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Colorado State Archives
History Links


Note: This list is not complete, nor is the inclusion of sites meant to imply endorsement by the State of Colorado or the Colorado State Archives. The links are provided as a service only.


General Sites

Fact Sheets on Colorado Communities
1895 Map of Colorado
 The Molly Brown House

Colorado Historical Society

Ken Burns and Stephen Ives documentary series, THE WEST

Hypertext edition of The Significance of the Frontier in American History by Frederick J. Turner

Famous Western Pioneer Biographies

Colorado Water History

Crossing the Frontier – San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Economic Development of Colorado in Historical Perspective

WestWeb

Buffalo Bill Grave and Museum 

History of Fort Union


Transportation

The Narrow Gauge Circle - Denver Rio Grande
Historic Steam Locomotives in Colorado
Rio Grande Southern Railroad
The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
Cumbres & Toltec Railroad
The Leadville, Colorado & Southern Railroad
Manitou & Pikes Peak Cog Railway
History of the Georgetown Loop Railroad
Colorado Railroad Museum
Colorado's Cherokee Trail
The Overland Trail
Pioneers of the Santa Fe Trail
Pony Express & Old Western Transportation


Multicultural Sites

Black American West Museum and Heritage
Multicultural American West

Buffalo Soldiers on the Western Frontier

Black Pioneers of Colorado


Native American Sites

Lowry Ruins
Southern Ute History
George Bent - A Book Review and History 
Official Mesa Verde Site
The Native American Institute as the University of Northern Colorado


Sand Creek Massacre

Northern Cheyenne Sand Creek Massacre Site Project
National Parks Conservation Association Sand Creek Massacre Site

Sand Creek Massacre – Outline


Ghost Town Sites

Colorado Ghost Towns
Colorado Mining Camps

Ghost Towns in the Heart of the High Country

Ghost Towns near Lake City

Ghost Towns & Back Woods Trails of Chaffee County, Colorado

Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of the San Juans


Local History Sites

Alamosa, Colorado History Page
History of Arvada

Aspen Historical Society

History of Auraria / Denver

A Brief History of Boulder

Canon City - Historic St. Cloud Hotel

History of Central City, Colorado

Central City Opera House

Old Colorado City Historical Society

History of Colorado College

History of Cripple Creek, Colorado

More History of Cripple Creek, Colorado

Crowley County Heritage Center
Douglas County, Colorado History Page

History of the Durango Area

Estes Park History Museum

History of Estes Park

Fort Collins Local History Archive

Poudre Landmarks Foundation - Ft. Collins, Colorado

Fort Morgan Museum

History of Georgetown, Colorado

Golden, Colorado's History

History of Colorado School of Mines

History of Mount Vernon Canyon

History of Leadville, Co.

Early History of the California Gulch and Leadville Area

Historic Morrison

North Park - Old Boettcher Lodge

History of Pagosa Springs

Pueblo County Historical Society

Pueblo - Rosemount Historic Home

History of Redstone, Colorado

A History of Rocky Mountain National Park

Salida Regional Library (Local History Archives)
History of Silverton
History of Trinidad, Colorado


Genealogy & Grave Sites

City Directories of the USA (Colorado)
Ghostseekers:  Searchable Cemetery & Genealogical Indexes

The Ghostwalker:  Historical Cemeteries of Colorado

Church History & Locations

USGenWeb Project Archives

The Political Graveyard Cemeteries in Colorado

Vital Records Information

1892 Denver City Directory


Virtual Tours

Lower Downtown Denver & Civic Center Park
360 Live Panorama's of the City & County of Denver
Now & Then Photo Tour of Cripple Creek, Co.

Colorado Springs & Durango

Farms

Historic Photographic Tour of Georgetown & the Lebanon Mine

Historic Argo Tunnel and Mill


Mining & Industry

The National Mining Hall of Fame & Museum
Comprehensive History of Miners & Mining Lifestyles

Colorado Mining History

Bibliography of Western Mining History

Silverton's Old Hundred Gold Mine


Fur Trade

The Southwest Frontier and the Fur Trade
Images of the Fur Trade

Mountain Men and the Fur Trade Web Site

Mountain Men & Fur Trappers

Library of Western Fur Trade Historical Source Documents


Photo Collections

Animas Museum Digital Photographs (Durango area)
Colorado Digitization Program
Colorado State Historical Society (Indexes of over 600,000 images)

Denver Public Library, Western History Photograph Collection 

ePodunk - information on local history, museums, colleges and other points of interest.  Includes a large collection of scanned postcards.
 

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