Time Machine Tuesday: Ice Cream!
Ice cream — it’s one of America’s favorite summer traditions. July is National Ice Cream Month and it was on …
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Time Machine Tuesday: Lakewood Turns 50
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Lakewood’s incorporation as a city, but its history goes back much further than …
Time Machine Tuesday: Archaeology of Southwestern Colorado
In the summer of 1921, one of Colorado’s leading archaeologists, Jean Allard Jeançon, set out with a team of colleagues …
Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado Chautauqua
In the late nineteenth century, the Chautauqua movement swept the country, including Colorado — establishing a summer tradition that combined …
Time Machine Tuesday: Black Canyon of the Gunnison
Sheer cliffs, deep chasms, and dark shadows make the 2,000-foot-deep Black Canyon of the Gunnison one of Colorado’s most spectacular …
Time Machine Tuesday: Dinosaur Discoveries
Just about everyone is familiar with Stegosaurus, Triceratops, Diplodocus, Allosaurus, and Tyrannosaurus rex. But how many Coloradans know that the …
Time Machine Tuesday: 1984 Floods and Landslides
In May and June of 1984, unseasonably warm temperatures caused that winter’s heavy snowfalls to melt at a rapid pace. …
Time Machine Tuesday: Eugene Field in Colorado
You may be familiar with the Eugene Field branch of the Denver Public Library, but have you ever wondered, who …
Time Machine Tuesday: The Colorado State Board of Examiners of Architects
On April 26, 1909, the Colorado Legislature passed a law requiring architects to be licensed in order to practice in …
Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado’s Wildlife Company
Thirty years ago the Colorado Division of Wildlife began publishing a series of brochures that they named “Colorado’s Wildlife Company.” …
Time Machine Tuesday: Florissant Fossil Beds
This year, Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Since the nineteenth century, scientists have regarded the …
Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado Highways Bulletin
One hundred years ago, the automobile was changing life across Colorado. When the popularization of the automobile coincided with the …
Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado Minerals and Geology
One of the most frequently accessed publications in our library’s digital collection is The Minerals of Colorado and Area Locations. Published …
Time Machine Tuesday: Richard Castro and Civil Rights in Colorado
When Richard M. “Rich” Castro began his term in the state House of Representatives in 1975, he was just 25 …
Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado Territorial Capitals and Capitols
Most Coloradans know that Colorado became a state in 1876, but how many can tell you the date when Colorado …
Time Machine Tuesday: The Colorado Extension
In 1914 the Federal government passed the Smith-Lever Act, which established a system of Cooperative Extensions at American land grant …
Time Machine Tuesday: President Lincoln’s Birthday
Today marks Abraham Lincoln’s 210th birthday. America’s most beloved President was born on February 12, 1809, in a log cabin …
Time Machine Tuesday: The WPA in Colorado
During the height of the Great Depression, as banks failed, unemployment soared, and farm prices dropped, the Works Progress Administration …
Time Machine Tuesday: History of Aspen, Colorado
Today, Aspen’s riches come from the ski industry — but they used to come from silver mining. Aspen was founded …
Time Machine Tuesday: The Colorado State Museum
Have you lived in Colorado long enough to remember when the State Museum was located at 14th and Sherman, in …