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View of a huge dark cloud of dust possibly in Walsh, Baca County, or Holly, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado. A house and line of trees is barely visible. The devasting dust bowl carried top soil for miles.

Keeping Libraries Relevant One One-of-a-Kind Item at a Time

Roundhouse. Photographed: Como, Colo., March 25, 1951.

Como Railroad Roundhouse

Solid Muldoon, or the Cardiff Giant Heads West

Checking a people mover model at the Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) Expo '73 Friday in Currigan Hall are Marty Van Doornick, 8, of 1630 Leyden St., front, and Philip Allen, 7, of 1544 Grape St. June 9, 1973. Photo by Mel Schieltz. (WH2129-2018-1309)

Denver's 1970s Flirtation with Personal Rapid Transit

Front Elevation blueprint for the Harker Building

Larimer Square in the News and in the Archives

From The Rocky Mountain News Photo Collection: Robert F. Kennedy In Colorado

The Rabbit Hole, or How Sheet Music Revealed a Missile in Civic Center Park

At the National Bureau of Standards in Boulder, Colorado, John Milton targets a rolling graph paper with a mechanical pencil. The date on the paper is: "Jul 23 1968." The glass, metal, and rubber gasket cover is opened, and the surrounding metal frames have electronic components mounted in them. Gauges, toggle switches, dials, digital (mechanical) readouts, and RF cables front each of the instruments.

Bringing Western History to Life with Modern Analytics and Content Marketing Techniques

Merton S. (Andy) Anderson, left, vice-president, and Jim P. Mola, president of the Village Inn pancake house restaurants, celebrate the 10th birthday of their franchise operation with a birthday cake made of pancakes. The restaurant behind them at 8855 E. Colfax Ave., was the first in the group which now numbers 37 stores.

Village Inn's Colorado Roots

Levers, switches, and a pulley with a weight and a square can are part of the automatic hanging machine at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Wood molding frames a slotted window in the wall, and doors flank the apparatus.

The Death Penalty in Colorado & The DIY Death Machine

Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library

Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library: Celebrating 15 Years of Public Service

Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company (D&RGW) narrow gauge freight between Poncha Springs & Mears Jct. CO, engines 497, 491 & 494, 50 cars, 15 MPH

An Interview with the Colorado Railroad Museum