University of Colorado, 1880.

As the narrow-gauge railroad was being contemplated, hoped for, planned, here's what the University of Colorado looked like.

This is it in 1880. In its totality.

Here it is in 2010. Construction has continued for the past four years.

Boulder County STA Map.

Doing some other research I've just encountered a map created from our data being used by the Boulder County Open Space Department.

I'm thrilled to see it being used, and consider it a huge success for the efforts we've been making to restore this historic treasure to its proper place in local consciousness.

American History unfolding.

A clever and efficient use of technology, here's the story of the development of the legal entities that have comprised the United States. The image is a static view of the first frame. Here's history in motion.

Despite the professional controversies regarding the frontier thesis of Frederick Jackson Turner, it's difficult to escape the reality of the East to West direction of the development of the country.

Mines in Colorado.

These are mine locations from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The graphic here is a Print Screen created from the live, zoomable image of the entire state of Colorado.

The map is produced in a Geographic Information System (GIS) application. Linked to each point there are data, including names and information for 1014 mines in Boulder County.

This resource comes to us from a long-time resident of the mountains, compliments of Facebook. Mike Shaw has lived in the Nederland area for most of his life, knows the area, knows the people.

These data will be useful in documenting the activities of the industrial revolution that seized the area in the late 19th and early 20 centuries.