Author: History Colorado
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Labor on parade: Remembering what the Labor Day holiday is all about
By Devin FloresHistory Colorado The first Labor Day was a grassroots event organized by workers in New York City on Sept. 5, 1882. Over 10,000 workers — one in every 200 people in the city at that time — turned out to march in a parade from City Hall to an uptown park where they…
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Colorado under the Klan
By James H. Davis Editor’s note: This story has been edited for length. To read the original story, visit historycolorado.org. This article was originally published in 1965. After its establishment in Colorado in 1922, the Ku Klux Klan began — under the leadership of Grand Dragon John Galen Locke — to carry out a program of…
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Mesa Verde: The first official visit to the cliff dwellings
By William Henry Jackson Editor’s note: This story has been edited for length. To read the original story, visit historycolorado.org. This narrative was written for the State Historical and Natural History Society of Colorado by W. H. Jackson, photographer of the U. S. Geological Survey. It was originally published in 1924, and contains outdated terminology that…
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Colorado’s collector of the West: A peek into Fred Mazzulla’s collection of a lifetime
By Cassidy NemickHistory Colorado Salida was once a popular hub for miners and railroad workers at the turn of the century. The town bustled with blue-collar workers and their families hoping to cash in on the American dream. Despite the buzz, it could only provide so much entertainment for local children. Finding creative solutions to…