Robert Curtis Finley Tragedy

Here are four newspaper accounts of a notable tragedy that occurred late May 1931 in southwestern Colorado to the Robert Curtis Finley family. Click the links below to read a transcript of each newspaper account.

Special thanks to Michael Dean Darnell for visiting the Cortez Public Libary (Cortez, Montezuma, Colorado) in 2019 to inquire and work with Sally Jo Leitner (Cortez Public Library) to locate and take pictures of the antique microfiche copies of the original printed newspaper accounts.


Cortez Journal-Herald 1931-05-28

Cortez Sentinel 1931-05-28

Cortez Journal-Herald 1931-08-06

Cortez Sentinel 1931-08-06