Tag:history

A.J. Sampson, Colorado’s First Attorney General

In his decades long career, A.J. Sampson reached the rank of captain during the Civil War, served as Colorado’s first attorney general and as an ambassador to Ecuador.

When a Colorado Court Ruled that Journalists Couldn’t Speak to Someone

In 1982, two reporters at the Boulder Daily Camera found themselves on the wrong side of the law while covering a first-degree murder case.

Philip Hornbein, a Force Inside and Outside the Courtroom

In a multi-decade legal career, Philip Hornbein led the state’s Democratic Party, opposed the Ku Klux Klan and defended many Coloradans in court.

Anne Gorsuch, the Woman Whose Work Created the Chevron Deference

In a trailblazing and at times controversial career, Anne Gorsuch was the youngest woman admitted to the Colorado Bar, the first woman to be EPA Administrator and the first cabinet-level official charged with contempt of Congress.

Stanley Biber, a Pioneer of Gender-Affirming Surgery and Trinidad Resident

Stanley Biber performed thousands of gender-affirming surgeries in Trinidad, Colorado, in a career that spanned two continents and several decades.

The Lawyer Who Brought Nikola Tesla to Colorado

The famous inventor spent a brief time experimenting in Colorado, but his lawyer was much more involved in the state.

The Day a Wall of Water Hit Denver

On Aug. 3, 1933, Denver residents scrambled to avoid a 15-foot wall of water unleashed by the collapse of the Castlewood Dam.

The Final Execution Carried Out by Colorado

Gary Lee Davis was the final person executed by the state of Colorado, over two decades before Colorado banned capital punishment.