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Denver Records
Manuscript Monday: National Western Stock Show
Submitted by Jennifer on Mon, 01/09/2012 - 10:28As you read in an earlier WHG blog, the Stock Show is taking place until the 22nd of January.
Manuscript Monday: Horace Tureman Scores
Submitted by Jennifer on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 15:21Manuscript Monday: Evelyn Runnette
Submitted by Jennifer on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 16:41Denver native Evelyn Runnette was born in 1903. She was a librarian, outdoorswoman, traveler, and among many other things, an avid scrapbooker.
Manuscript Monday: Eben Smith
Submitted by Jennifer on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 16:35Eben Smith, born in 1831 in Pennsylvania, started out in the mining business as a major player in the California gold rush in the 1850’s.
Manuscript Monday: Garden Club of Denver
Submitted by Jennifer on Mon, 07/18/2011 - 10:44The Garden Club of Denver has been around since 1916, a year when the club’s 23 members paid a membership fee of $1 each.
Manuscript Monday: The 23 Club
Submitted by Jennifer on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 14:48The 23 Club, also known as The Crow's Nest, was a men’s s
Manuscript Monday: Denver's first house?
Submitted by Jennifer on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 16:27Anselm Holcomb Barker, born 1822, was an Ohio native. Early in his life he was a blacksmith, and later became a businessman.
Snow Baths and Elephant Hunts...
Submitted by smcdonald on Tue, 08/03/2010 - 14:53It’s 9:00 in the morning and as I sit in the air-conditioned photo lab of the Western History Department, I’m thinking that it’s about time to put my sweater on. Yes, you he

























