colorado history

Before humans walked the Earth, present-day Colorado was home to numerous types of dinosaurs and other giant animals, including one species of prehistoric camel.

Mount Massive is the second-highest peak in Colorado, but there was a time when human influence attempted to change that.

Picture this: a quiet drive through Colorado, where each county sign marks not just a boundary, but a chapter in our state’s wild history.

Colorado’s Russell Scott, better known as Blinky the Clown, was a TV clown who performed in over 10,000 episodes.

A double murder that took place in Delta County, Colorado, in 1949, carried out by a 16-year-old boy, was largely forgotten until recently.

Learn how in 2004, Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson teamed up with Bill Murray at the writer’s Colorado home to create what he called, “the first truly violent leisure sport.”

From dinosaur bones to cowboy artifacts, the Western Slope is packed with local history just waiting to be explored.

Colorado’s state motto is a Latin phrase with a meaning that has been speculated for many years.

Imagine carving out a life in the wilderness, surrounded by canyons and rivers. That was the story of Pat Lynch, a man who truly embraced the wild.

The Gold Camp Road Tunnels… where the echoes of the past mingle with strange stories that send shivers down the spine.

In the early 1900s, the town of Hastings, Colorado, was the setting for multiple tragedies.

Nestled in the Rockies, Dotsero Crater is a quiet reminder of Colorado's volcanic history, far from the flash of its more famous peaks.