Good Old Fashioned Barbecue
This week we have already had very warm sun, afternoon thunderstorms, lovely long days, and…
CHNC: Special Edition
Victorian Wonder Woman-Rattlesnake Kate!
It’s a nice, warm summer day and you are enjoying a jog along the open…
A Rock Garden Fit for the Gods
“This is truly a perfect palace of a place. Nature and beauty must have here…
Fashion Conscious in Colorado
People’s fascination (and let’s be fair, women’s in particular) with clothing style has been around for…
Fire in Colorado Springs!
On January 12, 1900, the thriving business district on Tejon Street in Colorado Springs was…
Colorado-Bred Swashbuckler
“Want something snappy, exciting, romantic, full of tense action, bubbling over with romance and glamor…
Veterans Day: Inception & Beyond
At 11 o’clock on the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918 in Versailles,…
Lovely Rocky Mountain Autumn
The autumnal equinox – the day in September when daylight hours are almost equal to…
Happy 140th Birthday Colorado!
The land that we now call Colorado was sparsely populated by any white settlers in the…
Bears, Oh My!
In the summers of Colorado, a century and a half ago, larger wildlife could be…
Choo, Choo! To Denver and Beyond
The end of June, between 1870-1882, was a hot time for railroad milestones in Colorado….
“The Great Deluge in Denver”
“I looked out of the window and saw a wall of water six feet high…
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” -MLK
“There is much to be done for the betterment of our future condition…”-Mary B. Talbert,…
♫ Over there…the Yanks are coming…♫
In January 1945, the Germans had secured a foothold in the Northern Apennine Mountain Range…
Superbowl of Cattle Shows
The National Western Stock Show begins this weekend and shall be celebrating its 110th Official…
A “Discovery”!
It has existed for over a millennium. It was hidden from view by trees, brush and…
Vice + Promised Library = a Swindle
In the 1870s, Colorado was very much the wild west and the thriving, growing hub…