Breckenridge
In Breckenridge, spelling matters. Thomas Breckenridge – with an E in the middle – came through in the 1840s with the Fremont expedition.
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.
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Boreal Toad
In Colorado’s subalpine areas, you might spot a greenish-gray toad hanging out in shallow waters, sporting a white stripe on its back.
Alpine Tundra
Colorado’s alpine tundra is most visible in Rocky Mountain National Park above 11,400 feet. It’s a spectacular environment – but cold and severe. Still, life persists.
AdAmAn
Pikes Peak greets every new year with the flash, sparkle and boom of pyrotechnics. It’s a tradition that began in 1922.
Christmas lights
December, 1914. In Denver, 10 year old David Sturgeon is too sick to join his family downstairs around their Christmas tree.
O Christmas tree
Among the most popular varieties of Christmas tree is a native of the Rocky Mountains: the Colorado blue spruce.
Josephine Roche
Colorado’s first policewoman to walk a beat was a social worker. Josephine Roche earned an MSW in 1910 with her thesis “Economic Conditions in Relation to the Delinquency of Girls.”
