Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado Highways Bulletin

…in the summer of 1918. Published monthly through 1919, the bulletin updated Coloradans on highway construction and promoted automobile tourism with articles and photos. The March 1919 issue, for instance… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 9.03)

Air Pollution Control

…and burning, indoor air quality, lead, mercury, motor vehicles, oil and gas, ozone, regional haze, and more. For instance, if you’re experiencing health ailments you suspect might be attributable to… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 9.03)

Resources on Colorado Liquor Laws

Colorado’s liquor laws change frequently — for instance, you may have noticed that full-strength beer is now sold in your local supermarket. How can consumers and current or prospective business… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 9.03)

The Only Diagramming Tool You’ll Ever Need (And It’s Free!)

…of Linux, or Chrome OS. If you use Google Drive, you can install a draw.io app via the G Suite Marketplace, and an add-on to integrate draw.io with Google Docs…. (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 9.03)

Colorado Vital Statistics and Health Data

…Health Information Dataset (CoHID), which you can use to query more in-depth data on births and deaths. For instance, birth data can be viewed back to 1990. In addition to… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 9.03)

Storybird – Bag of Tricks

…a cardboard cover. While that is still a great activity, going digital can add more than just a few aspects to writing creatively. First of all, it is instantly shareable… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 9.03)

2018 is Year of the Bird

…species in their popular Colorado Outdoors magazine. Each 2018 issue features articles on Colorado birds and what CPW is doing to research and protect them. For instance, in the September/October… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 9.03)

Time Machine Tuesday: Postcards from Southwestern Colorado

Bird’s-eye view of Durango, circa 1907-1914. In today’s world of social media and instant communication, the postcard has become a lost art. But the basic idea is the same –… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 9.03)

Time Machine Tuesday: Typhoid Epidemic

…essay about the Denver epidemic.  “There was scarcely a physician in the city…who had not from one to several cases, and in not a few instances, one dozen on hand… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 9.03)

Time Machine Tuesday: Public Health in Colorado, 1937

…included both a “Division of Sanitary Engineering” and a “Division of Plumbing,” the latter division working to “raise the standard of sanitation and thereby protect the public against installations which… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 9.03)

Protect Yourself, Your Pets, and Livestock from Rabies

…area need to be aware of the risk of rabies.  In 2015, for instance, most rabid bats were found in Denver, Arapahoe, and Larimer counties along the I-25 corridor. Our… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 9.03)

Time Machine Tuesday: Public Opinion on Water Quality

…floods, the 2015 Animas River spill, and increased interest in fracking, all of which may have caused opinions to change.  For instance, according to the 2007 report, just 71% of… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 9.03)

Seat belt use

…a happy Thanksgiving, take a few seconds to make sure everyone in the car uses seat belts and that all children use correctly installed child restraint systems or booster seats…. (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 9.03)

In Their Own Words

…number of diaries, journals, letters, and memoirs that have been published by the state. For instance, you can read interesting accounts of life as a frontier soldier in This Solider… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 9.03)

Citizen Science

…the site, researchers can create a project, collect data, and view the results.  For instance, one of the site’s projects is a the “Front Range Pika Project,” where volunteers log… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 9.03)

Wilderness Survival

Recent instances of people trapped in the snows of the Pacific Northwest mountains serve to remind us that anyone venturing into the high country in wintertime should familiarize themselves with… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 9.03)

Resources on Affordable Housing

…Plan (2018) Housing Need and Rent Burden in Colorado and its Metropolitan Areas (2012) Manufactured Homes and Factory Built Housing Installation Handbook (2014) Pathways Home Colorado (2012) Public Housing Agency… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 9.03)

Touring Colorado’s Collections: Greetings from Southwest Colorado!

Courtesy Fort Lewis College Today quick messages and family updates are sent by text message, Facebook, Instagram or other social media posts. But before social media and cell phones, postcards… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 9.03)

CHNC Welcomes School of Mines Oredigger

…free access to digitized versions of The Oredigger, searchable by date, keyword, and selected topics. The first installment of The Oredigger to our collection includes over 2,200 pages of issues… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 9.03)