Colorado Postcards

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.”

In Kentucky it’s Louisville, named for French King Louis. But in Colorado, German-born engineer Louis Nawatny bought 40 acres in 1878, and named it after himself: Louisville.

The Blue River runs through the town of Breckenridge, though for most of the 20th century, you might not have known it.

In Commerce City, you’ll find the grave of Sergeant Geronimo, a member of the 507th Paratroop Infantry Regiment. But this paratrooper was unlike any other. Geronimo was a stray dog.

In the beginning, Air Force One was Columbine Two.

Last September, Dr. Kim Walter, the digital teacher librarian at Shelton Elementary School in Golden, reached out to tell us she wanted to use Colorado Postcards with her students.

Flying, flapping, flitting, gliding … the skies of Colorado are especially alive twice a year with birds making epic journeys.

Colossal buildings of reinforced concrete are commonplace today. But the first one west of the Mississippi was in downtown Denver, built in 1907.