Colorado History

DATA BASES:

all listings are hyperlinked in title

• CO Historic Newspapers Collection - Explore 250 different Colorado newspapers, dating from 1859 to 1982 and beyond when permissions are secured.

• ColoradoEncyclopedia -Online reference work on the Centennial State, with more than 700 main entries on the state’s history and culture.

• Infobase: American History Online -- (Free DCL card needed)

• GALE: Biography in Context -- (Free DCL card needed)

TRUSTED WEBSITES:

• CO Virtual Library

• History Colorado Museum

HISTORIC CASTLEROCK:

• Castle Rock Historical Museum and Society

• Parker Historical Society

• DCL Archives & Local History

• Douglas County, Colorado from History Colorado

HISTORIC DENVER:

• History Colorado Online Collection (good for primary source photos)

• Doing History Virtual Tours (note: May D&F Tower is in Denver’s Historic Uptown District)

• Denverstorytrek.org (Denver Story Trek) -- A program of Historic Denver, Inc.; Includes audio stories

• History.denverlibrary.org (Denver Public Library_Search location in the toolbar)

• Denver.org (Denver The Mile High City)