NEDERLAND - In 1909 Nederland became, by far, the leading producer of Tungsten in the United States until 1918. The Nederland Tungsten District produced $23,000,0000 worth of tungsten from 1900-1945. Tungsten was needed for the high-speed steel...

June is Pride Month, a celebration of the progress toward LGBTQ+ rights and the marginalized communities that fight for them in order to live as their true selves. As LGBTQ+ topics once again find themselves at the center of politics, Pride this...

One hundred and sixty-six years ago, the first gold vein was discovered in the Rocky Mountains east of what would become Central City on May 6, 1859. John H. Gregory was an experienced miner who had learned how to prospect for gold in Georgia in...

NEDERLAND - The Native American history of the area known as Nederland today is truly unique and goes back thousands of years. The Ute trail west of Nederland was the route used by Prehistoric Native Americans to access the largest alpine game...

NEDERLAND - The bedrock that underlies Nederland contains evidence of ancient submarine hot springs, known as black smokers, 1.7-2.2 billion years ago. During the earliest beginnings of the earth, the first strains of bacteria flourished around...