by Richard Sweetman On June 25, 2020, protesters pulled down the statue of the civil war soldier that stood atop the pedestal monument near the west steps of the Colorado […]

by Sarah Meisch Colorado City as the capital of Colorado, or Golden? Residents may be surprised to learn that Denver has not always been the capital city of Colorado. In […]

by Richard Sweetman Colorado’s laws concerning gambling, or gaming, were, until recently, unique among the states. However, the tight and unusual restrictions that were associated with Colorado’s embrace of “limited […]

by Sarah Meisch Colorado’s State Lines In Part 1 of this series, we explored how the US created its states, prioritizing geometric simplicity over geographical variance. Colorado stands uniquely symmetrical […]

by Sarah Meisch How State Lines are Drawn Looking at a map of the United States, one spots a difference between the symmetrical states in the West and the more […]