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Uniformed troops of infantry men board a Denver and Rio Grande train of Pullman sleeping cars, about to depart Fort Logan, a World War I assembly point for young soldiers, Colorado. Many wear uniforms consisting of jackets, jodhpurs, gaiters, boots and wide brim hats with Montana creases. A Black man, possibly a porter, stand in doorway of one of the cars. He wears a white coat and dark hat.

The Great War: Resources for Tracing Your Family History in World War I

Continental Oil refinery fire

Continental Oil Refinery Explosion and Fire

Gladys Caldwell Fisher (1907-1952)

Two military tanks parade on a Arvada street, Jefferson County, Colorado. The lead tank's cannon smokes; drivers can be seen through small front hatch doors. Arvada Chamber of Commerce sponsors the parade during the third Annual Harvest Festival. Spectators look on from the sidewalk and automobiles are parked curbside.

Wow Photo Friday - Tanks for Nothing, Arvada

Finding Delphinia: Mystery Letter Gets A Name and Date at WHG

View of Rocky Flats in Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado (a Department of Energy site that manufactures plutonium triggers for nuclear weapons); shows buildings, fields, a water tower, and mountains.

Keep Controversy Alive: Rocky Flats' Rocky Relationship with its Neighbors

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

Portrait photograph of Ralph Carr

Ralph Carr (1887-1950)

Mary Antoinette Perry-Frueauff (1888-1946)

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

Como Railroad Roundhouse

Portrait of Maude Fealy

Maude Fealy (1881-1971)

Belle Turnbull

Belle Turnbull (1881-1970)