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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.
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History

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.
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Courts

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.
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History

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.
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History

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.
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History

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.
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