Western State College of Colorado

Archives of the Tenth Headwaters, Nov. 5-7, 1999

"The Code of the West Revisited"

Tenth Headwaters, the Hard Core – Photo by Midnight

Groups ranging in size from around 200 for the keynote address Friday evening to a steady 60 plus or minus for the Saturday and Sunday sessions met at Western State College in Gunnison for a weekend of contemplation and discussion on the "The Code of the West" and how it is, or is not, or should be changing, along with the demographic and economic changes rampant in the headwaters region. From this page you can revisit these aspects of that conference:

• Peter Decker's Keynote Address.

• 10th Headwaters Conference papers.

• Garry Rickart, a Western senior and Colorado native who attended the conference, reflects on the experience.

• Heidi Christy, a Western senior, was inspired by the conference to poetry.