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Mickey Masterpiece

There’s a wonderful pop art quality to the card. Mickey Mantle stands in a heroic pose against a brilliant sky blue background, shouldering his bat as he gazes up into the distance. It’s the sort of iconic portrait an artist might have created to celebrate Mantle’s spectacular achievements in retrospect, but somehow Topps got it exactly right at the beginning. And for three days in Denver this July 10–12, you can see it for yourself.

Photo of the Central Park (formerly Stapleton) area of Denver, aerial view. In the distance the skyscrapers of downtown Denver can be seen, as well as the mountains of the Front Range.

Imagining a Great City

Mayor Federico Peña’s campaign vision to “Imagine a Great City'' catalyzed the development of Denver and its region from the 1980s onward. Against the backdrop of a boom-and-bust economy, major public projects shaped the trajectory of the city along with its residents’ grassroots advocacy.

Photo of snow-capped Mount Evans rising up in the distance against a cloudy gray sky, as seen through the trees at the Lookout Mountain Nature Center

Pioneer, Indian, Cowboy, Rabbi

Generations of Jewish Coloradans have spent summer days at Camp Shwayder and the JCC Ranch Camp. Colorado’s mountains have provided the ideal setting for distinctly western Jewish American experiences. Ariel Schnee examines this lesser-known side of Jewish identity in Colorado.

Photo of a woven piece by Eppie Archuleta called "Rain Cloud." The piece features a tan background, with horizontal thin stripes clustered together into two wide horizontal bands on each side of the image. These stripes are white, turquoise, red, and black in color. The center image is a blocky geometric shape of turquoise, black, red, and tan, with white feather-like edging. There is a very small turquoise dot in the very center.

The Master Weaver of the San Luis Valley

Far beyond Eppie Archuleta’s technical abilities, awards, and accolades as a master weaver, she was a weaver of artistry and legacy—her work strengthened by the warp of her ancestors and enriched by the weft of faith, love, and kindness.

Photo of Jean Dubofsky, sitting in her office. The walls and shelves behind her are white, contrasting her orange sweater and red-framed eyeglasses. There are gold and silver-framed photos on the shelves, and a painting on the wall behind her. She is resting her chin on her closed right hand, and she is looking straight ahead at the camera.

Nine Justices and One Colorado Lawyer

In 1995, Boulder attorney Jean Dubofsky stood before nine U.S. Supreme Court justices to plead the case against Amendment 2, the 1992 amendment to the Constitution of the State of Colorado denying protections to gays and lesbians. On May 20, 1996, the Court ruled the amendment unconstitutional.

This essay first appeared in the November/December 2016 issue of Colorado Heritage, and is an edited excerpt from the author’s book Appealing for Justice: One Colorado Lawyer, Four Decades, and the Landmark Gay Rights Case: Romer v. Evans.

Photo of a horse-drawn car. The side of the car has the words "Volunteers of America - Relief Dept." painted on the side, along with "Phone Maple 790." The driver is a young man dressed in a suit and hat. He is sitting in the car,holding the reins and posing for this photo.

“We Will Go Wherever We Are Needed and Do Whatever Comes to Hand”

The disCOurse is a place for people to share their lived experiences and their perspectives on the past with an eye toward informing our present. Here, a member of the Volunteers of America team recognizes an organization that’s provided more than a century of compassionate aid to communities in need in Colorado and throughout the nation.

Image portrait of Baby Doe Tabor from the shoulders up. She is wearing a white lacy blouse with a flower attached on the right side of the high collar. She is wearing a very fancy hat on her head, that has white flowers on the right side of it and a large white ostrich feather on top. Her curly hair is seen beneath the hat, and she wears dangling earrings made of many small pearly beads.

The Silver Queen of Cloud City

The spectacular rise—and fall—of Baby Doe Tabor

Photo closeup of the inscription on a silver-plated vase that shows some tarnish. The trophy pictured is the original presented to the winner of the Pebble Beach Golf Tournament, which began in 1920. The inscription shows that M.A.McLaughlin won the trophy in 1920, 1921, and 1923. A Robert Hunter won it in 1922.

Waiting for Someone to Listen

An extraordinary journey of joy and determination, discovered beneath a few layers of tarnish.

Photo of farmland that is being worked by several men and women. While the people are in the distance, they are all seen wearing hats, and the women wear longer skirts while the men are wearing trousers and shirts. The crops are lower to the ground, so the workers are all bending over to reach them. The landscape is wide open, with no trees in sight, and a vast plain reaching out in the distance to the horizon. Only a few small buildings (or possibly farm trucks) are visible far off in the distance.

Strangers in a Strange Land: The History of Volga Germans in Colorado

Volga Germans, also referred to as German-Russians, came from the Russian steppes of the Volga River to Colorado between the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries to labor in the sugar beet fields. The history of their settlement in Colorado is woven into the larger history of immigration in the United States during this period.

Photo of five separate images of women who were important figures in the borderlands history of Colorado. From left to right, the women are: Teresita Sandoval, Amache Prowers, Josefa Carson, Rebecca Lopez, and Dona Bernarda Mejia Velasquez.

Women of the Borderlands