Feb 191 min read
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...
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Jan 201 min read
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....
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Jan 81 min read
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...
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Dec 23, 20241 min read
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...
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Dec 11, 20241 min read
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...
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Nov 27, 20241 min read
Sand Creek recognized as massacre
The Sand Creek Massacre in November, 1864, was almost immediately denounced by newspapers, politicians and some of the soldiers present,...
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Nov 14, 20241 min read
Electric war struck Telluride in 1890s
I set out to write about George Westinghouse, Nikola Tesla and the Ames Power Plant. But when I found old newspaper articles that...
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