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History Colorado – What’s Old Is New Again

May 1, 2017 / Melinda Pearson / Arts/Culture, Community Organization, Denver News, Events, History, Local Events, Schools/Education / No Comments
History Colorado - What’s Old Is New Again

The March opening of Backstory: Western American Art in Context at History Colorado Center stamps the imprimatur of a new era on the institution, but one that returns the museum to its heritage, rooted in local and material culture.

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Just the Facts: The Hardest Stuff in Colorado

March 1, 2017 / History, Just the Facts, Parks/Open Space, Science / No Comments

Under the grubby soils of northern Colorado lies the nation’s biggest diamond deposit.

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Jim Ward: The Man Who Made Manual Busing A Success

February 1, 2017 / Anne Hebert / History, People, Schools/Education / 23 Comments

In 1974, acting under the direction of the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge William Doyle issued an order that the Denver Public Schools (DPS) be desegregated.

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Dance and Culture for All—from Professionals to School Children

December 1, 2016 / Courtney Drake-McDonough / Arts/Culture, Community Organization, Events, History, People / 1 Comment

Cleo Parker Robinson is known both for her talent as a dancer and her tenacity in creating a cultural arts institution that serves more than 60,000 people each year.

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Stapleton Weather Balloon Program Still Going Strong after 79 Years

July 1, 2016 / John Fernandez / History, Science, Technology / No Comments

When it was an airport, Stapleton hosted a three-pronged National Weather Service (NWS) office: an upper atmosphere weather balloon program; a weather forecasting office; and weather observations related to the airport.

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Mummy Secrets Revealed in Scans at Children’s Hospital

June 1, 2016 / Nick Hutchinson / Health & Wellness, History, Technology / No Comments
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In a time-bridging partnership, the Denver Museum of Nature & Science teamed up with Children’s Hospital Colorado to scan two mummies and a sarcophagus.

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Park Hill’s Historic Struggle for Integration

February 1, 2016 / Madeline Schroeder / History / 5 Comments

The ’60s and 70’s were a fascinating and historically important time in Park Hill as it fought to be one of the first integrated neighborhoods in the U.S. But, how integrated is the neighborhood today?

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Dana Crawford: Saving the Soul of the City

December 1, 2015 / John Fernandez / History, People / No Comments
Dana Crawford

A book by former Denver Post reporter and now biographer, Mike McPhee, celebrates the accomplishments of major Denver figure, Dana Crawford.

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Days of Grace

October 1, 2015 / Madeline Schroeder / Families, History / No Comments
Days of Grace

With the help of her daughter and a good family friend, 96-year-old Grace Roberts Scott wrote a 520-page memoir of her life and family history, which was published this spring.

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What is the Green Book?

October 1, 2015 / Carol Roberts / Central Park, Development, History / 1 Comment

The Green Book is the plan for the re-development of the abandoned Stapleton International Airport. What was the Green Book vision and has Stapleton met it?

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