Building a better Geiger counter
In the late 1940s and early 1950s a Utah/Colorado man designed and built more portable and accurate Geiger counter that helped...
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Ancient Cargo Carrier
Some 22,000 years ago, Ancient Native Americans dragged wooden travois across the area that today we know as White Sands National Park...
Apr 21 min read
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A picture is worth a thousand misconceptions
Old-time photographs, especially those that might involve frontier outlaws, have a long history of providing incorrect or misleading...
Mar 171 min read
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Railroad War for the Royal Gorge
Beginning in 1878, and continuing into 1880, two major railroads in Colorado carried on a physical and legal battle to determine which...
Feb 191 min read
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Ice Palace was Leadville attraction
In January 1896, the Leadville Ice Palace opened to the public for what promoters hoped would be a great boost to the local economy....
Jan 201 min read
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1909 train wreck killed scores
The collision of a passenger train and a freight train near the entrance to Glenwood Canyon in January, 1909, killed 26 people and left...
Jan 81 min read
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