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Colorado History for Kids

Get to know interesting Coloradans

Courtesy of Ramona Eagle

Sage Douglas Remington (1942 - 2018)
Florence in 1992 - WH2129 PhBx 194

Florence Hernández-Ramos (1950 - )
Helen Ring Robinson 1911

1911

Helen Ring Robinson (1860-1923)
Indian Times 10th Anniversary Edition 1965

Richard Tallbull (1918 - 2002)
Chief Little Raven 1871, X-32423

Chief Little Raven (c.1810 - 1889)
Omar Blair 1978 - WH2129PhBx27

Omar Blair (1918 - 2004)
Hattie McDaniel / CPhoto516

Hattie McDaniel (1893 - 1952)
Florence Crannell Means Circa 1930

Florence Crannell Means (1891 - 1980)
Harry Langdon Photography - Rocky Mountain News Collection

1990

Pam Grier (1949 - )
Bob Ragland Portrait

Bob Ragland (1938 - 2021)
Cross Community Coalition 2005 (Courtesy of Jim Granado)

Lorraine Granado (1948 - 2019)
Francisco Valadez Sanchez

Francisco "Paco" Sanchez (1915-1973)

Learn about the different cultures that shape Colorado

Lesbian couple arrested at Sloan's Lake - Denver Post August 14, 1906

Woman riding the rails as a man 1931

LGBTQ History

Miriam Mohamed works on her vocabulary words during tutoring session 1993

Teacher, Norma Trujillo goes over colors with her class of Somali Bantu refugees.

In the cafeteria of Whiteman Elementary school Somali Bantu refugee women gather wearing their traditional dress to learn English in a special class.

Somalis in Colorado

Colorado Tent Company Catalog 1923

Colorado Tent Company Catalog 1923

Denver Tent Company Catalog 1919

Tent Houses

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NATIONAL HISTORY DAY RESEARCH GUIDES