How Western Slope Mining Helped Secure Colorado’s Statehood — and Shaped Its Future 150 Years Later

President Ulysses S. Grant proclaimed Colorado a state 150 years ago this week

The telegraphic dispatch, dated Aug. 1 and sent from Washington, D.C., appeared in newspapers across Colorado and the nation the following day. “The President, in accordance with the provisions of an act of Congress, approved March 3, 1875, has issued…

50 years after Colorado’s famous fourteener climb, a new generation heads for the summits

About 500 climbers will fan out across the state’s highest peaks this weekend to commemorate Colorado’s 150th anniversary and reimagine a 1976 tradition

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How Western Slope mining helped secure Colorado’s statehood — and shaped its future 150 years later

Eighteen years before Colorado became a state, nuggets of gold discovered in what is now downtown Denver brought tens of thousands of prospectors to the region.  Their exploits would result in one of the largest...