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Western Art: Not Just Cowboys and Prairies

A bugler plays taps beside the rows of white crosses that mark the graves of servicemen who died in the Italian campaign during a memorial service held for the men of the Tenth Mountain Division on April 6, 1945, at the American Cemetery in Castelfiorentino (Florence Province), Italy.

70 Years Ago Today: Remembering the Fallen of the 10th Mountain Division

THE Book Report: April's New And Coming Soon

Western History Collection New Titles - April, 2015

A Souvenir from the Fall of Richmond

Events and Exhibits Coming in April to the Blair-Caldwell Library

Five men stand in front of the Rocky Mountain News building near 1301 Walnut Street in the Auraria neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a single story wood frame building with brick chimney. Four men wear dark suits and straw boaters or bowlers. One man wears suspenders and leans on a cane. A Midland Railroad advertisment is posted on the side of the building.

Colorado's Newspapers Aren't in the Grave Yet

Chief Eagle, a Native American man on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, poses wearing a warrior's headdress in front of a teepee on the reservation. He wears large, round earrings, numerous beaded necklaces hanging around his neck, an otter sash across his chest, and holds a long spear, possibly a coup-stick, also wrapped in fur.

Acclaimed Western Photographers ~ Edward H. Boos

Billboard for Boggio's Rotisserie, Z-15338

Denver Dining of Yore: Boggio’s Parisienne Rotisserie

Michael Graves

Remembering Central Library Architect, Michael Graves

Barney L. Ford

Barney Lancelot Ford (1822-1902) Pioneer. Activist. Agent of Change.

View of the Saint Patrick's Day Parade at 16th (Sixteenth) Street and Broadway in the Central Business District, Denver, Colorado. Men and a woman in hats ride in decorated antique convertible cars. The Paramount Theater and Daniels and Fisher Tower are in the distance.

The Irish in Colorado Part Two: The St. Patrick's Day Parade