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Buffalo Soldiers: reVision is a museum exhibit, book, and film that explores the complicated history of Buffalo Soldiers in the West. During American westward expansion, cavalries of Buffalo Soldiers participated in the removal of Indigenous peoples—a history artists are trying to reckon with.
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Jonathan P. Thompson of the Land Desk started looking into the history of ski areas in southwest Colorado. He was reminded of how much different developing a ski area was 60 years ago and also of how many little ski hills have been lost to history.
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The 1911 flood was likely the largest on the Animas River over the last several hundred years or more. On the San Juan River near Bluff, researchers found no evidence of floods higher than the 1911 debris, indicating it “may represent the largest flood on the San Juan River for a much longer time period than 1880-2001.”
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On August 1, 2023, Dr. Claire Oberon Garcia, professor of English at Colorado College, succeeded Dr. Jared Orsi as Colorado's new state historian.
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The tradition of bookbinding by hand dates back thousands of years. While much about bookmaking has changed, there is still a devoted community of craftspeople who study it. One of the few places to learn the craft — the American Academy of Bookbinding — is located in Telluride.
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Every community has its own unique place names, often with a backstory. In Telluride, a proposed development has brought renewed attention to a traffic circle long known as 'Society Turn.'
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High school students from across the country are coming to Wyoming national parks to learn how to help preserve historic buildings for future generations.
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Tens of thousands of victims and survivors of the Holocaust are being honored in Germany. It’s part of a three decades-old grassroots effort to create the world’s largest decentralized memorial by placing special stones at the sites where residents once lived and welcoming back their families.
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Black Americans used the Green Book in the mid-1900s to find safe places to travel. Now an organization in the Mountain West is highlighting many of these locations.
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Fifty years ago, Oglala Lakota activists took over the village of Wounded Knee in an occupation that lasted 71 days. Journalist Kevin McKiernan reflects on the standoff and the legacy it leaves.
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Ed Kabotie is a provocative artist who mixes music and history from an Indigenous perspective. The musician and educator recently performed at the Canyon of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum.
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The state's historic division plans a survey of locations, also known as Green Book sites.