The Dust Bowl of the 1930s was the worst ecological disaster in American history. When the rains stopped and the land dried up, farmers and agricultural laborers on the southeastern Colorado plains were forced to adapt to new realities. The severity of the drought coupled with the economic devastation of the Great Depression compelled farmers […]
Colorado Day by Day is an engaging, this-day-in-history approach to the key figures and forces that have shaped Colorado from ancient times to the present. Historian Derek R. Everett presents a vignette for each day of the calendar year, exploring Colorado’s many facets through distilled tales of people, places, events, and trends. Entries incorporate tales […]
Dixie’s Italians is the first book-length study of Sicilians and other Italians in the Jim Crow Gulf South. Through case studies involving lynchings, disenfranchisement efforts, attempts to segregate Sicilian schoolchildren, and turn-of-the-century miscegenation disputes, Jackson explores the racial mobility that Italians and Sicilians experienced. Depending on the location and circumstance, Italians in the Gulf South […]
DENVER, Colo. (July 16, 2018) ━ Today, History Colorado announced the formation of its first State Historian’s Council in its 139-year history in Colorado. The State Historian’s Council will be led by noted historian and author Dr. Tom Noel, who will be joined on the council by respected historians from across the state. The new council will include […]
Dan Tyler was happy to help in 2012 when former CSU President Tony Frank asked if he could assist students closing in on graduation who were struggling financially. The result was the Gateway to Graduation Scholarship, which has helped dozens of students in the College of Liberal Arts reach the finish line and earn degrees. Tyler, […]
Two Colorado State University faculty members have received a four-year, $200,000 grant to write an updated history of the U.S. Forest Service. Leisl Carr Childers Michael Childers and Leisl Carr Childers are assistant professors in the Department of History who left the University of Northern Iowa in 2018 to join CSU’s Public Lands History Center. […]
Local bathroom breaks just got a lot more interesting, thanks to a Colorado State University public history course’s “in-stall project.” The project is connecting Fort Collins’ past and present — all within the stalls of public restrooms. Thomas Cauvin, a CSU assistant professor in the Department of History, assigns an interesting and engaging project for his […]
Editor’s note: Since this story was first posted, the Global Village Museum has decided to close until March 28 due to concerns over COVID-19. See the museum’s website for updates. A new exhibit about the history of beer brewing — both locally and internationally — opens Friday, March 6, at the Global Village Museum of Arts and […]
Space matters. The spaces where we live, work, and play shape how we socialize with one another. Our social interactions, in turn, influence spaces. To understand what we mean, take a look at the image to the right. Now, let’s trace the images displayed around the ram’s horn, starting with the Old Main building pictured at the […]
September 2015 marked the second anniversary of the floods that ravaged Colorado’s Front Range. In an interview about the devastation, Jamestown Mayor Tara Schoedinger recalled a dramatic moment following days of rain: “My husband … ran outside and said, ‘There goes the gulch.’ … He came back in less than a minute later, and he […]
