Herndon Davis, Colorado Artist
You’re probably familiar with the Face on the Barroom Floor, the mysterious portrait of a…
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Time Machine Tuesday: Constructing Vail Pass
Colorado’s ski industry depends on transportation along I-70. What would your drive to the slopes…
John Charles Frémont: Senator, Governor, Presidential Candidate, and Explorer
When: 1813-1890 Where: Colorado’s Sangre de Cristo Mountains Why important: Explorer, Presidential Candidate, Civil…
Colorado’s Cultural Newspaper History
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection has once again grown by thousands of pages thanks to…
Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado Facts and Figures
One hundred years ago the State of Colorado began publishing its annual Year Book, featuring…
The “Maverick” of Carpenter Ranch
Farrington “Ferry” Carpenter was a Harvard- and Princeton- educated rancher whose autobiography, Confessions of a…
Colorado’s Role in World War I
Yesterday marked the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that ended the First World War. Colorado…
Topics in History: Colorado’s Homegrown History
As Thanksgiving approaches, there’s a chance you may be swapping recipes with friends, recreating an…
Otto Mears: Pathfinder of the San Juans
When: 1840 – 1931 Where: Born in Russia and came to America at the age of…
DU’s Weekly Peanut and The Hesperus Student Newspapers Join the CHNC!
As our list of university newspapers continues to grow, the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection is…
Time Machine Tuesday: Festival of Mountain and Plain
In 1895, Coloradans were looking for something to lift their spirits. Two years before, the…
Topics in History: The Coffee Myth and the Power of Advertising
In today’s health obsessed culture of fit watches and online trainers, it seems that most…
Time Machine Tuesday: The Colorado Traveling Library Commission
In 1903 the Colorado Legislature passed an act creating the Colorado Traveling Library Commission. Appointed…
How Geology Helped Build the Moffat Road
Our library recently received a fascinating new document for our collection that will be of…
1918 Influenza
Cañon City High School students don masks during the 1918-19 pandemic. Photo courtesy History Colorado….
Baseball in Colorado
A new exhibit at the History Colorado museum, Play Ball!, brings in some amazing artifacts…
Time Machine Tuesday: The Colorado Attorney General
A.J. Sampson, Colorado’s first state Attorney General. The Attorney General of Colorado is an elected…
Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado Biographies
Genealogists and others looking for biographical information on Coloradans from earlier than 1927 should view…
Time Machine Tuesday: The History of Colorado's Highways
Today we take for granted the fact that highways can take us pretty much anywhere…
Time Machine Tuesday: Historical Population Trends
In a recent Time Machine Tuesday I wrote about some of our library’s digital documents…
Researching the Hispanic Experience in Colorado
If you’re researching the history of Colorado’s Hispanic community, the University of Colorado Denver has…