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Ivy Baldwin
Balloonist William “Ivy” Baldwin was the first American aviator to be shot down in wartime – in 1898, during the Spanish-American War.
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Olga Little
When Olga Little came to Durango in 1895 as a teenager, she was already an experienced horse handler. She then became Colorado’s first woman “jackpacker.”
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Ouray’s Danny Boy Connection
You don’t get more Irish than Danny Boy. And yet, without a Colorado link, that poignant combination of words and music might never have happened.
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Julia Greeley
On the streets of Denver in the late 1800s, a woman in tattered clothes, pulling a wagon laden with food, fuel and clothing, was a model of philanthropy.
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Avalanches
Colorado gets thousands of avalanches a year. The Ute knew to avoid avalanche-prone areas, but many miners and settlers did not.
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Creede Underground Fire Station
Colorado’s last silver boom town Creede incorporated in 1890 and burned down two years later. It burned again after twenty years, and for a third time in the 1930s.
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Sulphur Cave
Colorado has 16 National Natural Landmarks. You’d recognize many of them: scenic, iconic places like the Garden of the Gods, Hanging Lake.
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Coors Malted Milk
Coors is beer. Yet, for a few decades, its main product was targeted to babies.
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Medano Creek
One of the country’s top 25 beaches is here in landlocked Colorado in Great Sand Dunes National Park.
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Mt Sniktau
The thirteener Mount Sniktau near Dillon is easily accessible from Denver and Boulder, which makes it a popular hike.
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Chalk Cliffs of Mt Princeton
Majestic Mount Princeton has a notable feature on its southeastern side: Chalk Cliffs. Well, actually, they’re made of kaolinite.
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Prunes the Burro
The humble donkey is central to Colorado’s early mining history. The tough, sure-footed little animals carried millions of dollars in gold and silver out of mines on steep, narrow trails.
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Mounts Massive and Elbert
Looming west of Leadville in the Sawatch range is Mount Massive, an appropriately-named behemoth with five summits, and more area above 14 thousand feet than any other mountain in the […]
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Election of 1876
1876 was an election year, and Colorado’s admittance to the union would have political consequences.
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Wilson Peak
The rugged mountain on Coors beer cans that conveys contents “as cold as the Rockies”? Well, it’s the same one seen in many Jeep commercials to emphasize toughness.