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$1.1 Million In EPA Grants Target Contaminants At Trinidad’s Fox West Theatre And Other Historic Las Animas County Buildings

Posted on May 19, 2021 by shannalewis

The Environmental Protection Agency isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when you think about the performing arts. But the EPA recently awarded $500,000 in Brownfields grant funds to help clean up toxic building materials at Trinidad’s historic Fox … Continue reading →

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Historic Cabin Hidden Inside Walls Of Modern Home Is Being Restored In Southern Colorado

Posted on February 4, 2021 by shannalewis

A 150-year old cabin discovered encased in the walls of a modern home in Beulah, southwest of Pueblo, is undergoing restoration. The cabin was once the home of Peter and Emily Dotson, who played a role in developing Southern Colorado … Continue reading →

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Plans Are Underway To Restore Pueblo’s Historic Keating School

Posted on January 4, 2021 by shannalewis

Pueblo’s Keating School is now on both the National Register of Historic Places and the state’s register. Plans are in the works to give new life to the nearly century-old brick building that’s been unused since 2009. Read more at krcc.org

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How Colorado Women Answered The Call Of World War II

Posted on December 8, 2020 by shannalewis

The attack on Pearl Harbor 79 years ago brought World War II to American soil. In short order, thousands of Colorado women joined the war effort — by enlisting in the military, working in defense plants, and volunteering in all sorts … Continue reading →

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The Holy Grail Of Baseball Cards Will Be At History Colorado For Just Three Days

Posted on July 11, 2018 by shannalewis

Next week, an armored truck will transport a small piece of cardboard worth millions of dollars from a secret vault to the History Colorado museum. That slice of cardboard is the “Holy Grail” of baseball cards. It’s from 1952, featuring legendary Yankees center … Continue reading →

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Like Skiing Groomed Runs? Thank The Inventor of the Bradley Packer Grader

Posted on March 9, 2018 by shannalewis

Richard Needham with a hand-powered Bradley Packer Grader. (Courtesy Photo) When you ski groomed snow that looks like corduroy, you can thank the late Steve Bradley. In 1951, he invented the Bradley-Packer Grader. These human-powered machines smoothed the slopes at … Continue reading →

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Pueblo’s Bell Game: The Zenith Of A High School Football Rivalry That’s Lasted 125 Years

Posted on September 13, 2017 by shannalewis

Pueblo’s Central and Centennial High Schools have been rivals on the football field since 1892. It might be the oldest high school rivalry in the west and for the last 67 years the Centennial Bulldogs and the Central Wildcats have … Continue reading →

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Women Who Pioneered Colorado’s Art Scene

Posted on September 12, 2017 by shannalewis

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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Colorado Ranch Homesteaded By 17-Year-Old Girl In 1886 To Be Honored At State Fair

Posted on August 25, 2017 by shannalewis

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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Lessons From The Intersection Of Science And History At The Headwaters of The Colorado River

Posted on May 9, 2017 by shannalewis

Historian Thomas Andrews delves into the history of the headwaters of the Colorado river through the lens of geology, archaeology, biology and more. His book “Coyote Valley: A Deep History in the High Rockies” is a Colorado Book Award finalist. The … Continue reading →

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