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Kiska Island, Frank J. Steinhardt

The Life-Saving Artwork of Arnold C. Holeywell

Filemeno Gallotti, Leonardo Deodato, Michale Ballatti, Guiseppe Campigne, Frank Valendre "The Miner", Henry Ferandez, John Arrati, Leonardo Allesandre, and "The Ranchman", a group of criminals, pose outdoors in Denver, Colorado.

The Italian Murders

Very early photograph showing Denver, Colorado, then called Denver City. Covered wagons are parked on Larimer Street. Two-story wood frame buildings line the street.

Is this the First Photograph of Denver? A Research Investigation

Studio portrait of Colorado State Senator (Las Animas County) Casimiro Barela. He wears a vest and jacket, a bow tie and an upright collar. He has a full, waxed mustache and his dark hair has a cowlick and is parted on the side.

Casimiro Barela (1847-1920)

Deadwood, Denver and Dastardly Deeds

The Long Mesa Fire of 2002

Watercolor and gouache painting shows the Eldorado Hotel, at 1249 10th (Tenth) Street, (10th near Larimer) Denver, Colorado. Built by Henri and Katrina Murat, This log building was the first hotel in the Denver area.

Denver’s First Hotel: El Dorado Lost and Found

Canyon Rim, Arizona; Misty Moonlight, Estes Park, Colorado; and Bear Creek Canyon, Denver, Colorado

Curator's Corner 2: Subtle Visions of the West

Upton Sinclair and John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

"Rumble in the Jungle" - Upton Sinclair's Letter to John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Crickets with tin fence, circa 1927. From the Farrington R. Carpenter Family Papers, WH60, Box 2, FF14

The Great Cricket Invasion

Noguchi Family (Denver Post Empire)

Noguchi Family

Yesterday's News Vol. II