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Panoramic view of the town of Aspen, Colorado, situated at the foot of Smuggler Mountain in Pitkin County. Landmarks include Pitkin County Courthouse, Wheeler Opera House, and Hotel Jerome.

Living in the Shadow of Colorado's Mountain Playgrounds

Interior view of a dance hall at Manhattan Beach amusement park in Denver, Colorado; shows men and women dancing.

How Dancing 'til You Drop in Denver led to the Invention of Roller Derby

View east of the Adolph Coors Company Brewery, between Table Mountain, Golden, Jefferson County, shows lake in front of the multi-story buildings, tall "Coors" smokestack and wooden fence.

From Brewery to Pottery: The Coors Porcelain Company

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