Colorado History

Ever wonder why Colorado Springs went through so many names? The journey from Colorado City to its current title is filled with ambition and change.

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.

A new video that has been viewed over 100,000 times claims that Colorado is the state “born in chaos.”

While the Ku Klux Klan is typically associated with the southern states, at one point, Colorado was home to the second-highest concentration of members in the nation.

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.

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

While the monument that marks where Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona meet is the only place in the nation where this takes place, it’s not as accurate as you may suspect.

Over the years, numerous states were proposed that did not come to fruition, including two that would have encompassed parts of Colorado.

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.

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

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