Along the Wagon Road

Rhubarb is all over the San Juan Mountains in Southwest Colorado. Where did it come from? And what does an abandoned road in producer Jamie Wanzek's backyard have to do with it? Content warning: This story mentions suicide ideation. Reported, written, and produced by Jamie Wanzek Edited by Kirbie Bennett Music:  You'll Never Catch Me Crawling Back to You  Roy Williams The Poppy Red Garden Loner on a Cliff The High Lonesome Hearth  The Magic Southwest LLC Chapters (00:00:00) - Silverton's International Rhubarb Festival(00:07:43) - Old Rhubarb Plants in Silverton(00:12:27) - The woman from the Rhubarb Cookbook(00:15:21) - The Old Road From Durango to Silverton(00:22:10) - From the Trail: A Wagon Road Through the Mountains