Everyone in Colorado Springs knows General William Jackson Palmer—ask any child and they’ll tell you “he’s the man on the horse!” Ask an adult and they may add that city streets, a park and a school...
Lavishly Illustrated with Etchings, Engravings and Drawings from Pikes Peak Library District Special Collections
Charles Fox Gardiner
“Some folks accuse me of stretching truth to the breaking point in my autobiography, but the fact is I omitted many things because I believed they would be looked upon as fabrications. I had to hold a...
Pikes Peak Library District, Multimedia and Production Studio
Commemorating the centennial of the Cripple Creek Labor Wars, 1903-1904, this audio program recalls the causes and consequences of one of the era's violent labor strikes that spread throughout the...
Commemorating the centennial of the Cripple Creek Labor Wars, 1903-1904, this book recalls the causes and consequences of one of the era's violent labor strikes that spread throughout the Colorado mine...
Pikes Peak Library District, Multimedia and Production Studio
¿De dónde eres?” “Where are you from?” Pikes Peak Library District’s Special Collections staff is asking this question of southern Colorado’s Hispanic community through its initiative - “¿De dónde...
Pikes Peak Regional History Symposium, June 3, 2006
Pikes Peak Library District, Multimedia and Production Studio
"To Spare No Pains": Zebulon Montgomery Pike and His 1806-1807 Southwest Expedition, A Bicentennial Symposium, the 2006 Pikes Peak Regional History Symposium, examined the ramifications of Zebulon...
Pikes Peak Library District, Multimedia and Production Studio
William Jackson Palmer envisioned, built and endowed towns, railways, mills, and cultural institutions that mark the landscapes of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Mexico. Those are Palmer's legacy and...
Pikes Peak Regional History Symposium, June 9, 2007
Pikes Peak Library District, Multimedia and Production Studio
"Extraordinary Women of the Rocky Mountain West," the 2007 Pikes Peak Regional History Symposium, examined the ways in which women who lived in the region helped to shape the politics, economics,...
The ramifications of Zebulon Montgomery Pike’s Southwestern expedition were, in every sense of the word, immense. This book contains unique views on Pike's 1806-1807 Southwest Expedition, the politics...
Primary Source Exercises for the Middle School and High School Classroom
William L. Virden
Liberty and Equality consists of twenty-five primary-source-based classroom exercises. Each exercise consists of an original (primary) source, a set of questions that guide students to an understanding...
¿De dónde eres? Cultural Origins of the Latino/Hispanic Experience in Southern Colorado
by Pikes Peak Library District, Multimedia and Production Studio
