The eyes of the nation in spring 1876 turned to the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia -- formally the Centennial ...

Colorado’s 1876 constitution granted women a limited right to vote in school board elections, but deferred the broader question of suffrage to the new state’s Legislature and the results of a future ...

Colorado’s path to becoming a state was not easy, it took 17 long years, but thanks to determination and tenacity on Aug. 1, 1876 it joined the United States of America. The path to becoming the 38th ...

Colorado’s admission into the Union ahead of that election was an overtly partisan political maneuver by Republicans, who felt assured of the new state’s three electoral votes. In early 1875, the ...

The special cargo arrived on the evening of May 3, 1876, on a westbound express train to Denver, where it was watched ...