Western History & Genealogy Blog

Remember When...?
Photograph of East High Cheerleaders, circa 1920
You still have the popular, the pretty, the athletic, the shy, the weird, the smart, and, let’s face it, the just plain awkward. 
Creating Communities gets new grant funding
Lake Junior High School Grades 7 and 8, 1938
It has always been said that all good things must come to an end.
Snow Baths and Elephant Hunts...
From Denver Municipal Facts: Voume 13 Numbers 7 and 8, 1930 July-August
Did you ever try to take a snow bath on a hot summer day?
Tis the Season...
Little American Football League in a gym in Denver, Colorado.  circa 1950
Want to know what a real circus is? Just go to a football game.
Let Us Entertain You
Interior view of the Tabor Theatre circa 1925
Another interesting aspect to the “amusements” in Denver were...
Adventures in the Wild West
The streets of early Denver
What makes the Wild West really Wild?
A Rose by Any Other Name..
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Names are more than just meanings they are identities.
So much to tell, so little time...