Winter Weather and Insurance
Three days after the coming of spring, Colorado returned to winter today with a major blizzard. If you find yourself …
Colorado State Publications Blog
The Colorado State Publications Library provides Coloradans FREE permanent public access to state government documents.
Time Machine Tuesday: College Catalogs
The State Publications Library collects college catalogs for all state-funded colleges and universities, and these can provide a fun look …
Colorado Mining Towns
In our library’s collection you can find a number of books and websites that tell the story of Colorado’s mining …
Kit Carson and Fort Garland
Frontiersman Kit Carson once commanded Fort Garland, a southeastern Colorado fort set up to provide military protection to early settlers …
The Cost of Corrections in Colorado
How much does it cost to keep an inmate in a Colorado correctional facility each day? The answers — contained …
Pesticides
Our library has many resources for learning about the use of pesticides in Colorado. Search the term “pesticides” in our …
Sunrise and Sunset Reviews
No, I’m not talking about the “wow, what a beautiful sunset!” type reviews. In this case, sunset and sunrise reviews …
Time Machine Tuesday: Limited Gaming in Colorado
In 1990 Colorado voters passed a law to allow limited gaming in three historic towns — Central City, Black Hawk, …
State Parks NatureFinder App
Colorado Parks and Wildlife has a new app called NatureFinder, which you can download to your smartphone or tablet and …
Ethnic Histories of Colorado
Colorado’s history and places were shaped by people of many different ethnic and cultural backgrounds. A book from University Press of …
Time Machine Tuesday: Oil and Gas Fields of Colorado
Most Coloradans know that oil and gas production has skyrocketed in Colorado, but a 1975 resource from the Colorado Geological …
Colorado Caucus
Tomorrow, Tuesday, March 1, is caucus day in Colorado. You can find information on the Colorado caucus, including eligibility, caucus …
Colorado Farm to Market
The Colorado Department of Agriculture, Colorado State University, the Colorado Farmer’s Market Association, and the Colorado Department of Public Health …
Work-Related Injuries in Colorado
If you are looking for statistics on the number of injuries that occur in the workplace in Colorado, you can …
Time Machine Tuesday: Cooking in 1945
The way we eat has certainly changed in the last three quarters of a century, as can be seen in …
Camp George West and Military Munitions on Green Mountain
This month the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment announced that it will be investigating possible unexploded military munitions …
History of Libraries in Colorado
The Colorado State Library is a good place to start when researching the history of your local library, whether it …
Time Machine Tuesday: Planning the Valley Highway
I-25 through Denver, originally known as the Valley Highway, dramatically changed transportation through and in the city when it was …
Aquatic Studies and Investigations
Colorado Parks & Wildlife conducts numerous annual studies of fish and amphibians. Among the topics they study are warmwater and …
Time Machine Tuesday: Uninsured Motorists
In 1954 the Colorado Legislative Council conducted a study to determine the feasibility of requiring all Colorado drivers to carry …