The First Same-Sex Marriage License in Colorado
Two men, Dave McCord and Dave Zamora, were turned...
The First Televised Criminal Trial in Colorado
It wasn’t a crime in America to blow up...
The Crusade for Justice
The Crusade for Justice located at Colfax and Downing...
Three’s Company: That time Colorado had three governors in one day
Colorado voters rallied around the phrase “anybody but Peabody” as the state held its 1904 elections — one of the most scandalous and fraudulent elections in state history.
A Century of Banned Marriages
A black man and white woman living together in...
Denver’s 1894 Job Scare: Why the governor aimed cannons at City Hall
In Denver in 1894, police and fire department board members barricaded themselves in City Hall. Then-Gov. Davis Waite ordered the Colorado Army National Guard to aim full-size, military-grade cannons at the building in hopes of driving the protestors out.
Dearfield’s Determined Founder
Colorado was a rough and tumble place in the...
Colorado’s History of Immigration
When the Colorado legislature gathered for the 1870 session,...
The Explosive Finale of an Idaho Springs Miner Strike: A brief look at the...
The Western Federation of Miners ignited a wave of union strikes across the state between 1896 and the early 1900s - but the strike at the Sun and Moon mine was perhaps the most deadly.