Time Machine Tuesday: Mine Accidents and Safety
Explosions. Cave-ins. Blasting accidents. Gas leaks. Floods. Carbon monoxide. In the nineteenth and early twentieth…
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Remembering Ruben Valdez
Colorado’s first Hispanic Speaker of the House, Ruben Valdez, passed away on Tuesday at age…
Time Machine Tuesday: The Santa Fe Trail
During the nineteenth century the Santa Fe Trail played an important role in the westward…
Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado Transportation Through the Years
New to our library’s digital collection are two historical publications that tell the story of…
Touring Colorado’s Collections: Early Denver Dental School Featured in Medical History Collection
This guest post was written by Paul Andrews, Collection Development Technician, The Strauss Health Sciences…
Resources for Teaching Colorado History
If you’re a teacher and Colorado history is among your subjects this school year, the…
Vote for Colorado’s Most Significant Artifact
Libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies around the state hold amazing treasures in their collections,…
Time Machine Tuesday: Homesteading on the Great Plains
Today, Colorado is experiencing record growth in its urban areas. But a century ago, many…
Our Historic Story Keeps Growing…..
The Plains to Peaks Collective (PPC) recently grew to over 260,000 historic items now available…
Colorado Governors: Frederick W. Pitkin
Colorado’s Pitkin County was named for Frederick Walker Pitkin, who served as governor of the…
Time Machine Tuesday: Lakewood Turns 50
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Lakewood’s incorporation as a city, but its history…
Time Machine Tuesday: Archaeology of Southwestern Colorado
In the summer of 1921, one of Colorado’s leading archaeologists, Jean Allard Jeançon, set out…
25th Anniversary of the South Canyon Fire
This past Saturday marked the 25th anniversary of the South Canyon Fire near Glenwood Springs,…
Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado Chautauqua
In the late nineteenth century, the Chautauqua movement swept the country, including Colorado — establishing…
State Capitol Tours
Summer is a great time to tour the State Capitol building. Whether you’re looking for…
Colorado Beer and Breweries
Each year, Colorado produces nearly 1.8 million barrels of craft beer. We’re third in the…
Time Machine Tuesday: Black Canyon of the Gunnison
Sheer cliffs, deep chasms, and dark shadows make the 2,000-foot-deep Black Canyon of the Gunnison…
Time Machine Tuesday: Dinosaur Discoveries
Just about everyone is familiar with Stegosaurus, Triceratops, Diplodocus, Allosaurus, and Tyrannosaurus rex. But how…
Time Machine Tuesday: 1984 Floods and Landslides
In May and June of 1984, unseasonably warm temperatures caused that winter’s heavy snowfalls to…
Time Machine Tuesday: Eugene Field in Colorado
You may be familiar with the Eugene Field branch of the Denver Public Library, but…