Library

Welcome to the reference desk. Here you'll find links to information about subjects that have been mentioned in the songs of C.W. McCall, arranged in some sort of order. We're not sure what that order is, though. It's definitely not Dewey Decimal.

Caution: except for pages on this web site, none of these links can be guaranteed to be available. If you do encounter a dead or incorrect link, please report it to the head librarian.

Pages On This Site

• Concordance
  A list of place names, people, and a few other items that appear in the songs of C.W. McCall. (In progress.)

News

• Durango Herald. News of southwestern Colorado.

Other C.W. McCall Sites

• It's My First C.W. McCall Page from Kenner. Anyone who adds a link back to An American Legend is all right by me.

The Real McCall

• C.W.'s non-listing on the Ultimate Band List.
• Notable Iowa Persons. Search for "Fries".
• `CONVOY' SINGER C.W. McCALL TURNS 70. A page on Cafe Crowd. At least they noticed, even if they couldn't spell "Ouray" correctly.

Trucking

• TNT's Rough Cut on trucking movies.
• We got a great big "Convoy," but we don't know why, or Take This Movie and Shove It, Part III. A less-than-flattering review of Convoy - The Motion Picture, on the Country Standard Time website.
• Lou Hinton's Fox Trot: Trucker Tales Set To Music. Cassettes for sale, and there are some samples in .WAV format.

Four Wheel Drive

• Black Bear Colorado 4WD Trail (4X4 Trail - Jeep Trail). Bob Norton's drive of September 1997.
• Dean Harkema's Jeep
• Someone's Homework Assignment. For the mathematically inclined.
• Black Bear Road. A trip along you-know-what.
• The Infamous Black Bear Road. Another page on The Narrow Gauge Circle. Nice pictures of the trip.

Scenic Traveling

• Road Information. Wondering if that Colorado pass is open? Daily weather reports from the Colorado Department of Transportation, Public Interest Site.
• Wolf Creek Pass. A small picture on the "Who We Are" page of Cyberwest Magazine.
• Southwest Colorado Access Network. A good starting point for travel and general information about southwest Colorado.
• Alpine Loop Back Country Byway. A scenic drive.
• Outdoor Recreation in Mesa Verde Country. Any web site that mentions C.W. on the first page can't be too bad.
• Official Ouray Colorado Visitor's Guide. Lodging, accommodations, real estate, Southwest Colorado, ice climbing, 4x4, hot springs, mountain vacations.
• Telluride Colorado Visitor's Guide! Information on lodging, skiing, snowboarding, relocation, real estate, festivals, hiking, biking, jeeping, fishing, flyfishing, Film, Bluegrass, Southwest Colorado.
• Black Bear and Imogene. A 1997 tour of BBR. There's a picture of Teamsters Tunnel.

Colorado History

• Colorado History Resources from the Douglas Public Library District.

Alferd Packer

• Alferd Packer - The Musical. Written by, Directed by, and Starring Trey Parker. Yes, he's half of the South Park team.
• Cannibal: The Musical. Troma's -- yes, those Toxic Avenger folks -- and their relationship with Trey Parker.
• Cannibal: The Musical. On the outlawTV.com site, there are RealVideo clips of the movie. At Screen Edge, you'll find links to more Alferd Packer pages.
• Alferd Packer on the Cannibal Trail. Packer history at roadsideamerica.com.
• Alferd Packer - Another View. Maybe he wasn't such a bad guy, after all.
• COG Ride the Divide 'color'. A short history of Al. Just the facts, ma'am.
• The Ballad of Alferd Packer by Phil Ochs, with a few notes by Trent Fisher. Was his name really "Alferd"?
• Alferd Packer Grill at the University Memorial Center of the University of Colorado at Boulder. The house special is 'El Canibal'.
• Alferd Packer's Grave on Find A Grave.
• Colorful Colorado Customs. Celebrating Al.
• History of Glen Plym Ranch. An incidental mentioning of Al.
• Centennial Publications, publishers of Alferd Packer's High Protein Cookbook.
• Hinsdale County. The history of a part of southwest Colorado, containing a very informative section on Al.
• Who Is This Rogue? A contest at Great Outdoor Recreation Pages. If you don't know the answer, you obviously haven't read anything on this page.

Narrow Gauge Railroads

• Narrow Gauge On The Net. Narrow gauge railways, particularly those in Colorado.
• Slim Rails - Durango & Silverton RR. You know the subject. A page on the Slim Rails site.
• The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. The unofficial site. Includes train schedules, trip details, and information about Durango itself.
• The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad The official site. Information, pictures, and online reservations.
• The Narrow Gauge Circle. The premiere Colorado Narrow Gauge Site on the WWW. Great photographs and route maps. And, The Gallopin' Goose!

Lincoln Highway

• James Lin's site about the Lincoln Highway, a.k.a. "Old 30".
• The Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor. The Pennsylvania section of U.S. Route 30.
• Lincoln Highway Association, Greene County, Iowa
• Josh Malk's trip on the Lincoln Highway in 1995, in his 1936 Model 810 Cord. [This site uses frames. Start at this page, then choose "Travels In My Cord".]

They Mentioned C.W. On Their Site

• Dave Hetherington's Home Page. Some guy that lives in Durango. Check out the "Photo Album" link on the main page; there's a picture of Red Mountain Pass on page 2.
• Chris Eicher. And he owns a Jeep. Figures.