When Jerry Craghead stepped on a mine grate called a grizzly, in a tunnel in the Eagle Mine at Gilman, Colorado, the grizzly gave way and Craghead nearly plunged down ...

Before Oregon was known for timber, it was known for gold. That’s the underlying message of the new book “Oregon Gold: A History of Mining from the Civil War into the Progressive Era.” Its author, ...

Today, most people visiting our public lands are aware of the principles of Leave No Trace. One easy way to remember the 7 ...

In the years leading up to Colorado statehood, nearly all of the territory’s western half still belonged to the Ute people, who had inhabited the northern Colorado Plateau for centuries. An 1868 ...

It began small, as some wounds begin ー something like a scratch on Colorado Springs’ northern mountainside. But over 100 ...

Among the national parks targeted in the new removal orders are some of the country’s most iconic: Grand Canyon, Glacier, Big ...

An art exhibit featuring the work of filmmaker and Palmer Divide resident Jim Sawatzki is being shown at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 30 West Dale St., Colorado Springs. The exhibit, The ...

A retired coal miner who survived a near-deadly pit accident is now helping keep the industry's history alive at the age of 94.

Mancos school district engineering students have designed and built a parade float depicting the town's history for the Durango Snowdown Light Parade. The float, created with teacher Richard Krueger ...

The Land of Iron in Skinningrove is a museum that tells and preserves the history of the iron and steel industries in Cleveland and North Yorkshire.

From unearthing tourmaline in 1820 in West Paris to the world-changing 1972 discovery in Newry, the state has a place on the ...

The rare mineral lithium, first discovered in the Union Mine in 1868, is now very much part of the resurgence of Cornwall’s mining economy.