CHNC News: Would You Work Here?
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Time Machine Tuesday: Researching Past Colorado Legislators
Our library receives many questions about finding biographical information on state legislators from the past. Many of these questions are geneological …
Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado Aviation
In honor of National Aviation History Month, this week’s post takes a look at the state of aviation in Colorado …
Louisville Public Library Celebrates Making Local Newspaper Available Online Through CHNC
It’s very rewarding to preserve your local history and provide access to it for your community, and we love it …
Time Machine Tuesday: A Colorado Booklist from 1968
What were the popular books on Colorado, and by Colorado authors, half a century ago? Find out by viewing the …
Colorado Governors: Samuel Elbert
Colorado’s highest mountain bears the name of Samuel H. Elbert, territorial governor of Colorado from 1873-74. Elbert County is also …
Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado’s Poet Laureates
Was Colorado the first state to have a poet laureate? It depends on who you ask. Alice Polk Hill, Colorado’s …
CHNC News! Historic African American Newspapers Now Available
In a few short years CHNC has grown tremendously and made some exciting changes. We have a new and improved …
Vote for Colorado’s Most Significant Artifact
Now through November 17, you can vote for your favorite historic Colorado artifact or document as part of the Colorado …
Upping your Engagement – Getting More From the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection
Colorado has an interesting and colorful history. Whether you are interested in our mining past, railroad development and growth, livestock …
Time Machine Tuesday: An Economic Profile of Denver in 1974
Recently the Denver metro area has been experiencing unprecedented economic activity and growth, with hundreds of people moving here each …
Time Machine Tuesday: The Lost Town of Caribou, Colorado
It can’t really be called a ghost town, because there’s almost nothing left to mark the location of Caribou, Colorado, …
Time Machine Tuesday: Rydberg's Flora
One of late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century America’s greatest botanists extensively studied the flora of Colorado, and left us what is …
Time Machine Tuesday: The Colorado Agricultural Society
Colorado Territory had barely been established when a group of leading farmers, agriculturalists, and promoters got together and formed the …
Time Machine Tuesday: Trappers, Traders and Mountain Men
In the early decades of the nineteenth century, French, English, and American fur trappers came to Colorado, living a rugged …
Colorado’s Labor History
This coming Monday is Labor Day. Because so much of Colorado’s development was tied in with mining, transportation, and other …
Time Machine Tuesday: Teaching Colorado History
Anybody who attended elementary school in Colorado remembers learning about the state’s history — the colorful characters, the miners, the …
The Buildings of Auraria
The Auraria Higher Education Center (or Auraria Campus, as it is often known) is quite unique among Colorado’s college campuses. …
Time Machine Tuesday: Highway Safety
Certainly a lot has changed in the last fifty years regarding vehicle safety! Consider this excerpt from Highway Safety in …
Time Machine Tuesday: Increasing Farm Production in Wartime
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, ever-increasing numbers of Americans were joining the armed forces. Whether …