After coming across a newspaper notice of the lynching of a Chinese man in a long-forgotten mining camp, the author undertakes a deeply personal journey into Colorado history as he contemplates who really “belongs” in our narratives about the past—and our present.

Many who work at the popular Edwardian-era wedding venue have long-reported unusual happenings. We asked some of them to break down the spooky (but mostly playful) encounters for us.

History Colorado’s collection of historic newspapers captured history as it happened—and the ghostly whispers of events beyond our mortal understanding.

During my years in public life I always worked harder than my staff and tried to justify the confidence placed in me by the nine governors whom I served, regardless of politics. I thoroughly enjoyed my work for more than half a century in a Man’s World—or since I worked in Wyoming and Colorado perhaps I should say—in a Women’s World, too!

—Agnes Wright Spring

Immigration is ever-relevant in the United States and Colorado. Here, our former State Historian continues the history of immigration in Colorado that he began in the pages of our Fall 2020 issue, bringing the story from World War II up to the present.

As Colorado’s experiment in nonpartisan, citizen-led redistricting enters the home stretch, we look back at our long history of attempting to craft a truly representative government. It’s been more complicated than you might think.

Look! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s…a diagnostic artifact! An archaeologist explains how discarded comic books help reveal the history of a place.

As the discovery of mass graves containing the bodies of hundreds of young children at multiple Indian boarding schools in Canada focuses a spotlight on the abuses that took place at many of these schools throughout North America, we look at the history of these institutions in the United States and their legacy in Colorado.

The search for precious metals brought many immigrants to Colorado in the nineteenth century, but our mountain streams still draw adventurous gold seekers each year. Rachel Moyer interviews a longtime gold panner for The Colorado Magazine to explain how it all works.