Gertrude Tendrich
Two visionary Coloradans helped give modern women more freedom — through the invention and manufacture of the tampon.
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.
Listen to these currently airing Postcards: 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."
Latest Episodes
Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales
The CPR studios welcomed students from Julia Cogan and Miriam O’Connor’s 5th-grade class from Escuela de Guadalupe.
Chipeta
In the fraught story of the early years of Colorado settlement, you’ll find two revered figures beside each other: Chief Ouray and his confidante, Chipeta.
Fannie Mae Duncan
Colorado banned racial discrimination in the 1930s, yet many restaurants and bars refused to serve Black patrons, or made them use the back door.
Antoinette “Tony” Perry
Broadway’s best plays and musicals, and people on and off the stage, are honored every year in an awards ceremony named for a Denverite.
Minnie J. Reynolds
Journalist Minnie J. Reynolds started writing for the Rocky Mountain News’ society page in the late 1800s.
Rossonian Hotel
When Denver’s Five Points was the Harlem of the West, the Rossonian Hotel was an especially hot spot.
