Time Machine Tuesday: Agnes Wright Spring
New to the library’s digital collection is Denver’s Historic Markers, Memorials, Statues, and Parks (1959)….
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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 Flu Pandemic
The year was 1918 and a flu pandemic was in full swing. The disease would,…
Time Machine Tuesday: Building the State Capitol
Today, the Capitol Building with its famous gold dome is one of the most recognized…
Time Machine Tuesday: 100th Anniversary of Prohibition
One hundred years ago this week marked the beginning of Prohibition in the United States,…
CHNC and the Online Historic Newspaper Landscape
With over 1.7 million digitized pages representing nearly 400 newspaper titles stretching back to Colorado’s…
Colfax: Metro Denver’s Most Famous (or Infamous!) Street
The Colorado State Library is located on Colfax Avenue, as is the State Capitol. It’s…
Impeachment: The View from Colorado’s Historic Newspapers
Whether it concerns moments in Colorado’s local history or happenings in the national arena or…
Time Machine Tuesday: Katherine Craig, Colorado Educator
A few years ago, a couple dozen paintings of Colorado governors and other state officials…
The Hope Diamond’s Colorado Connection
One of the world’s most famous diamonds has a Colorado connection. The dazzling blue Hope…
Time Machine Tuesday: Students Debate the Boulder Dam
In the fall of 1927, the University of Colorado announced the topic for that year’s…
Time Machine Tuesday: Judge Ben Lindsey and the Juvenile Court
The early twentieth century was an era of social reform in the United States. The…
Colorado Governors: James B. Grant
James Benton Grant served as Governor of Colorado from 1883 to 1885. He was the…
Time Machine Tuesday: Recovering from the Dust Bowl
In the midst of the Great Depression, farmers on Colorado’s eastern plains also had to…