The Legacy of Dearfield, Colorado
Inspired by the writings of Booker T. Washington, Oliver Toussaint Jackson established a farming colony…
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Time Machine Tuesday: The Colorado Extension
In 1914 the Federal government passed the Smith-Lever Act, which established a system of Cooperative…
Colorado’s Most Endangered Places
Every February, Colorado Preservation Inc. (CPI) releases their annual list of Colorado’s Most Endangered Places….
Time Machine Tuesday: The WPA in Colorado
During the height of the Great Depression, as banks failed, unemployment soared, and farm prices…
Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado a Century Ago
Our library has recently digitized a delightful publication from 1917 that looks at life in…
Topics in History: Colorado’s Homegrown History
As Thanksgiving approaches, there’s a chance you may be swapping recipes with friends, recreating an…
Time Machine Tuesday: Victory Gardens
Victory gardens were a part of life on the home front during World War II….
Colorado Dept. of Agriculture Photo Contest
From animals to scenery, products to people, Colorado agriculture provides numerous opportunities for artistic photographs…
Cultivating Colorado: A New Magazine on Colorado Agriculture
The Colorado Department of Agriculture has debuted a new magazine all about Colorado farmers. Cultivating…
It's National Farmers Market Week!
This is the time of year for fresh produce, and Colorado has many local farmers…
Time Machine Tuesday: Denver’s Trees
Friday, April 27 is Arbor Day, a day for encouraging the planting of trees and…
Pesticide Safety
This is National Poison Prevention Week, and if you work in the agriculture industry, one…
Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado Farming During the Great War
A few months ago I wrote a Time Machine Tuesday feature about the state’s efforts…
Colorado’s Conservation Districts
Did you know that Colorado has seventy-six Conservation Districts? Nearly every part of the state…
CSU's National Western Center
Last week was the groundbreaking for the new National Western Center, a major project to…
Western Slope Colorado Wine
Colorado wine enthusiasts may delight in the book An American Provence, published in 2011 by…
Time Machine Tuesday: The Colorado Agricultural Society
Colorado Territory had barely been established when a group of leading farmers, agriculturalists, and promoters…
The Colorado State Fair
The Colorado State Fair begins today and runs through September 4. This annual event began…
Time Machine Tuesday: Increasing Farm Production in Wartime
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, ever-increasing numbers of Americans were…
Japanese Beetles
While gardening last weekend I discovered that my trees are being eaten by Japanese beetles;…