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The Denver Mint
The first mint in Colorado Territory was a private company in Denver that took gold dust and made unofficial coins. By 1906, an official U.S.
Colorado Postcards
With Colorado Postcards, we share brief insights into Colorado’s people and places, our flora and fauna, and our past and present, from every corner of Colorado.
Want to learn more about how Colorado Postcards are made? Creators Jon Pinnow and Gillian Coldsnow share the behind-the-scenes scoop in an interview with "Colorado Matters."
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Miners, all sorts
Hard-rock mining brought a workforce to Colorado in the 1800s. Successful operations, like the Smuggler Mine near Aspen, had hundreds working two or three shifts a day.
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Illustrated Miners’ Handbook
As a horde of fortune seekers streamed toward the Rocky Mountains in 1859, they carried a little book to show the way.
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Helen Hunt Jackson
She burned most of her letters and often published anonymously, but Helen Hunt Jackson of Colorado Springs was once one of America’s most famous authors.
