Time Machine Tuesday: A Governor’s View of Colorado Political History
This Election Day, as history is being made in our state, let’s step back and…
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Time Machine Tuesday: Dr. Florence Sabin
At the Statuary Hall at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., each state commemorates…
Time Machine Tuesday: On the Ballot
Election day is quickly approaching and there are a number of important races and issues…
Time Machine Tuesday: Governor Lamm’s Executive Orders
Colorado governors’ executive orders are divided into three categories: 1) A Orders, which appoint individuals…
Time Machine Tuesday: Molybdenum
When most people think of Colorado mining, they think of gold or silver, or maybe…
Time Machine Tuesday: Hayden Survey
For something a little different today, instead of profiling a historic document that has been…
Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado Educational Directory
If you’re researching teachers, faculty, or other school personnel in Colorado, or are doing your…
Time Machine Tuesday: Worker’s Compensation
What were worker’s compensation laws like a century ago? You can find out in the…
Time Machine Tuesday: Wolf Creek Pass
August 21 marked the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Wolf Creek Pass road…
Time Machine Tuesday: Rural Schools
Colorado’s agricultural lands in the eastern part of the state and mountainous areas in the…
Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado Prison Populations
How much has Colorado’s prison population grown in 40 years? As of July 31, there…
Time Machine Tuesday: 1903 Bird Protection Act
Yesterday I wrote about humans’ effects on wildlife. This issue is nothing new. In 1903,…
Time Machine Tuesday: Buffalo Creek, 20 Years Later
In July of 1996 — twenty years ago this month — the town of Buffalo…
Time Machine Tuesday: State Audit Reports
Throughout Colorado’s history the State Auditor’s Office, an office of the Legislative branch, has been…
Time Machine Tuesday: Predicting Disaster
In 1998 the University of Colorado’s Natural Hazards Center issued a paper entitled What Hazards…
Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado Dairies
When you go to the grocery store, you might see signs proclaiming that June is…
Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado's First General Assembly
One of the gems of our library collection can now be viewed online. The 1877…
Time Machine Tuesday: Flag Day
Today is Flag Day, celebrated annually on June 14. Flag Day also celebrates a 100th…
Time Machine Tuesday: Filing for Water Rights
In 1903 Colorado passed a law requiring …every person, association or corporation hereafter constructing or…
Time Machine Tuesday: State Industrial Schools
In the nineteenth century Colorado established industrial schools for girls and boys who were in…