Piece Description

From their living room windows, Bobby Hill and Kenny Gyurman [like: German] can see land that used to be theirs. About twenty-five years ago, the Army seized large portions of their ranches near Trinidad, Colorado and several dozen others -- to create the Pinon Canyon Manuever Site. It?s the same site the Army now wants to expand. Back then, half the landowners were willing to sell; the rest, like Hill and Gyurman, were forced to. Today, these two neighbors are retired and once again, find themselves in the Army's path. If the proposed expansion goes through, both will likely lose their homes and what remains of their land. To retell the story of that first Pinon Canyon fight, we caught up with some of those who were involved, and who fear history will repeat itself.