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Edward O. Richmond or Winifred Richmond Walker/courtesy of Ryan BrownRaymond Gallegos had an idyllic childhood growing up next to the Piedra River. When he was 13, the family had to move to make room for a giant reservoir. -
Edward Sheriff Curtis/Museum of Photographic Arts Collections, No restrictions, via Wikimedia CommonsAmong the seven stories highlighted in "The Westerners: Mythmaking and Belonging on the American Frontier" are several Wyoming characters including Sacajawea and the Northern Cheyenne leader Little Wolf.
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This year marks KSUT’s 50th anniversary. Since its launch in 1976, the station has broadcast tribal news, local and NPR news, and different genres of music throughout the Four Corners region. But when it signed on, it barely covered the town of Ignacio with its 10-watt signal. -
Rock Springs has long been one of the most diverse towns in the West. Now, its relationship with immigrants is embattled for other reasons. -
History is under our feet and all around us: old buildings, streets, statues, and signs. We drive by remnants of the past every day, without giving them a second thought. This is the story of one man’s close encounter with a forgotten piece of history, from the Magic City of the Southwest. -
Fifty years ago, a same-sex marriage license was issued—decades before same-sex marriage became legal nationwide. -
History Colorado's new director of Indigenous engagement joins as boarding school research continuesPhillip Gover III, who is of Pawnee and Choctaw descent, will help the organization work with with tribal communities. -
The division's history is honored this week across Colorado ski areas, including the 50th annual Ski-In Daze with descendants of the 10th Mountain Division, current military members and the National Ski Patrol. -
For nearly thirty years, Railroad Car 211 transported people and goods to and from the remote mountain town of Lake City until the service stopped in 1933. Now, this important piece of regional transportation history is in Durango for restoration. -
In 2024, Colorado voters enshrined the right to abortion in the state constitution. A century earlier, a very different story was unfolding — one involving a young woman, a respected female doctor, and a trial that shaped Colorado’s early abortion laws. -
Chinese immigrants sacrificed to create America's first transcontinental railroad. Its completion may have contributed to a backlash that led to the first major immigration clampdown in U.S. history. -
Colorado is known as one of the most LGBTQ+ friendly states in the country. But it wasn't always that way. In 1992, voters passed an amendment to the state constitution that labeled Colorado "The Hate State" and sparked a landmark legal battle for gay rights.
