Colorful Coloradans Biographies

Bob Ragland (1938 - 2021)
Robert L. Ragland was a prolific artist who spent his life helping young artists make a living through art.

"Daddy" Bruce Randolph (1900 - 1994)
Bruce Randolph started a popular barbeque restaurant in Denver and went on to feed and serve those in need for decades.
Sage Douglas Remington (1942 - 2018)
Sage Douglas Remington was a political and environmental activist whose causes ranged from gay rights to water rights in Colorado.

Helen Rich (1894-1971)
Helen Rich was a bestselling author, a traveling writer and the first female journalist for the Colorado Springs Telegraph.

Jane Silverstein Ries (1909 - 2005)
Denver's first female landscape architect, Jane Silverstein Ries, created gardens around the state that were easy to grow in Colorado's unique environment.

Pauline Short Robinson (1915 - 1997)
Pauline Robinson was the first African American librarian in Denver and fought for equal rights and better educational opportunities for children. This is a special biography brought to us from the staff of the Pauline Robinson Branch Library.

Cleo Parker Robinson (1948 - )
Cleo Parker Robinson grew up in Denver's Five Points neighborhood and developed an innovative dance school that operates to this day.

Helen Ring Robinson (1860-1923)
Helen Ring Robinson was the first woman to serve as senator in the Colorado Legislature.

Josephine Roche (1886 - 1976)
Josephine Roche was a labor advocate, a defender of immigrant rights, a voice for children's rights, a promoter of health care, and a businesswoman.

Luis Rovira (1923 - 2011)
Judge who worked to modernize the Colorado courts, and was the United States' first ever Hispanic chief justice. Luis Rovira is best remembered for declaring discrimination against gay people unconstitutional.