Persons & Profiles
Character records — biographical files — archive profiles of notable figures from the Colorado frontier
Featured Profiles
Character Record — Huerfano County · Southern Colorado
Abner Rourke — The Reckoning DeskFor more than twenty years he kept a daily notebook recording the condition of his body, the state of the weather, and the behavior of his animals — and from this inventory derived an estimated hour of his own death. He was not a mystic. He was almost right.
Historical Profile — Colorado & North Atlantic · 1865–1912
Benjamin GuggenheimColorado industry, European high society, and the final Atlantic crossing. A recovered account from the North Atlantic.
Field & Science
Persons & Profiles — Westphalia, Kansas · Southern Colorado
Caleb SloaneWeather observer, railroad photographer, and proto-meteorologist. He predicted tornadoes in southern Colorado before the discipline existed. His 1884 photograph of the Garnett tornado was rejected. The plate contained seven figures who were not there.
Archive Profile — Baca County, Colorado · 1858–1914
Thomas Riggs — The Artesian JournalsHe recorded the locations and depths of dozens of water sources across the eastern plains, along with notations that defy easy explanation.
Archive Files
Archive Profile — La Veta Pass, Colorado · 1848–1886
Jeremiah Pike — The La Veta IncidentArchive Profile — Cimarron Country, Colorado · 1815–1886
Benjamin Hale — The Cimarron PapersThe map's provenance and the circumstances of its creation remain unexplained.
Archive Profile — Southern Colorado · 1838–1886
Reuben Hale — The Pasture Ditch Case