Time Machine Tuesday: The Night the Castlewood Canyon Dam Gave Way
Today, Castlewood Canyon is one of Colorado’s 41 State Parks. But on this day 88 years ago, August 3, 1933, …
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Time Machine Tuesday: Denver-area Tornadoes
Forty years ago this week, the Denver metropolitan area was hit by one of the worst storms in its history. …
Time Machine Tuesday: I-70 Glenwood Canyon
The Glenwood Canyon highway construction project still ranks as one of the most ambitious engineering projects in our state’s history. …
Time Machine Tuesday: The Day Colorado Had Three Governors
116 years ago today occurred one of the strangest events in Colorado political history — and now, thousands of pages …
Time Machine Tuesday: Denver Parks and Parkways
Visitors and those new to Denver often remark on the city’s miles of tree-lined parkways and extensive park system. In …
Time Machine Tuesday: The State Office Building Turns 100
The State Office Building — home of the Colorado State Library — will soon be marking a century at the …
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 the 37th since Colorado statehood. …
Time Machine Tuesday: Roaring Fork Valley Ghost Towns
Located near Aspen, Colorado, are the ghost towns of Ashcroft and Independence, two fascinating reminders of the mining boom era …
Time Machine Tuesday: The Tabor Grand Opera House
139 years ago this week, on September 5, 1881, occurred what was arguably the most anticipated event in Denver’s history …
Time Machine Tuesday: Schools During Wartime
This year, as students head back to school, classes will be a very different experience. This has also been the …
Time Machine Tuesday: The Cattle Industry in Colorado
For over 150 years, the cattle industry has been an integral part of Colorado’s agricultural economy and of our state’s …
Time Machine Tuesday: The 1920 Denver Tramway Strike
A recent pandemic, economic instability, and protests in downtown Denver. Sound familiar? Only this was 1920, not 2020. Exactly one …
Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado in the Cold War
Seventy-five years ago this week, on July 16, 1945, the United States conducted its first nuclear detonation at the Trinity …
Time Machine Tuesday: Furnishing a 1920s House
Furnishing a house is more than just putting furniture into it, says What’s What in the House, a 1924 publication …
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 115th anniversary of the original …
Time Machine Tuesday: Agnes Wright Spring
New to the library’s digital collection is Denver’s Historic Markers, Memorials, Statues, and Parks (1959). But even more interesting than …
Time Machine Tuesday: The Mount St. Helens Eruption
This spring marks the 40th anniversary of the volcanic activity at Mount St. Helens, which culminated in a major eruption …
Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado’s Carnation Industry
No flower is more associated with Mother’s Day than the carnation. But did you know that Colorado was once one …
Time Machine Tuesday: 50th Anniversary of Earth Day
Tomorrow, April 22, is Earth Day. This year also marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. In the years following …
Time Machine Tuesday: The Colorado Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home
In 1889 the State of Colorado established a home for aging Civil War veterans and their wives at Monte Vista, …