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In a touching ceremony on Saturday, September 21, 2024, Clara Brown, one of Colorado’s most significant historical figures, was honored with the renaming of County Road Street to “Clara Brown …
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MINDY LEARY
Central City | 10/1/24 |
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Over the first four days of August, the Town of Nederland celebrated its sesquicentennial with community-focused events and historical demonstrations. The long weekend provided locals with
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CHRISTOPHER KELLEY
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8/8/24
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Nothing disrupts the peace and beauty of mountain living like transplants and tourists. Unless it’s a transplanted moose. They are the biggest transplant of all, bringing in more tourists and
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2/8/24
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The Eldora Mining District was part of the Boulder County Telluride Boom that in this case resulted in more speculation than actual mining. While looking for gold-and silver-bearing veins, the
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Brian Alers, PGeo
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6/9/23
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During the winter of 1869 - 1870 William Martin and George Lytle survived the wind and snowdrifts to become the first residents of Caribou Camp west of Nederland, Colorado, at an elevation of
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Brian Alers, PGeo
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5/4/23
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In 1997, James Cameron’s Titanic made audiences feel alive as Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet experienced an epic love bound to end with one monumental disaster, the sinking of the
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Omayra Acevedo
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3/29/23
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Gilpin County Coroner Zane Laubhan is looking for the remains of a 1952 murder. He has been to many cemeteries looking for the bones, and he would like someone to contact him if they know where
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John Scarffe
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3/25/23
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Nederland is arguably one of the richest mining camps in Colorado. Two of the three local mining districts became world-class deposits. In their time, the Caribou Silver mine and Nederland
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Brian Alers, PGeo
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3/19/23
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This week, in honor of Women’s History Month, we will explore the world of Colorado’s first African-American Physician, Doctor Justina Laurena Ford. She was born in Knoxville, Illinois, on
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Omayra Acevedo
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3/18/23
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The first time I heard the term Native American, I was in the midst of learning English. Part of the assimilation program I was attending required everyone to also learn about America’s
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Omayra Acevedo
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3/12/23
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[caption id="attachment_98343" align="alignleft" width="222"] A history of women hiking: Agnes Vaille (left) and Mary Cronin (right), photographed on a climb of Mount Meeker in 1923. Vaille was
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Omayra Acevedo
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3/4/23
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John H. Gregory was an experienced miner who had learned how to prospect for gold in 1827 in Georgia. He had lost all his money in the Panic of 1857. So, in 1858 he left his wife and kids in
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Brian Alers, PGeo
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12/29/22
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“The spring is backward, and the snow is long on leaving the mountains” - J. M. Fox, May 8, 1859, Denver City, Kansas Territory.
The trip from Lawrence, Kansas, to present-day Denver took
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Brian Alers, PGeo
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11/19/22
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