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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

View of a bison in a pen in Colorado.

New Additions to the Western History Collection - August 2015

The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, takes place in the bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. A bullfighter waves his cape at the bull, who paws the ground, while the matador looks on. The mounted picadors carry lances; one of the horsemen is seven-foot-tall, long-haired Charlie Meadows, Joe Wolfe's partner. Spectators are in the stands behind the wood fence.

A (Mercifully) Brief History of Colorado Bullfighting

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

Marijuana in Colorado - The Highlights and Low Points

Newspaper scan of JFK article

What's the Value of JFK Assassination Newspapers?

Western History Collection New Titles - April, 2015

A Souvenir from the Fall of Richmond

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

View of a Bleriot airplane in flight over Denver, Colorado, shows trees and fences.

Colorado's DIY Spirit Made Aviation History

Interior view of the Denver Public Library at East Denver High School in Denver, Colorado; shows people at a counter, bookshelves, a coffered ceiling and hanging lamps. John Cotton Dana is behind the desk.

Denver: Birthplace of the Modern Library

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