Colorado: A History

From prehistoric seas to modern ski slopes, Colorado: A History explores the people, places, conflicts, environments, and ideas that have shaped the state—and the forces that continue to guide it today.

The choices that built Colorado brought both opportunity and devastating consequences. What looked like a triumph from one perspective often represented tragedy from another. Join Dr. Derek Everett on a sweeping journey through time, meeting the Natives and newcomers, the business owners and workers, and the communities and governments that transformed the landscape along the way. Drawing on the latest scholarship, Colorado: A History brings those competing stories together to reveal a state whose past is as complicated, surprising, and unfinished as its future.