Alamosa Daily Digest Friday, October 09, 2026
Ty's Take
Halloween's coming up and the Valley Courier's got the seasonal spirit, which is fine enough for early October. But what strikes me is how we've built this whole American mythology around being scared of our own history. Haunted houses and ghost stories are comfortable ways to talk about things that still matter, especially in a place like the San Luis Valley where the actual history runs deeper than most parts of the country. The Spanish settlers who came through here centuries ago, the indigenous peoples before them, the mining booms and busts, the water wars that never really end, the families who've held their land through it all. We don't need to wait for Halloween to reckon with what shaped this place. Sometimes the real ghosts are the ones we choose not to look at in daylight.
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Valley Courier
Halloween celebrations across the San Luis Valley will feature trunk-or-treat events, costume contests, and fall festivals for families looking to get into the holiday spirit. National spending on Halloween is projected to reach $13.5 billion this year, with three-quarters of Americans planning to...
Author Betsy Gaines Quammen will discuss her book "This Haunted Land: Reckoning With Ghosts and the Stories That Shape America" at Narrow Gauge Book Cooperative in Alamosa, exploring how historical traumas from slavery, Indigenous boarding schools, and environmental destruction continue to haunt...
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