Time Machine Tuesday: 1882 Colorado Earthquake
Earthquakes in Colorado? Yes, earthquakes are certainly possible in Colorado, and on November 7, 1882, Colorado was hit by an …
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Time Machine Tuesday: Film and Television in Colorado, 1980
One of the seemingly perennial issues at the Legislature and in tourism circles recently is how to attract more film …
Time Machine Tuesday: The San Juan District, 1925
In the 1920s the Colorado State Board of Immigration published a series of booklets on Colorado’s regions, with the goal …
Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado Rocks and Minerals
Back in 1913, mining played an important role in Colorado’s economy and employed thousands of workers. Hundreds more were made …
Time Machine Tuesday: Women and Children’s Labor Laws
In 1970 the Colorado State Legislature appointed a committee to study labor laws for women and children. This continued the …
Time Machine Tuesday: Keeping Kids Healthy in 1944
In 1944 the Colorado Department of Education and the State Division of Public Health teamed up to issue a handbook …
Time Machine Tuesday: Drought in Colorado, 1990
Back in 1990 Colorado State University’s Colorado Water Resources Research Institute (today known as the Colorado Water Institute) published a …
Time Machine Tuesday: Property Tax
Unlike income tax, Colorado has had a property tax since the state was founded — provisions for a property tax …
Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado Average Annual Precipitation, 1951-1980
In 1984 the Colorado Climate Center, part of Colorado State University’s Department of Atmospheric Science, conducted a study of the …
Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado Industry – 1955
Industry in Colorado changed, and grew, significantly following WWII, according to a 1955 publication in our library collection. “Since World …
Time Machine Tuesday: First Report of the Colorado Geological Survey, 1908
The very first report of the Colorado Geological Survey covered the activities of the year 1908. In addition to giving …
Time Machine Tuesday: Germans from Russia in Colorado
Between 1975 and 1978, Colorado State University undertook a study of the progress and achievements of Germans from Russia in …
Time Machine Tuesday: Tuberculosis in Colorado
This week we use our digital documents to travel back to 1957, when the Colorado Department of Health issued a …
Time Machine Tuesday: Kids' Games, 1931
You probably know how to play charades, or bean-bag toss, or how to make shadow animals. You might even remember …
Time Machine Tuesday: A 1940 Perspective on Conservation
The 1970s are generally thought of as the era when the conservation movement took hold in Colorado, but as a …
Time Machine Tuesday: Oil and Gas in Colorado, 1925
Where was oil found in Colorado in the early days of the automobile? How do different parts of the state …
Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado Industries for the Blind
During the 1950s the State of Colorado sponsored a program, run by a five-member board, that provided jobs for blind …
Time Machine Tuesday: Admission to the Bar, 1924
This month, as hundreds of recent law school grads prepare to take their bar exams, we look back at the …
Time Machine Tuesday: The Birds of Colorado – 1897
Over the last century, as Colorado’s population has grown and development has increased, wildlife has been affected. Additionally, new scientific evidence …
Time Machine Tuesday: Ralph Carr Salutes Delph Carpenter
Colorado Governor Ralph L. Carr (served 1939-1943) is best known for standing up for Japanese Americans during WWII. But Carr was …