Ted Richthofen

Ted is passionate about two things: Colorado, and the 1920s. He's usually found camping or combing through the archives at the Denver Public Library. These days, he's pursuing a master's in American studies in Germany, and he hopes to pursue his PhD in western history back in the USA.

Written by Ted Richthofen

“Openly and with Gusto”: How Women Moonshiners Led to Denver’s First Female Cop

Mar 12, 2020

This essay is the Best Undergraduate Essay winner in the 2019 Emerging Historians Award. Additional awards went to Jacob Swisher from Colorado State University, Best Overall Essay winner for "Were They Mexicans or Coloradans? Constructing Race and Identity at the Colorado–New Mexico Border" and Don Unger from the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs, Best Graduate Essay winner for
"Historical Perspectives of the 'World’s Greatest Gold Camp.'"

The Emerging Historians Award is a program of History Colorado’s State Historian’s Council. Find all three essays and details of the 2020 award round—with a submission deadline of June 1.

Written by Ted Richthofen

“Openly and with Gusto”: How Women Moonshiners Led to Denver’s First Female Cop