History

A collection of biographies of historically important persons with connections to Colorado. Colorado has a rich history, and here we’re just scratching the surface. Take a look around and explore the biographies of some famous – and infamous – Colorado characters.

The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) currently includes more than 500,000 digitized pages, representing 163 individual newspaper titles published in Colorado from 1859 to 1923. Due to copyright restrictions, CHNC does not generally include newspapers published after 1923.

This renowned on-line collection contains a selection of photographs, maps, broadsides, architectural drawings and other documents from the collections of the Western/Genealogy Department chronicling the people, places, and events that shaped the settlement and growth of the Western United Sates.