Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado Constitutional Convention
This Election Day, as we vote on changes to our Colorado Constitution, you might be…
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Time Machine Tuesday: Ute Indian Water Rights
This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of the federal government’s passage of the Colorado Ute…
Time Machine Tuesday: Festival of Mountain and Plain
In 1895, Coloradans were looking for something to lift their spirits. Two years before, the…
Time Machine Tuesday: Victory Gardens
Victory gardens were a part of life on the home front during World War II….
Time Machine Tuesday: Traffic Data
As more and more people move to Colorado, we all spend a lot more of…
Time Machine Tuesday: The Colorado Traveling Library Commission
In 1903 the Colorado Legislature passed an act creating the Colorado Traveling Library Commission. Appointed…
Time Machine Tuesday: Anniversary of the 2013 Floods
Five years ago today, the rain began to fall in what became one of the…
Time Machine Tuesday: 20th Century Fashions
In the early 20th century, keeping your family clothed wasn’t nearly as easy as it…
Time Machine Tuesday: The Colorado Attorney General
A.J. Sampson, Colorado’s first state Attorney General. The Attorney General of Colorado is an elected…
Time Machine Tueday: Chief Ouray's Grave
When the Ute Chief Ouray died, the location of his remains was kept a closely…
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…
Time Machine Tuesday: Postcards from Southwestern Colorado
Bird’s-eye view of Durango, circa 1907-1914. In today’s world of social media and instant communication,…
Time Machine Tuesday: Water and Growth
In 1999 the Colorado Legislative Council published an Issue Brief entitled Finding Water for One…
Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado Yule Marble
Lincoln Memorial. Did you know that the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Lincoln…
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…
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: Biodiversity
Did you know that today, May 22, is International Day for Biological Diversity? Biological diversity…
Time Machine Tuesday: Native American Rock Art
Petroglyphs in Mesa Verde National Park. If you are exploring the rural areas of western…