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Image of women in Junior Normal Cooking Class at Colorado Agricultural School
Junior Normal Cooking Class at Colorado Agricultural School

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 -----------------------------------------------------------------

http://www.pe.net/~rksnow/co.htm
Fact Sheets on Colorado Communities

http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/1895/co_1895.jpg
1895 Map of Colorado

http://www.mollybrown.com/
 The Molly Brown House

http://www.coloradohistory.org
Colorado Historical Society

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/
Ken Burns and Stephen Ives documentary series, THE WEST

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/TURNER/home.html
Hypertext edition of The Significance of the Frontier in American History by Frederick J. Turner

http://www.americanwest.com/pages/fwpnfron.htm
Famous Western Pioneer Biographies

http://waterknowledge.colostate.edu/
Colorado Water History

http://www.calhum.org/sfmoma-crossing/
Crossing the Frontier – San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

http://independenceinstitute.org/Publications/IP/Taxfiscal/Bird.htm
Economic Development of Colorado in Historical Perspective

http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/westweb/
WestWeb

http://www.buffalobill.org
Buffalo Bill Grave and Museum 

http://members.tripod.com/mr_sedivy/colo_5.html
History of Fort Unionr

TRANSPORTATION--------------------------------------------------------------

http://www.narrowgauge.org/ncmap/excursion7.html
The Narrow Gauge Circle - Denver Rio Grande

http://www.steamlocomotive.com/colorado/
Historic Steam Locomotives in Colorado

http://rgs.railfan.net/
Rio Grande Southern Railroad

http://www.durangotrain.com/
The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad

http://cumbrestoltec.com/
Cumbres & Toltec Railroad

http://www.leadville-train.com/
The Leadville, Colorado & Southern Railroad

http://cograilway.com/history.htm
Manitou & Pikes Peak Cog Railway

http://www.gtownloop.com/history.html
History of the Georgetown Loop Railroad

http://www.crrm.org/
Colorado Railroad Museum

http://www.geocities.com/peaker59/
Colorado's Cherokee Trail

http://www.over-land.com/
The Overland Trail

http://www.nmhu.edu/research/sftrail/pioneers.htm
Pioneers of the Santa Fe Trail

http://www.linecamp.com/museums/americanwest/hubs/stagecoach_lines_pony_express/stacecoach_lines_pony_express.html
Pony Express & Old Western Transportation

MULTICULTURAL SITES ------------------------------------------------------

http://www.coax.net/people/lwf/bawmus.htm
Black American West Museum and Heritage

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~amerstu/mw/
Multicultural American West

http://www.imh.org/imh/buf/buftoc.html
Buffalo Soldiers on the Western Frontier

http://www.diac.com/~ekwall2/info/0221hist4.shtml
Black Pioneers of Colorado

NATIVE AMERICAN SITES----------------------------------------------------

http://www.swcolo.org/Tourism/Archaeology/Lowry.html
Lowry Ruins

http://www.southern-ute.nsn.us/history/index.html
Southern Ute History

http://members.tripod.com/mr_sedivy/colo_6.html
George Bent - A Book Review and History 

http://www.nps.gov/meve
Official Mesa Verde Site

http://naionline.com/
The Native American Institute as the University of Northern Colorado

SAND CREEK MASSACRE--------------------------------------------------

http://www.sandcreek.org/
Northern Cheyenne Sand Creek Massacre Site Project

http://www.npca.org/explore_the_parks/new_parks/sandcreek.asp
National Parks Conservation Association Sand Creek Massacre Site

http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/co001.htm
Sand Creek Massacre – Outline

GHOST TOWN SITES ---------------------------------------------------------------

http://www.vtinet.com/14ernet/history/ghostown.htm
Colorado Ghost Towns

http://www.miningcamps.com/ghosttown-tours.htm
Colorado Mining Camps

http://ebussilvertonws.ebusbuilder.com/index.asp?documentid=390
Ghost Towns in the Heart of the High Country

http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Gorge/8209/ghost.html
Ghost Towns near Lake City

http://www.vtinet.com/14ernet/album/ghostown.htm
Ghost Towns & Back Woods Trails of Chaffee County, Colorado

http://www.twenj.com/ourayghost.htm
Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of the San Juans

LOCAL HISTORY SITES------------------------------------------------------

http://www.alamosa.org/history/Alamosa.cfm
Alamosa, Colorado History Page

http://www.ci.arvada.co.us/3.cfm?page_ID=145
History of Arvada

http://www.aspenhistory.org/
Aspen Historical Society

http://www.ahec.edu/campus/history.htm
History of Auraria / Denver

http://www.boulderhistorymuseum.org/history.timeline.html
A Brief History of Boulder

http://www.stcloudhotel.com/lobby.html
Canon City - Historic St. Cloud Hotel

http://members.tripod.com/central_city/history/index.html
History of Central City, Colorado

http://www.centralcityopera.org/
Central City Opera House

http://history.oldcolo.com/
Old Colorado City Historical Society

http://www.cc.colorado.edu/AboutCC/HistoryOfCC/
History of Colorado College

http://members.tripod.com/mr_sedivy/colo_3.html
History of Cripple Creek, Colorado

