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Peoples of a Sonoran Desert Oasis Recovering the Lost History and Culture of Quitobaquito
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Read More: Peoples of a Sonoran Desert Oasis Recovering the Lost History and Culture of QuitobaquitoIn the southwestern corner of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, on the border between Arizona and Mexico, one finds Quitobaquito, the second-largest oasis in the Sonoran Desert. There, with some effort, one might also find remnants of once-thriving O’odham communities and their predecessors with roots reaching back at least 12,000…
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How to be a Plural Major, from a Recently Graduated Quadruple Major
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Read More: How to be a Plural Major, from a Recently Graduated Quadruple MajorWhen Vincent Michel started out as a history major in 2018, he didn’t expect to be walking across the stage at commencement with four different majors behind him as he did a few weeks ago in Moby Arena. “I’d like to say there was a masterplan for adding all these…
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The Mountains Are Calling, and Everyone Wants to Go
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Read More: The Mountains Are Calling, and Everyone Wants to GoA Brief History of Colorado’s Ski Expansion with Colorado Tourism and Ski Historian Michael Childers Listen to Ski Historian Michael Childers on the Audit below: The route along Interstate 70 (I-70) from Denver to Vail Ski Resort stretches a little more than 100 miles. Along that route, you’ll pass under…
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The Audit: The bumpy history of Colorado’s ski industry and its potentially problematic future
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Read More: The Audit: The bumpy history of Colorado’s ski industry and its potentially problematic futureFrom voters rejecting a bid to host the Winter Olympics to the Earth Liberation Front’s attack on Vail Ski Resort, CSU Associate Professor Michael Childers says it hasn’t been all powder for Colorado’s snow business.
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English students partner with Fort Collins Museum of Discovery to open art show focused on BIPOC joy
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Read More: English students partner with Fort Collins Museum of Discovery to open art show focused on BIPOC joyThe BIPOC Joy Art Show challenges the constant focus on trauma that Black, Indigenous and People of Color are often reduced to, prioritizing happiness and hope over suffering and hardship.
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Just a bunch of hocus pocus? CSU professor says America’s connection to witches is firmly rooted in history
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Read More: Just a bunch of hocus pocus? CSU professor says America’s connection to witches is firmly rooted in historyCSU Professor and early North American history expert Ann Little spoke with The Audit about America’s history of witch trials and how society may not have come as far since that era as people think.
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CSU History Professor Makes 3rd Appearance on NBC’s “Who Do You Think You Are?”
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Read More: CSU History Professor Makes 3rd Appearance on NBC’s “Who Do You Think You Are?”To the experts and enthusiasts of early North American history, Ann Little, Ph.D., is perhaps best known for her work as a CSU professor of 21 years and as an award-winning author. But to the viewers who tuned into the July 31 episode of NBC’s “Who Do You Think You…
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CSU history professor Jared Orsi named Colorado’s new State Historian
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Read More: CSU history professor Jared Orsi named Colorado’s new State HistorianOrsi will begin his one-year position as the State Historian and leader of History Colorado’s State Historian’s Council on Aug. 1, Colorado Day.
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Corinne Neustadter, PLHC intern, Fall 2021
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Read More: Corinne Neustadter, PLHC intern, Fall 2021This past semester, I interned at CSU’s Public Lands History Center and had the opportunity to learn more about environmental history and public history. As an intern, I wrote two blog posts for the PLHC’s website, one on the history of water management in Las Vegas and another on how…
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Lauren Hennessey, Public Lands History Center
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Read More: Lauren Hennessey, Public Lands History CenterMy name is Lauren Hennessey, and I am a third-year student at CSU majoring in history. I had the wonderful opportunity to intern at the Public Lands History Center in Spring 2022 and work alongside the Center’s program manager, Ariel Schnee, Director, Dr. Jared Orsi, and a team of graduate…