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Hotel de Paris
In the 1880s, if you were Somebody, the place to be was the Hotel de Paris, in Georgetown, Colorado.
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Mountain submarine
Central City: 1898. Rufus Owens secretly builds a submarine out of wood and gives it a metal skin. At Missouri Lake, he puts three tons of rock inside for ballast.
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Sandhill Cranes Mate for Life
One of Colorado’s seasonal visitors is one of the oldest bird species in existence. Fossil records show Sandhill Cranes have been around for ten million years.
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Sloan(s) Lake
1861, West Denver. A farmer digs a well. He hits an aquifer, and the next morning he wakes up to 200 acres of flooded land.
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3 Governors in a Day
Governors come, and governors go, but never quite like in March 1905, when Colorado had three governors in 24 hours.
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Tornadoes
Colorado is west of “Tornado Alley” – the strip of states where tornadoes are most likely to form. Yet, the county in the U.S.
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Loyal Duke
When a 19th century railroad worker lost his life on the job in Salida, he left behind his loyal spaniel Duke.
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Magpies
In the mountains, foothills and suburbs, Colorado’s magpies are a majestic sight: with striking white and black plumage that in certain light also shines with a cosmic, blue-green iridescence, and […]
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Jolly Rancher
If you lived in Wheatridge or Arvada anytime in the 1950 or even into the 90s, you could be treated to the fragrance of watermelon one day, perhaps apple, cherry […]
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Nikola Tesla in Colorado Springs
Nikola Tesla came to Colorado in 1899 to send a signal, he said, from “Pikes Peak to Paris.” His goal was to harness the earth itself to conduct electricity.
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Colorado pikeminnow
In its heyday, the olive-green and gold Colorado pikeminnow was a big catch.
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St Mary’s Glacier
During the Ice Age, Colorado was covered by a massive, frozen sheet. That ice, slowly moving, then carved much of the state’s landscape.
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Alpine Avens
Among Colorado’s most common wildflowers high in the tundra is a bright and showy bloom that looks somewhat like a buttercup.
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Chinook Winds
In Colorado and along the eastern flank of the Rocky Mountains, Chinook winds can raise a midwinter thermometer from sub zero to a balmy 50 degrees in a matter of […]
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