Ridgway’s landmark U.S. flag
Editor’s note: This is the first installment in our new, occasional feature called “burning questions.” We thought this one would be a great one to start with, given the celebration of Flag Day this week. The goal of this series is to answer random questions about the area – and in this case, the question we received was, “What’s the deal with that gigantic flag in the middle of the valley?” Well, we figured out how and why it came to be raised, and did our...