Colorado Women in World War II
World War II wasn’t just won by our soldiers. Women played a huge role in…
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LiDAR Scanning: A New Way of Looking at Old Places
If a historic or archaeological site disappears or changes, how will we remember what it…
Time Machine Tuesday: The Tabor Grand Opera House
139 years ago this week, on September 5, 1881, occurred what was arguably the most…
Time Machine Tuesday: Schools During Wartime
This year, as students head back to school, classes will be a very different experience….
Colorado Governors: Job Adams Cooper
Job A. Cooper served as Colorado governor from 1889 to 1891. It was a time…
Time Machine Tuesday: The Cattle Industry in Colorado
For over 150 years, the cattle industry has been an integral part of Colorado’s agricultural…
Time Machine Tuesday: The 1920 Denver Tramway Strike
A recent pandemic, economic instability, and protests in downtown Denver. Sound familiar? Only this was…
Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado in the Cold War
Seventy-five years ago this week, on July 16, 1945, the United States conducted its first…
Get To Know CSL: Leigh Jeremias on Archives, Digital Collections, and Our Connections to History
In a series of conversations, we are finding out about how the people of Colorado…
Time Machine Tuesday: Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park
This year marks the 105th anniversary of Rocky Mountain National Park, as well as the…
A Window to History: CHNC’s Extraordinary Brightside Newspaper
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) has a lot of gems in its archives. Brightside,…
Time Machine Tuesday: Agnes Wright Spring
New to the library’s digital collection is Denver’s Historic Markers, Memorials, Statues, and Parks (1959)….
Colorado Historic Properties on the State and National Registers
The State Publications Library often receives questions about historically designated properties, including how to determine…
Colorado Governors: Alva Adams
Continuing our series on Colorado’s chief executives, we now turn to Alva Adams, whose multiple…
Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado’s Carnation Industry
No flower is more associated with Mother’s Day than the carnation. But did you know…
Colorado Day by Day
Looking for a “this-day-in-history” resource for Colorado? A new addition to our library collection is…
Time Machine Tuesday: The Colorado Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home
In 1889 the State of Colorado established a home for aging Civil War veterans and…
Time Machine Tuesday: Early Development of the Telephone in Colorado
Alexander Graham Bell first patented the telephone in 1876, the same year Colorado became a…
Colorado Governors: Benjamin Eaton
Benjamin Harrison Eaton first came to Colorado in the 1859 Gold Rush. He had been…
How Gunnison Dealt with the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic
The year was 1918 and the Spanish Flu pandemic was in full swing. The disease…