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Colorado State Publications Blog

Time Machine Tuesday: I-70 Glenwood Canyon

The Glenwood Canyon highway construction project still ranks as one of the most ambitious engineering…

Amy Zimmer, April 6, 2021
Colorado State Publications Blog

Time Machine Tuesday: The Day Colorado Had Three Governors

116 years ago today occurred one of the strangest events in Colorado political history —…

Amy Zimmer, March 16, 2021
Colorado State Publications Blog

Time Machine Tuesday: Denver Parks and Parkways

Visitors and those new to Denver often remark on the city’s miles of tree-lined parkways…

Amy Zimmer, December 22, 2020
Colorado State Publications Blog

Time Machine Tuesday: The State Office Building Turns 100

The State Office Building — home of the Colorado State Library — will soon be…

Amy Zimmer, December 8, 2020
Colorado State Publications Blog

Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado’s Past Picks for President

Colorado became a state in 1876, which means that this year’s presidential election will be…

Amy Zimmer, November 3, 2020
Colorado State Publications Blog

Time Machine Tuesday: Roaring Fork Valley Ghost Towns

Located near Aspen, Colorado, are the ghost towns of Ashcroft and Independence, two fascinating reminders…

Amy Zimmer, September 22, 2020
Colorado State Publications Blog

Time Machine Tuesday: The Tabor Grand Opera House

139 years ago this week, on September 5, 1881, occurred what was arguably the most…

Amy Zimmer, September 1, 2020
Colorado State Publications Blog

Time Machine Tuesday: Schools During Wartime

This year, as students head back to school, classes will be a very different experience….

Amy Zimmer, August 25, 2020
Colorado State Publications Blog

Time Machine Tuesday: The Cattle Industry in Colorado

For over 150 years, the cattle industry has been an integral part of Colorado’s agricultural…

Amy Zimmer, August 18, 2020
Colorado State Publications Blog

Time Machine Tuesday: The 1920 Denver Tramway Strike

A recent pandemic, economic instability, and protests in downtown Denver. Sound familiar? Only this was…

Amy Zimmer, August 4, 2020
Colorado State Publications Blog

Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado in the Cold War

Seventy-five years ago this week, on July 16, 1945, the United States conducted its first…

Amy Zimmer, July 14, 2020
Colorado State Publications Blog

Time Machine Tuesday: Furnishing a 1920s House

Furnishing a house is more than just putting furniture into it, says What’s What in…

Amy Zimmer, June 30, 2020
Colorado State Publications Blog

Time Machine Tuesday: Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park

This year marks the 105th anniversary of Rocky Mountain National Park, as well as the…

Amy Zimmer, June 9, 2020
Colorado State Publications Blog

Time Machine Tuesday: Agnes Wright Spring

New to the library’s digital collection is Denver’s Historic Markers, Memorials, Statues, and Parks (1959)….

Amy Zimmer, June 2, 2020
Colorado State Publications Blog

Time Machine Tuesday: The Mount St. Helens Eruption

This spring marks the 40th anniversary of the volcanic activity at Mount St. Helens, which…

Amy Zimmer, May 12, 2020
Colorado State Publications Blog

Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado’s Carnation Industry

No flower is more associated with Mother’s Day than the carnation. But did you know…

Amy Zimmer, May 5, 2020
Colorado State Publications Blog

Time Machine Tuesday: 50th Anniversary of Earth Day

Tomorrow, April 22, is Earth Day. This year also marks the 50th anniversary of Earth…

Amy Zimmer, April 21, 2020
Colorado State Publications Blog

Time Machine Tuesday: The Colorado Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home

In 1889 the State of Colorado established a home for aging Civil War veterans and…

Amy Zimmer, April 14, 2020
Colorado State Publications Blog

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…

Amy Zimmer, March 31, 2020
Colorado State Publications Blog

Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado School Buildings, 1910

A new addition to the State Publications Library’s digital collection is School Buildings, published by…

Amy Zimmer, March 24, 2020
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