Western History & Genealogy Blog

Hispanic Genealogy in Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado
 Francisco Rivera and Benigna Rivera family. AUR-2097
Disc Armadas Over Denver!
Rocky Mountain News. 7 July 1947. Front page.
Colorado’s Ouray: Chief of the Utes and Complicated Man
Smith, P. David. Ouray: Chief of the Utes. Ouray, Colorado: Wayfinder Press, 1986. Front cover
A History of Latino Gangs in Denver
Duran, Robert J. Gang Life in Two Cities: An Insider's Journey. New York: Columbia University Press, 2013. Front Cover
DPL’s Pioneering Librarian John Cotton Dana: The Man Who Opened-Up America’s Book Stacks
"John Cotton Dana." The Denver Public Library: 100th Anniversary Celebration. Denver, 1989. Page 4.
Coyote: From Western Resident to All-American Species
Charles L. Cadieux. Coyotes: Predators & Survivors. Harrisburg, PA: Stonewall Press Inc., 1983. Front Cover
Learn an Endangered (or Extinct) Language in Western History and Genealogy
Tomkins, William. Universal Indian Sign Language of the Plains Indians of North America. San Diego: William Tomkins, 1929.
Antonin Artaud – Avant-Garde French Artist or Western Adventurer
Antonin Artaud. The Peyote Dance. New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 1976. Front Cover
New Castle, Colorado: A Coal Town That Survives Despite Disaster
Main Street in New Castle, Colorado. Circa 1890-1900.
American Indian Newspapers in Western History and Genealogy
Southern Ute Drum. February 20, 2013. Ignacio, CO: Southern Ute Indian Tribe. Front page.