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Category Archives: History
A New History Colorado Exhibit Spotlights Colorado’s Oldest Continuous Residents, the Utes
A traditional Ute bear dance ceremony. Courtesy of Robert Ortiz, The Southern Ute Drum The Utes are some of Colorado’s oldest residents — by some estimates, the tribe has been here for 13,000 years. Despite that, many Coloradans today may not … Continue reading
Denver Turns 160 This Week. So, How’d The Mile High City Get Its Name?
Before you ask: No, John Denver is not the city’s namesake. Denver does owe its name from another man with the initials J.D., though. James William Denver was a Civil War general, a territorial governor and the eponym for the Mile High City. … Continue reading
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Colorado Gears Up For Another Flu Season In The Shadow Of 1918 Influenza Pandemic
After a nasty flu season in 2017 and another one brewing this year, doctors are again calling for anyone 6 months or older to get vaccinated. The good news is, Colorado’s tangle with the flu in 2018 is unlikely be worse than it … Continue reading
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Colorado Forensic Anthropologist Helps Solve Murders and Missing Person Mysteries
A couple of years ago, hikers in Chaffee County spotted human bones in a rocky ravine. Investigators recovered the remains and combed the area for clues. Was it a homicide? They weren’t sure. So they sent the remains — and some … Continue reading
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Mike The Headless Chicken Lives On, And On, And On, At Festival In Fruita, Colorado
It’s a story even Barnum, Bailey and Ripley would be impressed by: A rooster living in 1945 in Fruita, Colorado loses his head to farmer Lloyd Olsen’s ax. But to the man’s surprise, the animal was still alive, and would … Continue reading
A Violent 1928 Bank Robbery In Lamar Made Forensics History
On May 23, 1928, a heinous crime went unsolved for months, until a fingerprint specialist was able to match a single print from memory. It was the first time a fingerprint had been used to actually find and identify a … Continue reading
From Doctors To Artists To Housekeepers, Colorado Women’s History Is Focus At New Center
History Colorado brings new focus and energy to women’s leadership and roles in the state with recent opening of the Center for Colorado Women’s History at Byers-Evans House Museum. Director Jillian Allison tells Colorado Matters the center will highlight the achievements … Continue reading
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Digging Into The History Of Wild Horses To Understand Their Future
Wild horses are symbolic of freedom and are part of the mythology and legends of the American West. Yet growing herds are costing millions of taxpayer dollars as politics and society collide over how to manage them. Pulitzer Prize- winning … Continue reading
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Women Who Pioneered Colorado’s Art Scene
Imagine hiking a Colorado 14er in a corset and long skirt. Would you do it just for the sake of art? In the 1870s landscape painter Helen Henderson Chain did. She’s among the women who helped lay the foundation for … Continue reading
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Tagged arts, colorado history, film, history, women
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Colorado Ranch Homesteaded By 17-Year-Old Girl In 1886 To Be Honored At State Fair
Kathryn Grahn, who is 87 years old, says her grandmother survived tuberculosis, drove a mule team on a frontier mail route and staked out her claim to land in Prowers County that is now the 5,000 acre Rocking 7K Ranch, … Continue reading
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