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The Book Report: September's New and Coming Soon

View of a bison in a pen in Colorado.

New Additions to the Western History Collection - August 2015

A crowd of people surrounding people barbecuing at the Denver Union Stockyard

A "Maelstrom of Humanity": Denver's Barbecue Riot, 1898

Event and Exhibits in August @ The Blair-Caldwell Library

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The Book Report: August's New and Coming Soon

View of a Cherry Creek flood in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break; shows torrents of muddy water in standing waves. People look on from the side; boys wear plastic visors.

August 3, 1933: Castlewood Dam Breaks, Floods Denver

Outdoor portrait of men with a bicycle and bottles of beer possibly near the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. They wear suits, bowties, and wide-brimmed hats.

How to Dress Like a Gentleman of History...or a Hipster of Today

Exterior view of Jack Hawkins residence, on Oak Street, filled with mud and debris from the disastrous Cornet Creek flood on July 27, 1914, Telluride, Colorado; shows two-story wood frame Victorian with front porch and second story bay window tilting on side from flood waters, smaller destroyed structure, and the San Juans in background.

101 Years Ago: The Cornet Creek Flood

Worthington Whittredge: An artist's draw to Colorado

Trinity Site Brochure

70 Years In the Nuclear Age

The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, takes place in the bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. A bullfighter waves his cape at the bull, who paws the ground, while the matador looks on. The mounted picadors carry lances; one of the horsemen is seven-foot-tall, long-haired Charlie Meadows, Joe Wolfe's partner. Spectators are in the stands behind the wood fence.

A (Mercifully) Brief History of Colorado Bullfighting

Forever Italy: The Sound of Music