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  • Verifiable Oddities in Colorado’s History-The Snowshoe Chaplain of the State Senate

    by Ashley Zimmerman

    His face appears on a stained glass window in the dome of the Colorado capitol. He arrived in Colorado in the summer of 1861, delivered mail on snowshoes throughout the mountain range, and delivered nearly daily sermons in gold rush towns. In 1885, the Colorado Senate welcomed him as the first Senate Chaplain. His name was John L. Dyer. (more…)

    February 23, 2012
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