By Polly Oberosler Up until the 1950s, water running through small ranches in the Gunnison Valley and other rural areas in western Colorado were destinations for fisherman from the Front Range. Nearly every ranch had a cabin or two where the fisherman came to set up “housekeeping” for a few days, and the ranchers had gardens to supply them with fresh foods they may have run short on. The Gunnison Valley, although blistering cold in winter and having a mighty short growing season, can produce many varieties of garden foods every summer that are second to none. The rich soil ...