Ancient Cargo Carrier
Some 22,000 years ago, Ancient Native Americans dragged wooden travois across the area that today we know as White Sands National Park...
Apr 21 min read
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A picture is worth a thousand misconceptions
Old-time photographs, especially those that might involve frontier outlaws, have a long history of providing incorrect or misleading...
Mar 171 min read
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Railroad War for the Royal Gorge
Beginning in 1878, and continuing into 1880, two major railroads in Colorado carried on a physical and legal battle to determine which...
Feb 191 min read
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Ice Palace was Leadville attraction
In January 1896, the Leadville Ice Palace opened to the public for what promoters hoped would be a great boost to the local economy....
Jan 201 min read
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1909 train wreck killed scores
The collision of a passenger train and a freight train near the entrance to Glenwood Canyon in January, 1909, killed 26 people and left...
Jan 81 min read
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1904 Election was Colorado's worst
Colorado's 1904 gubernatorial election is considered the most corrupt in the state's history. Fraud, ballot stuffing and intimidation...
Dec 23, 20241 min read
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New Deal programs brought state jobs
Programs initiated during President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal brought hundreds of jobs to Western Colorado, but did little to stem...
Dec 11, 20241 min read
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