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The Santa Fe Trail was a 19th-century route between Missouri and Santa Fe, in what was Mexico. The so-called “Mountain […]

On March 24th, 1922, seventeen mine workers were killed in an explosion at the Sopris mine near Trinidad. Just as

The Huerfano Butte was documented as early as 1818. Spanish Traders and Native Americans used the Butte as a landmark

Did Al Capone Use Tunnels in Trinidad, Colorado, to Move Alcohol During the Prohibition Years? During Prohibition in the 1920s

Did you know? On March 20, 1849, Felipe Baca and his wife Dolores were married in the Roman Catholic church

The Vail Hotel in Pueblo, Colorado, was named after John E. Vail (sometimes cited as John F. Vail), a prominent

In the early 1900s, Pueblo, Colorado—often called “Little Chicago”—featured a complex hidden world of underground tunnels and speakeasies. This subterranean

The United Mine Workers of America built this monument in 1918 and the “death pit” shortly thereafter in order to

This article was written by Mike Robinson-Johnson and shared on his Facebook page November 5, 2025 Canon City’s Standard Oil

This article was written by Mike Robinson-Johnson and was shared on his Facebook page on November 16, 2015. Before becoming