In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, coal mining was the most important industry in Colorado. Coal mines served as the crucibles of empire, churning out the fuel needed to power the railroads, precious-metal mines, and smelters that…

On November 21, 1927, members of a Colorado militia fired into a crowd of hundreds of striking miners in the Weld County town of Serene, killing six and wounding twenty. The Columbine Massacre showed that little had changed in Colorado in terms of…

Located at 409 East Cleveland Street in Lafayette, the Miller House was the longtime home of town founder Mary Miller. In 1983 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Today the one-story house remains a private, single-family residence…