history colorado
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Gov. Jared Polis signs education bills, including Federal Indian Boarding School Research Program
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Gov. Jared Polis visited several locations in the Denver metro area on Thursday to sign a number of education bills into law. At the Denver Indian Center, Polis signed House Bill 1444, which reauthorizes History Colorado’s Federal Indian Boarding School Research Program. The program investigates the abuse and deaths that occurred at Indian boarding schools…
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Colorado’s most famous nature photographer donates life work to public domain
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For the past eight months at his home in the Summit County hills, John Fielder spent most every morning and afternoon sifting through photographs tucked away for decades. They were transparencies from his years of hauling heavy film equipment deep into Colorado’s backcountry. The transparencies needed paring down – duplicates in which the exposure and/or contrast…
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History Colorado awards $4.5 million in grants for diverse cultural preservation
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The History Colorado nonprofit awarded $4.5 million in grants this month to nearly two dozen projects focused on preserving diverse cultural heritage in rural Colorado. The History Colorado State Historical Fund awarded grants ranging from $67,000 to $250,000 to 23 projects across the state. Projects were selected for working to protect the heritage of rural…
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History Colorado to offer exhibit on Sand Creek massacre
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Ten days before the 158th anniversary of the Sand Creek massacre, History Colorado will open a new exhibit sharing the accounts of those who survived. The exhibit, The Sand Creek Massacre: The Betrayal that Changed Cheyenne and Arapaho People Forever, opens on Nov. 19. According to a news release from History Colorado, the exhibition draws from…
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Historic Denver executive director Annie Levinsky shifts to statewide focus at History Colorado
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Annie Levinsky’s name has become synonymous with Denver historic preservation. Her 14 years of work as the executive director of Historic Denver Inc. literally shaped how many parts of the city look today and will look into the future. The 42-year-old Denver native will move on from the nonprofit organization she’s served for 19 years…
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National Trust for Historic Preservation recognizes Chicano/a/x Community Murals of Colorado as endangered historic places
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The National Trust for Historic Preservation on Wednesday named the Chicano/a/x Community Murals of Colorado to its 2022 list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. Lucha Martinez de Luna, director of the Chicano/a/x Community Murals of Colorado Project, said her organization nominated murals throughout the state to the list “in recognition of the dangers…
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New exhibit at History Colorado allows visitors to join in Colorado’s story
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As anyone associated with History Colorado, CiviCO, and their new gallery is intimately aware, knowing the history of our state is important. Where we came from – and, most importantly, who we come from – is indispensable for knowing who we are and charting the course for where we are headed. And that knowledge is…
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History Colorado taps first State Historians Council
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History Colorado has created the first State Historians Council in its 139-year history. Historian and author Tom Noel will chair the group of historians from across the state for the historical society, which operates the History Colorado Center museum in downtown Denver and others around the state. The council will be charged with interpreting Colorado’s…
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Colo. gamblers put big bucks in historical preservation projects
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Gamblers indirectly invested $418,987 in 17 projects deemed historic preservation, according to History Colorado. When voters statewide approved gambling in Black Hawk, Central City and Cripple Creek in 1990, they designated a portion of the tax haul for the State Historical Fund to fund “projects that tell the story of Colorado’s history and generate meaningful economic activity,…
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Four historic sites added to list of Colorado’s Most Endangered Places
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The mostly forgotten networks of tunnels beneath downtowns across Colorado are among the sites the state’s premiere historic preservation organization is adding this year to its list of Colorado’s Most Endangered Places, Colorado Preservation Inc. announced at its annual conference in Denver this week. Two sites, including a stretch of railroad grade in Larimer County and…
