News & Events

View of the terrain that surrounds the area in which the Sand Creek Massacre took place, November 29 and 30, 1864, in Kiowa County, Colorado; United States troops killed some 200 Native Americans (Cheyenne and Arapaho), two thirds of whom were women and children. A farm house, windmill, and utility buildings stand on an open prairie landscape.

How Exactly Was Sod Busted? New WH/G Titles for May 2015

WH/G Archives Digitizes Old Colorado Film Footage

Events and Exhibits in June @ the Blair-Caldwell Library

THE BOOK REPORT: June's NEW AND COMING SOON

Thayer's Map of Colorado

Check Out WH/G's New Collection of High-Resolution Downloadable, Denver Maps

Wade Blank, his son Lincoln, and fellow Atlantis cofounder Michael Auberger celebrate the laying of the plaque, dedicated to the original protesters - The Gang of 19 - who blocked the intersection to protest the inaccessible buses in 1978. WH2283/Box5/F16

"We Will Ride!" The Origin of the Disability Rights Movement in Denver

Ku Klux Klan memeber light candles in metal cans buried in a dirt mound probably in Denver, Colorado. They wear hoods and robes.

The Rocky Mountain American: The KKK's Colorado Newspaper

The Diving Elk of Denver's Chutes Park

Girls pose by a wall-sized map of the Park Hill District at Smiley Junior High School, in Denver, Colorado. Lettering at the top reads: "Smiley Housing Survey, Park Hill District."

Housing Crisis in Denver isn't unique to 2015

Antonio Esquivel, a champion Mexican vaquero and star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, rides a bucking horse in a dirt arena during a performance of the show at Earl's Court in England. He wears a cowboy hat and a short, dark jacket. A group of cowboys stands in the background watching Esquivel ride. A backdrop with a landscape scene painted on it is at the far end of the arena.

New Additions to the Western History Collection - May 2015

View of the John B. Hindry home on North Washington Street in Denver, Colorado; shows a house with quoins, bay window, portico, and a cornice.

Ghost Hunter’s Guide: Who Lived in My Home?

Events in May @ the Blair-Caldwell Library