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A Win for Preservation, a Win for Denver

Portrait of George Bent, a mixed-blood who chose to live and fight as a Cheyenne warrior, with his wife Magpie. Bent wears a suit and moccasins, he has a moustache. Magpie wears a dress decorated with elk teeth, quillwork and fringe, and a hairpipe choker; her hair is in braids.

George Bent (1843 - 1918)

Exterior of the Neusteter Co. store

The Origins of Neusteter's Department Store

The Rainbow Music Hall: Remembering a Legendary Denver Concert Venue

Forgotten Lore: Tom Swift

Four buffalo in Genesee Park, Denver Mountain Park, Colorado; open glade area with scattered pines and aspens stands; fence and Rocky Mountains in background.

Wow Photo Wednesday - The North American Bison, Our National Mammal

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The Book Report: May's New and Coming Soon

Image of Nuremberg, from the Nuremberg Chronicle

1493 Nuremberg Chronicle

View of April 29th, 1896, fire and clouds of smoke from junction of Myers Avenue and "A" Street after explosion at El Paso Livery stable, Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes horse-drawn wagons with household goods or personal belongings parked in front of small wooden frame residences (probably cribs of infamous red-light district of Myers Avenue); men and women are in front of residences and on the dirt street.

April 29, 1896: A Fire Nearly Levels Cripple Creek

Interior view of a book store in Denver, Colorado; shows books, magazines, and men identified as Detective John Wells (topcoat and fedora hat) and Sam Handler.

This Denver Bookstore was Hiding a Big Secret

Bill Hosokawa

Bill Hosokawa (1915 - 2007)