http://www.cripple-creek.co.us/gold.html
More History of Cripple Creek, Colorado

http://www.history.dpld.org/timeline/index.htm
Douglas County, Colorado History Page

http://www.creativelinks.com/commun/dhistory.htm
History of the Durango Area

http://www.estesnet.com/Museum/photos.html
Estes Park History Museum

http://www.estesnet.com/CommunityInfo/history.htm
History of Estes Park

http://library.ci.fort-collins.co.us/
Fort Collins Local History Archive

http://www.fortnet.org/plf/index.html
Poudre Landmarks Foundation - Ft. Collins, Colorado

http://www.ftmorganmus.org/
Fort Morgan Museum

http://www.georgetowncolorado.com/history.htm
History of Georgetown, Colorado

http://www.mines.edu/Beyond_csm/region_info/golden/history.html
Golden, Colorado's History

http://www.mines.edu/All_about/history/history.htm
History of Colorado School of Mines

http://www.citymtnviews.com/history.asp
History of Mount Vernon Canyon

http://www.leadville.com/history.htm
History of Leadville, Co.

http://www.geocities.com/~susitna/Earlyhistory.html
Early History of the California Gulch and Leadville Area

http://town.morrison.co.us
Historic Morrison

http://www.parkrange.com/history.html
North Park - Old Boettcher Lodge

http://www.pagosa.com/history.htm
History of Pagosa Springs

http://www.pueblohistory.org/
Pueblo County Historical Society

http://www.rosemount.org/
Pueblo - Rosemount Historic Home

http://www.redstonecolorado.com/coolhtml/history_background.html
History of Redstone, Colorado

http://estes.on-line.com/rmnp/articles/briefhis.html
A History of Rocky Mountain National Park

http://www.salidaarchive.org/
Salida Regional Library (Local History Archives)

http://www.silverton.org/about.html
History of Silverton

http://www.trinidadco.com/Main/History.asp
History of Trinidad, Colorado

GENEALOGY & GRAVE SITES ---------------------------------------------

http://www.uscitydirectories.com/co.htm
City Directories of the USA (Colorado)

http://hometown.aol.com/vikkigray/4th.htm
Ghostseekers:  Searchable Cemetery & Genealogical Indexes

http://www.ghostwalker.net/
The Ghostwalker:  Historical Cemeteries of Colorado

http://home.att.net/~Local_Catholic/CatholicUS-DenverCO-WY.htm
Church History & Locations

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/co/cofiles.htm
USGenWeb Project Archives

http://www.potifos.com/tpg/geo/CO/kmindex.html
The Political Graveyard Cemeteries in Colorado

http://www.vitalrec.com/co.html
Vital Records Information

VIRTUAL TOURS-----------------------------------------------------------------------

http://hewit.unco.edu/dohist/resource/vftrips/century/20thvfts.htm
Lower Downtown Denver & Civic Center Park

http://www.denvergov.org/panoramas/16thmall_web1.asp
360 Live Panorama's of the City & County of Denver

http://www.cripple-creek.co.us/photfram.html
Now & Then Photo Tour of Cripple Creek, Co.

http://www.funtripslive.com/colorado/virtual_tours/menu.htm
Colorado Springs & Durango

http://hewit.unco.edu/dohist/resource/vftrips/farming/farmmenu.htm
Farms 

http://hewit.unco.edu/dohist/resource/vftrips/mining/minemenu.htm
Historic Photographic Tour of Georgetown & the Lebanon Mine

http://www.historicargotours.com/history.html
Historic Argo Tunnel and Mill

MINING & INDUSTRY------------------------------------

http://www.leadville.com/miningmuseum/index.htm
The National Mining Hall of Fame & Museum

http://hewit.unco.edu/dohist/frames/mining/themes.htm
Comprehensive History of Miners & Mining Lifestyles

http://members.aol.com/minershack/colpag01.htm
Colorado Mining History

http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RBurt/MinHistNet/bibUSA.html
Bibliography of Western Mining History

http://www.minetour.com/
Silverton's Old Hundred Gold Mine

FUR TRADE----------------------------------------------

http://www.klesinger.com/jbp/swf1.html
The Southwest Frontier and the Fur Trade

http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/images.html
Images of the Fur Trade

http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/amm.html
Mountain Men and the Fur Trade Web Site

http://www.linecamp.com/museums/americanwest/hubs/mountain_men_trapers_fur_traders/mountain_men_trapers_fur_traders.html
Mountain Men & Fur Trapers

http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/images.html
Library of Western Fur Trade Historical Source Documents

PHOTO COLLECTIONS-------------------------------------

http://www.cdpheritage.org
Colorado Digitization Program

http://coloradohistory.org/chs_library/photographs.htm
Colorado State Historical Society (Indexes of over 600,000 images)

http://photoswest.org/
Denver Public Library, Western History Photograph Collection 

http://www.epodunk.com
ePodunk - information on local history, museums, colleges and other points of interest.  Includes a large collection of scanned postcards.


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