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The 10th Mountain Division, Part 3: A Legacy of Innovations

DeLyn Winters, Information, Nonfiction, Writings / By a featured contributor

In the third of a three-part series, guest author Mary Stevens highlights the accomplishments of America’s 10th Mountain Division, a specially-trained Army unit that succeeded in combat in ways no one else had before. Post-war veterans set about changing Colorado’s image and economy well into the future. Look for “Part 1: Formation and Warfare” and “Part 2: Ski Towns and […]

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The Legacy of the 10th Mountain Division, Part 2: Ski Towns and Industry

DeLyn Winters, Nonfiction, Writings / By a featured contributor

In the second of a three-part series, guest author Mary Stevens highlights the accomplishments of America’s 10th Mountain Division, a specially-trained Army unit that succeeded in combat in ways no one else had before. Post-war veterans set about changing Colorado’s image and economy well into the future. Look for “Part 1: Formation and Warfare” and

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The Legacy of the 10th Mountain Division, Part 1: Formation and Warfare

DeLyn Winters, Nonfiction, Writings / By a featured contributor

In the first of a three-part series, guest author Mary Stevens highlights the accomplishments of America’s 10th Mountain Division, a specially-trained Army unit that succeeded in combat in ways no one else had before. Post-war veterans set about changing Colorado’s image and economy well into the future. Look for “Part 2: Ski Towns and Industry”

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Regional History Spotlight: Legends, Labors & Loves of William Jackson Palmer

DeLyn Winters / By DeLyn Winters

This Regional History Spotlight series will focus on books created by the Pikes Peak Library District, recorded in part from the Regional History Symposium over the last decade. Find these texts at PPLD Regional History Series. *** Legends, Labors and Loves of William Jackson Palmer was first published in 2009. It features a collection of

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Pioneer Profiles: Starr Kempf

Biography, DeLyn Winters, Nonfiction, Writings / By DeLyn Winters

You may have wondered about the interesting giant steel sculpture in front of the parking garage in central downtown Colorado Springs. It’s a clock! Since it’s only the hands, you may need to take a second look. The creator of that clock was one of the more interesting characters of Colorado Springs history. Starr Kempf,

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The Grammar Police: To Serve and Correct

Analysis, DeLyn Winters, Nonfiction / By DeLyn Winters

I love words. All sorts of words, and the weirder the better. I learn new ones all the time, even getting a word delivered each day to my inbox so I can increase my vocabulary. My favorite part of words is their etymology, and if I had a chance to study word origins specifically, I

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