Touring Colorado’s Collections: Cattlemen’s Days
Today Cattlemen’s Days, held in Gunnison, Colorado, is a celebration of Gunnison County’s rich ranching heritage. Cattlemen’s Days is said to be Colorado’s oldest rodeo …
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Topics in History: Dearfield, Colorado
The town of Dearfield, located 30 miles east of Greeley, was established on May 5, 1910 by Oliver Toussaint Jackson, as a self-sufficient African American …
Colorado Historic Newspapers, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
Touring Colorado’s Collections: Students Capture Routt County History
Recently the Bud Werner Memorial Library and the Tread of Pioneers Museum, both located in Steamboat Springs, partnered together to make an important local history …
CHNC News: New titles and a New Partner
In March, the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) and its new partner the Clear Creek County Library District, added two new titles to CHNC – …
Update! Your Digital Collections and the Digital Public Library of America
The Colorado State Library is excited to announce that Colorado and Wyoming are now a new Service Hub of the Digital Public Library of America …
Topics in History: Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s day has long been celebrated but who was Saint Valentine and when did the present day traditions of Valentine’s Day begin? The Catholic Church …
Update: Colorado-Wyoming DPLA Service Hub
Colorado-Wyoming Service Hub of the Digital Public Library of America Representatives from Colorado and Wyoming cultural heritage organizations are currently planning the creation of a …
Touring Colorado’s Collections: A Partnership in Eagle County
Providing online access to a community’s history can be a difficult process. Local history can be represented by artifacts, documents and photographs that can be …
Topics in History: National Western Stock Show
National Western Stock Show The first National Western Stock Show was held January 29 through February 3, 1906 at the Denver Union Stockyards. Since then, …
Topics in History: 1918 1919 Influenza Pandemic in Colorado
This topic in history and the related online primary sources are brought to you by the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection, a free online resource of primary …
Heroes Remember
In honor of Veterans Day, Touring Colorado’s Collections is highlighting Mesa County libraries collection, The Veterans Remember Project, that recently went online. The Veterans Remember …
Topics in History: Halloween
Halloween This topic in history and the related online primary sources are brought to you by the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection, a free online resource of …
Touring Colorado’s Collections: Local History Told Through a Quilt
Typically historical collections made available online for research often come in the form of letters and photographs. But history can be told through many different types …
Topics in History: Presidential Election of 1872
This topic in history and the related online primary sources are brought to you by the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection, a free online resource of primary …
Touring Colorado’s Collections: Remembering Salida
Colorado has a long and rich history. That history is often told through the unique collections held at libraries, archives and museums found throughout the …
For Immediate Release: CHNC’s Top Journeymen Editor reaches 100,000 words!
The Colorado State Library would like to congratulate Jude, CHNC’s Top Journeymen Editor, for correcting over 100,000 words found in the Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection …
CHNC is Growing! Again!
The Colorado State Library is pleased to announce the recent addition of three new historic newspaper titles to the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC). CHNC …
The Colorado Historical Newspapers Collection is Growing!
The Colorado Historical Newspapers Collection (CHNC) has recently reached 730,000 digitized pages of Colorado historic newspapers! With this growth we have added new content from …
The Erie News: First Publication of a Weld County News Boy!
Clyde L. Stanley, who at times was called the “Boy Publisher,” published the first edition of the Erie News on June 26, 1903. He was just …
State Library Launches New Historic Newspapers Database
New online database of historic newspapers is faster and easier to use. Offers free access to over 199 Colorado historic newspapers from as early 1859.