Tag: Denver

Who Needs a World’s Fair – We’ve Got the National Western Stock Show!

Each January – herders, ranchers, cattlemen, stockmen, cowboys and livestock enthusiasts from around the country converge in Denver for the annual National Western Stock Show. It has been in operation for over 110 years, but it has not been without its trials and tribulations. Hear what happened back in 1898 that created headlines for the…

Colorado Puts on Its Big Boy Pants and Gets a Railroad

Given how we Coloradans all view Denver to be the center of the Rocky Mountain region, it is almost unthinkable that others would not see it that way and not want to hook Denver up in any way they could with the rest of the country. However – there were times when Denver almost missed…

Libraries are Not Immune to Scandal

It has become a “thing” that people of power want to leave a legacy to the world by having a library named after them. Carnegie did it in a big way in the late 19th century.  US Presidents have been doing it officially since the creation of the Presidential Libraries Act of 1955 – but…

You Find the Darndest Things in Early Newspapers

One of the curious parts of reading the modern paper and watching the news on the television is learning about what other people are up to – whether it be in your own back yard, or in a nearby state.  This is even odder when reading historic news.  People can’t help but get up to…

Denver Museum of Nature and Science… from humble beginnings

Those of us fortunate enough to live in Denver know of the treasure that we have in our back yard – the amazing Denver Museum of Nature and Science. But this fabulous resource with its wonderful panoramic dioramas, and exhibitions on science and nature did not always reside in Denver. Like someone in witness protection, it…

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