”

This award, for one of the articles in a Mt. Sneffels Press book, is a feather in Jim’s cap. It’s a national award from a respected organization whose members and evaluation committees include most of the recognized experts in the field. It shows that quality work can come from small, local historical societies and from local presses.

The WWHA is an international organization devoted to the history of the American West and what made it wild. They publish a Journal six times a year with well-documented articles. Their Roundup this year was held in Cody, Wyoming, in July. Their website is www.wildwesthistory.org.

Walgreen’s Signing for Mt. Sneffels Press

dave — Wed, 11 May 2011 01:48:32 +0000

Ridgway Railroad Museum President Keith Koch and his wife sit at the Mt. Sneffels Press table at the Walgreens book signing.

Rich Paar, the manager of the local Walgreens drugstore, is a supporter of local authors and conducts periodic book signings. He hosted another on May 7th, 2011, the day prior to Mother’s Day. He asked me to invite some of the authors of the railroad book to come along. Pictured is Keith Koch, president of the Museum, and his wife. I sold three copies of the Flying Broomstick Book 1 during the sale—a slow day, but we all enjoyed meeting the public.

Ouray County Historical Society Journal publishes 4th volume

dave — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 03:39:12 +0000

The OCHS has published Vol 4 in their Journal series, filled with well-researched, entertaining stories about life in Ouray County back in the "good old days." Click on the image to order.

Mt. Sneffels Press is proud to announce that we’ve published the Ouray County (Colorado) Historical Society’s Journal Volume 4, new for 2010. The book has 11 well-researched history articles all illustrated with multiple black and white photographs. You’ll enjoy stories such as the mining history of Ouray County, memories of Ouray’s San Juan Miners Hospital, the Sneffels Stagecoach holdup, the Marlow brothers’ Texas ordeal and their life in Ouray County. This book joins our History Catalog, bringing to you life as it was in Southwestern Colorado. You can go to our History Catalog here to see other books about life in our area as it once was.

To learn more about OCHS, click here, where you’ll find directions to the museum in Ouray. The site has many more details about the museum.

Ridgway Railroad Museum Authors

dave — Mon, 25 May 2009 16:33:48 +0000

Authors Thomas Hillhouse, Rodney Holloway, Bonnie Koch, Keith Koch, Don Paulson, Jim Pettengill, and Karl Schaeffer on D&RGW Caboose 0575

Mt. Sneffels Press is pleased to welcome the Ridgway Railroad Museum to its list of authors! Their new book, Narrow Gauge Railroading in the San Juan Triangle, can now be ordered from the Mt. Sneffels Press catalog.

In the summer of 2005 the Ridgway Railroad Museum approached David Mullings, the editor and owner of The Ouray Plaindealer and The Ridgway Sun, with a proposal to write semi-monthly columns for these two newspapers on topics relating to the narrow gauge railroading history of Ouray County. David agreed and the first article was published in the Ouray Plaindealer in October of 2005. Over the past three and a half years more than 40 of these articles have now been published.

The authors of these articles, who are all active members of the Ridgway Railroad Museum, include Tom Hillhouse (retired corporate attorney and Vice president of the Ouray County Historical Society), Rodney Holloway (Ridgway Railroad Museum volunteer and too young to retire), Bonnie Koch (retired elementary teacher and Ridgway Railroad Museum Educational Coordinator), Keith Koch (retired high school teacher and National Model Railroad Association Master Modeler), Don Paulson (retired college professor and Curator of the Ouray County Museum), Jim Pettengill (retired geologist and freelance writer), and Karl Schaeffer (retired railroad mechanical engineer and President of the Ridgway Railroad Museum).

Ridgway Railroad Museum, Ridgway, Colorado

This book is a compilation of most of these newspaper articles, which have been edited from their original versions. Appropriate historic photos, contemporary photos, maps and railroad forms accompany the articles. See the Ridgway Railroad Museum website.

Mary Ann Dismant

dave — Sun, 24 May 2009 23:52:21 +0000

Mary Ann Dismant and her husband Carl.

Mary Ann Dismant is the author of Growing Up in Denver, 1944-1957: A Memoir. Mary Ann and Carl have lived in Ouray, Colorado, since 1963. She was Director of the Ouray Public Library until 1998, when she became a part-time circulation librarian. Mary Ann and her husband Carl, who also grew up in Denver, celebrated their 48th anniversary in June, 2009. She attributes the longevity of their marriage to the fact that she is still a great speller. Carl needs her badly because he is a not-so-great speller!

Paul McCreary

dave — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:24:52 +0000

Paul McCreary

Paul McCreary grew up on farms in East-Central Illinois in the 1950s and 60s. He graduated from college as an art major with an interest in creative writing and photography and moved to Michigan to teach in 1966. After nearly 29 years there, and becoming the father of three accomplished children, he retired to Southern Indiana in 1996. He pursued art, writing, and photography, and met and married his lovely wife Becky, continuing the same interests. They moved to beautiful Ouray, Colorado, to operate a bed and breakfast. And now they split their time between Colorado and Arizona. They have long threatened to write a collaborative work of prose and poetry. The threat has come to fruition. Most of Paul’s short stories are fiction, while some are based on true events.

Becky Klein McCreary

dave — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:32:45 +0000

Becky Klein McCreary

Becky Klein McCreary grew up on a farm in East-Central Indiana where she had freedom to wander the woods, streams, and meadows. There, her creativity took root as she connected with nature. She worked as a feature writer, photographer, and news reporter for newspapers and written communications coordinator for Ford Motor Company, but her most fulfilling career was raising her four children. Becky and Paul live, love, and laugh in Green Valley, Arizona, and Ouray, Colorado.

Dave Casler

dave — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:38:51 +0000

Dave Casler

Dave Casler is the creator of the flying broomstick series and organized Mt. Sneffels Press, a Colorado Micropress that offers local authors a platform for publication.

Dave Casler went into engineering because he loved math and science from the time he was in elementary school in Glendale, California. His Bachelor of Science in Mathematics came from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, and his Master of Science in [Electrical] Engineering came from the California State University at Northridge.

Dave is a ham radio operator, callsign KEØOG. He holds the highest class of ham license available, Amateur Extra.

His mind wanders frequently and he thinks of unusual ways to accomplish ordinary things. He has one patent and another pending and loves to invent, whether it’s real or not. The Flying Broomstick series grew out of a daydream during a long and boring meeting. And Dave really does work for IBM.

He and his wife Loretta live just north of Ridgway, Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. Dave loves writing, motorcycling, ham radio, photography, and genealogy. As part of his genealogy work, Dave encourages you to go to www.familysearchindexing.org and help digitize old records.

See www.dcasler.com for Dave’s personal blog.