Time Machine Tuesday: State Industrial Schools
In the nineteenth century Colorado established industrial schools for girls and boys who were in trouble. A State Industrial School was …
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May is Building Safety Month
Governor Hickenlooper has declared May, 2016 as Colorado Building Safety Month. This month brings recognition to the work of architects, …
Spotlight on Sharing: Libraries Support Memory Care
Libraries are a reflection of the communities they serve, and communities across the United States are experiencing a steep increase in …
Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado in 1976
A lot was going on in Colorado in the year 1976. First of all, while the nation celebrated its bicentennial, …
Fracking: Risk to Homes and the Environment
Today’s Denver Post headlined “Colorado residents push to protect homes, river from fracking,” which discusses the use of state rules …
Licensing of Optometrists
If you or your child needs glasses, you may have questions regarding who to see — an ophthalmologist, an optometrist, …
Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado Highway Maps
What was it like to travel around Colorado before I-25, I-70, and the other major highways? Colorado had a network …
Buying or Selling a Motor Vehicle
If you’re in the market for a new car or truck, there are many questions to think through besides just …
University Faculty/Staff Salaries
At our library we often get questions about where to find a listing of salaries for state-funded university faculty and …
For Immediate Release: CHNC’s Top Journeymen Editor reaches 100,000 words!
The Colorado State Library would like to congratulate Jude, CHNC’s Top Journeymen Editor, for correcting over 100,000 words found in …
Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado's Coal Mines
While Colorado was founded on gold and silver, coal mining became the state’s most significant mining industry by the turn …
Denver’s Cheesman Park
Denver’s Cheesman Park is a great place to walk, jog, picnic, sunbathe, and relax. But did you know that it …
CHNC is Growing! Again!
The Colorado State Library is pleased to announce the recent addition of three new historic newspaper titles to the Colorado …
Colorado Small Business Week
May 1-7 is Colorado Small Business Week. “With over 560,000 small businesses and half our workforce employed by small businesses, …
Find and Compare Health Facilities
Health facilities such as assisted living centers, clinics, dialysis centers, hospices, nursing homes, and other facilities, in addition to hospitals, …
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Time Machine Tuesday: Public Schools and the Great Depression
Amidst the Great Depression of the 1930s, “[t]he citizens of Colorado face[d] the problem of finding from some source or …
Parent and Family Resources
The Colorado Department of Education has put together a webpage, entitled Parent and Family Resources, which is a great place …
Time Machine Tuesday: Diamonds in Colorado
Did you know that Larimer County had a diamond mine? The Kelsey Lake Mine was operational from 1996 to 2001. …
Golf in Colorado
As the weather gets warmer people are beginning to head to the golf course. If you’re interested in the history …