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Ute Indian Prayer Trees of the Pikes Peak Region is a book about Culturally Modified Trees, skillfully shaped by the hands of the indigenous people of Colorado, which can still be found today in the Pikes Peak Region. John Wesley Anderson shares the beginning of his journey into the past which led him across the ancestral homeland of the Ute to seek an understanding of these living Native American cultural artifacts. John shares the wisdom of the elders from the Reservations who believe at the beginning of time Creator brought them to the Shining Mountains. The Ute knew Pikes Peak by the name Tava, which means Sun Mountain. This is a story about the People of Sun Mountain and their sacred prayer trees.

Sherlock Holmes fans the world over have long wondered what to make of 1896; the "Missing Year." Of the fifty-six short stories and four novels, which constitute the canon of Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's, one year has remained a mystery - where on earth did Sherlock Holmes and his intrepid friend, Dr. John H. Watson, spend the better part of 1896? Finally we know! During a chance discovery, in the spring of 2020, a black pocket notebook belonging to Dr. Watson was discovered. The notebook contained Dr. Watson's personal notes detailing an unpublished investigation of an international counterfeiting ring which drew Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson away from their warm flat at 221 B Baker Street, London, England, and across "the pond" to Glen Eyrie Castle, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, a small town in the American west once known as Little London.

For thousands of years, ancient man gazed up into the stars and dreamt of returning to Pleiades. That dream now rests in the hands of Zac Box, a typical 15-year-old high school boy, interested in girls and cars, with dreams of his own to someday attend the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Zac’s mother graduated from the Air Force Academy to became a combat pilot. She was killed when her helicopter was shot down during a Pararescue mission in the Middle East. Zac’s father, a smoke jumper, spends most summer months away from home fighting forest fires. Zac must spend his summers with his great-grandfather, White Elk, on the Ute Mountain Ute Reservation in the Four Corners area of Colorado. This summer will prove life-changing for Zac, not because he finds a flying saucer, but because a flying saucer finds him…

Native American Prayer Trees of Colorado is a book about the cultural tradition of a people. John Wesley Anderson takes his readers on a journey of discovery through his study of the Native American tradition of modifying trees for navigational, medicinal, burial, educational and spiritual purposes. Working in close association with members and elders of the Southern Ute Reservation, the study of previous researchers, and people familiar with these culturally modified trees, Anderson has built a compelling and fascinating work which greatly moves forth the documentation and preservation of these cultural and spiritual landmarks.