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This collection of links
can be used to help with research into Colorado History, especially
Famous
Coloradans
Be sure to use multiple sources including websites, encyclopedia, and media center resources such as books and magazines.
**GENERAL LINKS**
Colorado Historical Society
http://coloradohistory.org/kids/kidspage.htm
Denver's Characters
http://198.202.202.66/AboutDenver/history_characters.asp
Electric Library
http://www.encyclopedia.com
Encyclopaedia Britannica
http://www.britannica.com
World Book
http://www2.worldbook.com/
**FAMOUS COLORADANS**
JIM BECKWOURTH
http://library.thinkquest.org/10320/Beckwrth.htm
http://www.californiahistory.net/6gold/beckwourth.htm
WILLIAM
BENT
http://www.klesinger.com/jbp/wbent.html
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0807077.html
http://www.olympus.net/personal/jpfletcher/cherokeetrail/BentsFort/bents.html
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/bent.htm
CLARA BROWN
http://198.202.202.66/AboutDenver/history_char_brown.asp
http://www.cogreatwomen.org/brown-clara.htm
MOLLY BROWN
http://www.mollybrown.com/intro.html
http://www.mollybrown.com/photo.html
http://www.cogreatwomen.org/brown.htm
BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL
http://www.powersource.com/campbell/default.html
KIT CARSON
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/carson.htm
JOHN CHIVINGTON
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/chivington.htm
BUFFALO BILL, WILLIAM F.
CODY
http://www.buffalobill.org/history.htm
http://www.americanwest.com/pages/buffbill.htm
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/cody.htm
FRANCISCO VASQUEZ DE CORONADO
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/coronado.htm
http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/coronado.html
http://www.lsjunction.com/people/coronado.htm
http://www.getnet.com/~1stbooks/colony4b.htm
http://www.desertusa.com/mag98/sep/papr/coronado.html
JOHN EVANS
http://www.archives.state.co.us/govs/evans.html
http://www.rockymountainscenery.com/mtevans.html
JOHN C. FREMONT
http://www.klesinger.com/jbp/fremont.html
http://famousamericans.net/johncharlesfremont/
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/fremont.htm
EMILY GRIFFITH
http://198.202.202.66/AboutDenver/history_char_griffith.asp
http://www.denver-rmn.com/millennium/0907mile.shtml
HELEN HUNT JACKSON
http://www.cogreatwomen.org/jackson.htm
BLACK KETTLE
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/blackkettle.htm
http://home.earthlink.net/~dawise/bkettle.htm
http://members.aol.com/wicaho/black.htm
STEPHEN H. LONG
http://www.klesinger.com/jbp/slong.html
http://dlwgraphics.com/mnlng.htm
CHIEF OURAY
http://www.southern-ute.nsn.us/history/ouray.html
http://famousamericans.net/ouray/
http://www.roshanart.com/newpage2.htm
ZEBULON M. PIKE
http://www.kcmuseum.com/explor05.html
http://www.dlwgraphics.com/mnpike.htm
AUGUSTA AND HORACE TABOR,
BABY DOE TABOR
http://www.coloradohistory.com/ch-stories/tabor/
**OTHER LINKS**
SAND CREEK MAP
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/places/states/colorado/sandcreek.htm
***Teachers note: If any of these links are broken, please contact Technology Training Services at (303) 340-0854.