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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

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