Derek R. Everett

Professor of History, Metropolitan State University of Denver; Colorado State University

Derek R. Everett is a member of the history departments at Metropolitan State University of Denver and Colorado State University. He is most recently the author of Colorado Day by Day, copublished by History Colorado and the University Press of Colorado.

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Derek R. Everett

Written by Derek R. Everett

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    The Good Old Days

    Coloradans of 2020 seemed unaware of just how good they really had it. A time of relative peace and plenty, it’s a year that we look back on with a sense of longing and nostalgia given the War of Disunion and the myriad other woes that we’ve endured in the century since.