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View of the Golden Gate channel between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean, San Francisco, California. Shows Seal Rocks and Point Bonita in the distance.

Is Hawaii Part of the Trans-Mississippi West?

1960s Bottle Labels from Denver's Tivoli Brewing Company

So You've Researched Your Genealogy...Now What?

Miners stand in and near the cage of a coal mine in Colorado. They hold lunch pails and wear miner's lights.

Remembering Colorado's Coal Wars...and Coal Miners

Men march and ride bicycles in a parade in downtown Denver, Colorado. Women ride in a horse-drawn wagon as part of the procession. Signs on buildings read: "Koehler's," "Crooke & Fuller Mine & Mill Supplies," and "Sam Wittow."

Colorado: The Second State to Adopt Labor Day

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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