Dan Ford

Dan Ford is a native New Mexican, born in Roswell and raised in Aztec. Born in 1948, the family moved to Aztec when he was six years old. After high school he graduated from junior college at New Mexico Military Insititute in 1968 and then attended Baylor University and Ft. Lewis College. Looking for a career, he moved to Denver and fell into the world of finance. 50 years later, Dan retired from community banking that took him from Denver to Pueblo, CO, to Albuquerque, and then to Alaska (1981-88). His final move was to a small bank in Bayfield, Colorado where he worked for 23 years, retiring in 2011. After a short retirement, he did as short stint with a bank in Buena Vista, CO and then three years running a small credit union in his home town of Aztec, NM.

Dan started his writing career through his interest in history. He researched and later wrote about New Mexico High School football, a subject that helped him gain knowledge of every community in the state. One book was an almanac displaying every football score in NM for every school since 1950. He also wrote small books on high school football history for several other schools.

After re-re-retiring from a life in finance, Dan wrote his first novel, "The Kings of Rock Creek", a story of a fictitious town in Northeast New Mexico onto which the King family settled and thrived starting in 1936. The book is filled with obscure historical events into which Dan has inserted his characters. His second book was ppublished in 2024. "The Queens of Rock Creek" compliment the first book and tell of subsequent owners of the ranch, two sisters from Ohio, Their care and love of the land and how it affects their lives has lessons for everyone.

Dan married his high school sweetheart, Cyndee, in 1969. Together they raised three children. Dan and Cyndee continue to live in Bayfield, CO, a small town outside of Durango, CO.