We all know what it means to be a Coloradan, right? Or do we?
Over the centuries, so many people have called Colorado home. What was daily life like for an indigenous person, a homesteader, or a soldier?
Imagine adding one or more of these activities to your day—or, don't just imagine it, go ahead and try it! Step back in time and see what life was like for somebody else.
The Medano Ranch Headquarters is an important part of the development of cattle ranching in the San Luis Valley from the open range days of the 1870s through the mechanized operations of the period following World War II.
Baseball is timeless in its ability to unify players, fans, and communities. Stepping onto the field transforms ballplayers into comrades, united by the desire to win. In the same way, fans leave their day-to-day concerns at the admissions gate, finding commonality with others in the stands. Baseball stirs nostalgia. It offers participants—on and off the field—a feeling of home, of being a part of something greater. Baseball is springtime, peanuts and Cracker Jack, and good times. As America’s national pastime, baseball transforms people through opportunity and reminds them of the American Dream, of what it is to be an American.
Every other year, History Colorado gives the Barbara Sudler Award for the best work of nonfiction on a western subject by a female author. Since we’ve begun reading the nominees for this year’s award, we took the opportunity to chat with the winner of the last round, Rachel McLean Sailor, an assistant professor of art history at the University of Wyoming and the author of Meaningful Places: Landscape Photographers in the Nineteenth-Century American West, published by the University of New Mexico Press. A shorter version of this interview appears in Colorado Heritage.
Every August 1, we celebrate the day President Ulysses S. Grant made Colorado a state in 1876.
As we look back on this day in history, we don’t want to lose sight of what a journey it was and how that journey fits into the larger story of our nation.
Here are some fun facts you may not know about how Colorado became a state.
It’s one of the best stories in sports collection history. And it’s what led the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle to become the “holy grail” of baseball cards.
History Colorado is gathering and sharing memories that celebrate our state’s rich Hispano culture. Here, Sofia and Gabriela share the third in our new monthly series produced exclusively withThe Weekly Issue/El Semanario.
Hispano and Latino Coloradans have long used murals as a way to celebrate and share culture. Murals that have captured this culture and its change over time are currently under threat due to rapid urban development as well as the natural wear and tear that comes with outdoor spaces.
History Colorado is gathering and sharing memories that celebrate our state's rich Hispano culture. This story is the first in our new monthly series produced exclusively with The Weekly Issue/El Semanario.