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Posts by Brian K. Trembath

Blogs

View of an assembly line with dressed turkeys in Colorado. Shows the carcasses on a conveyor belt and hanging from hooks.

Thanksgiving: Stripped Down to the Basics

Scott Brady, star of "Canon City," and Palmer Hoyt, editor and publisher of the Denver Post from 1946-1971, with a Denver Post newspaper, look at the headlines in an office in Denver, Colorado. A sheet with "The Denver Post Deadline Schedule" sits on the desk. The headline, about the 1947 prison break on which "Canon City" was based, reads: "2 Slain, 9 Captured, In State Pen Break, Stir Crazy Cons Lead Pen Break."

How Do I Find My Picture in an Old Newspaper?

Portrait of Chief Colorow, called Colorado, Native American Ute Indian; he wears long hair with banks tied back in a fur tail and is wrapped in a woven patterned blanket.

Collecting Western History Part 2: A New Era of Scholarship

View of the Western History department in the Denver Public Library at Colfax Avenue and Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A man and woman stand and sit near a desk. Books and newspapers are in the room.

Collecting Western History in the 21st Century (and Beyond)

Photograph of oil-on-canvas painting of seven horses running in a curve

Frank Mechau's Horses at Night - A Colorado Masterpiece

A telescope larger than the Brandon schoolhouse has a large tower with ladders attached to the side of it and a tube that forms an angle with the schoolhouse. Another mechanical device is attached to the one- story schoolhouse.

Solar Eclipse: Build Your Own Stellar Observatory