Uncompahgre tells about one of Colorado's little visited, yet magnificent scenic routes. The Uncompahgre Plateau is a flat-topped mountain -- Colorado's largest in terms of square feet. It extends from Grand Junction to Ridgway with nearly 2,000 square miles of slashing canyons, weird geology, lush trees, and vast horizons.

Where the Gunnison and Uncompahgre Rivers meet, so too have the real life stories and myths of the Native Americans, Spanish gold-seekers, French fur traders, white settlers, infamous outlaws, and the many others who have attempted to lay their claim to the region. In Where Rivers Meet, Muriel Marshall returns to western Colorado, the stomping grounds for her previous book, Red Hole in Time, to unearth the rich local lore. More than rural in its appeal,...