On Colorado鈥檚 Western Slope a single sign represents a mining town that was once there. The town helped provide the uranium in the first atomic bomb. The town was called Uravan.
Journalist has long been fascinated by stories of Uravan. Cowan grew up in nearby Grand Junction and remembers hearing urban legends about Uravan. Officials closed and buried the town in the 1980s due to radiation concerns.
Cowan set out to record interviews with former residents of Uravan, and recently turned his research into a six-part podcast series. It's called .
In The NoCo鈥檚 Brad Turner talked with Cowan to hear about this largely forgotten corner of Colorado.
Courtesy of Alec Cowan
