Western History & Genealogy Blog
Hidden Gems
Baby Doe Tabor and The Matchless Mine
Submitted by kcutsfor on Thu, 10/22/2009 - 10:43In 1935, 'Baby Doe' Tabor (a.k.a Elizabeth McCourt Tabor) died penniless and alone, frozen in a small one room cabin near Leadville, Colorado.
Early Steamboat Springs Visitors
Submitted by abrown on Tue, 10/06/2009 - 08:33The Steamboat Springs Chamber Resort Association image portrays the first hotel in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, the Sheridan Hotel, located on Lincoln Avenue.
Let Us Entertain You
Submitted by smcdonald on Thu, 09/10/2009 - 07:51In a recent trip my hometown in the Sierra Nevada’s I realized that I have become way to reliant on technology for entertainment. I have to admit, that I was very lost without a wireles
Wild West Cowboys
Submitted by R Metz on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 14:17Testosterone-crazed teenaged boys in 2009 have a wide array of diversions for their spare energy - but 100 years ago, in 1909, the palette was rather more limited.
Sparkle From the Gilded Age
Submitted by R Metz on Tue, 08/11/2009 - 13:40The simple pleasure of music brings color, humor, wit, and a light heart today as it did 100 years ago.
Adventures in the Wild West
Submitted by smcdonald on Tue, 08/04/2009 - 11:30When I think of the American West I often think of the ever so popular westerns of the 1950’s and 1960’s. I have a mental picture of a cowboy wearing an oddly colored fringe shirt
Best of the Box: Mildred Biddick
Submitted by kinsey hamilton on Thu, 06/25/2009 - 12:52The collection includes two scrapbooks of original Christmas cards designed by Mildred Biddick, a copy of her 1933 Master's Thesis, Colorado & Regionalism, newspaper clippings of her w
Best of the Box: Postcards!
Submitted by kinsey hamilton on Thu, 06/18/2009 - 10:15My background is in art and design, so while my co-workers love to learn all about the materials and the history behind them, my favorite part is admiring the design.
A Rose by Any Other Name..
Submitted by smcdonald on Tue, 06/16/2009 - 14:40I was pondering the other day what exactly makes up a name. We all know the quote from Romeo and Juliet “A Rose by any other name would smell as sweet”. However, I beg to di






































