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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)

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The Book Report: April's New and Coming Soon

Exterior view of Brown Palace Hotel, Denver, Colorado; shows overview of hotel, streets, street car tracks, and wagons at the intersection of Broadway and 17th (Seventeenth) Street; backside of Equitable Building distant left and Denver High School, distant right.

Denver, By Pen and Picture

View of the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains near Boulder, Colorado. Shows The Flatirons and foothills.

The A.E. Mathews Papers

Events and Exhibits in April @ the Blair-Caldwell Library

An operator works at a switchboard at the Mountain States telephone exchange building in Limon (Lincoln County), Colorado. Shows telephone equipment and telephone booths on the far end of the room. The woman wears a headset and polka-dot dress.

Colorado Phone Book and Directory Index

Remembering Denver's Fashion Bar

Enos Mills (1870 - 1922)

Black and white photographic portrait of Jane Silverstein Reis taken in August 1961.

Jane Silverstein Ries (1909 - 2005)

Studio portrait of Mrs. Leonel Ross Anthony O'Brien holding an umbrella with lace trim. She wears leather gloves and a dress with a pleated waist line, buttons, and lace collar.

Exploring Your Irish Roots: Where to Start