History Colorado’s critically acclaimed podcast, Lost Highways: Dispatches from the Shadows of the Rocky Mountains, expands the history of the American West... more
It’s often said that slavery is America’s original sin. But the kind of slavery most of us learn about in... more
A monument to Christopher Columbus, sitting in the middle of Pueblo, Colorado has been dividing the town for years. To... more
Since the racial justice protests of 2020, when most people think of monuments being torn down, they think of confederate... more
On this episode of Lost Highways, we’ll take a look back at how Title IX’s passage in 1972 inadvertently codified... more
On a sleepy summer evening in Boulder, Colorado, in 1974, three young Chicano activists sat in a car at Chautauqua... more
The Sand Creek Massacre was the deadliest day in Colorado history, and it changed Cheyenne and Arapaho people forever. On... more
In 1881, white residents in the mining town of Gothic, Colorado lynched a Chinese man. Or did they? As the... more
With the new reality of megafires in the West, we take a look at what happens when history itself is... more
Colorado's San Luis Valley is the last place you might expect to find a centuries old lineage of Sephardic Jews. But... more
For nearly a century-and-a-half, archaeologists have been studying Mesa Verde in hopes of deciphering what happened to the Ancestral Puebloan... more
In 1881, white residents in the mining town of Gothic, Colorado lynched a Chinese man. Or did they? As the latest episode... more