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Recent Posts and Updates
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Project Update: Ludlow Tent Colony Massacre Site
Progress to Restore Concrete Cellar at Ludlow Tent Colony Massacre Site April 20, 1914, Colorado National Guard shot striking coal miners with machine guns and burned their tent camp at Ludlow (Tent Colony – 1,200 population) to the ground. The violent day left 21 dead. It was the height of Colorado Coalfield Wars – strikes
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Project Update: Garcia Ranch Adobe Potato Barn
Conditional Grant from Heritage Area for Garcia Ranch Adobe Potato Barn Colorado Preservation, Inc. received notification of a pending $22,249 grant from Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area for rehabilitation of the unique adobe potato barn at Garcia Ranch in Conejos County. The grant will be used to match a possible State Historical Fund grant
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Project Update: Manitou Springs Carnegie Library
Manitou Springs Carnegie Library Moving Forward The beautiful and dignified Manitou Springs Carnegie Library crowns a gentle hill overlooking Manitou Avenue in the center of town. It was built with philanthropic funds provided by Andrew Carnegie in 1911. But its role as a library has seen ups and downs and recent challenges, relating in part
