Baseball in Colorado
A new exhibit at the History Colorado museum, Play Ball!, brings in some amazing artifacts…
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Time Machine Tuesday: The Colorado Attorney General
The Attorney General of Colorado is an elected official tasked with “represent[ing] and defend[ing] the…
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…
Touring Colorado’s Collections: Greetings from Southwest Colorado!
Today quick messages and family updates are sent by text message, Facebook, Instagram or other…
Time Machine Tuesday: Postcards from Southwestern Colorado
In today’s world of social media and instant communication, the postcard has become a lost…
Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado Yule Marble
Did you know that the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Lincoln Memorial in…
Time Machine Tuesday: Summer Floods
As hot and dry as it has been so far this summer, it’s hard to…
Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado Place Names
Did you know that the name of Golden has nothing to do with gold? What…
Touring Colorado’s Collections: Pine River Library and the Stories of Bayfield, CO
A small town with a long history is a community with stories to tell; stories…
Time Machine Tuesday: "Mineral and Water Resources of Colorado," 1968
Fifty years ago Colorado’s two U.S. Senators, Gordon Allott and Peter Dominick, requested the State…
Time Machine Tuesday: Native American Rock Art
If you are exploring the rural areas of western Colorado you may see some examples…
Time Machine Tuesday: In Search of the "Climate Cure"
Today we often think of early settlers coming to Colorado seeking wealth, but in fact,…
Time Machine Tuesday: Denver’s Trees
Friday, April 27 is Arbor Day, a day for encouraging the planting of trees and…
Time Machine Tuesday: The Victor Labor War of 1903-04
Victor, Colorado, near Cripple Creek in Teller County, is one of Colorado’s most historic mining…
Time Machine Tuesday: Salmonella Outbreak
It’s not a pleasant topic, but it’s certainly an important one for cities and towns…
Time Machine Tuesday: The Parshall Flume
Water is a precious resource in Colorado, so its use and conservation have been extensively…
New Colorado Information Resource: Colorado Encyclopedia
This post was written by Regan Harper and has been re-posted with permission from coloradovirtuallibrary.org….