Colorado history

A Critical Look at Nuclear Energy in Colorado: Overcoming Our Past to Secure Our Future 0
- ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT, Issue Papers, Publications
- June 30, 2025
Colorado has played a pivotal role in the history of nuclear research and technology. Being the first state to produce uranium and later having a near monopoly on the global radium trade, the Centennial state’s complex relationship with nuclear materials highlights both its contributions to the field and the resulting controversies. Despite Colorado’s significant impact
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Jon Caldara Interviews Rob Natelson on "Where the Columbines Grow"0
- Colorado State Song, CONSTITUTION
- November 29, 2015
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Jon Caldara Interviews Rob Natelson on “Where the Columbines Grow”0
- Colorado State Song, CONSTITUTION
- November 29, 2015
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“Where the Columbines Grow”—One Last Time 0
- Colorado State Song, CONSTITUTION
- October 18, 2015
Just before preparing an article on Colorado’s state song, Where the Columbines Grow, for the Colorado Springs Gazette, I noticed something I had not previously seen. As documented in my Issue Paper on the subject, Arthur Fynn’s lyrics are filled with contrasts. The most notable is the contrast between the eagle and the dove, an
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Colorado’s First State Song: Worthy of Revival 0
- Colorado State Song, CONSTITUTION
- October 5, 2015
Note: An edited version of this article originally appeared in the Denver Post. This year marks the centennial of the adoption of Where the Columbines Grow as Colorado’s first official state song. Surprisingly, there is little public awareness of Columbines, despite the state legislature’s directive that it be “used on all appropriate occasions.” The neglect
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New Independence Institute Issue Paper: The Untold Story of the Colorado State Song!0
- Colorado State Song, CONSTITUTION
- September 9, 2015
The year 2015 is the centennial of the Colorado General Assembly’s designation of Where the Columbines Grow as the first state song. (The original sheet music appears at the end of this Issue Paper.) Despite the legislature’s direction that the song be played and sung “on all appropriate occasions,” it has been neglected and even maligned.
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