Category: Colorado
Tracking Down a Stolen Masterpiece
We appreciate the folks listening on KNAB in Burlington, Colorado who helped us with a story that’s nearly a century old in their community. It’s…
An Over The Top Purchase
The general public usually wants its elected officials to be fiscally responsible. But the purchase the commissioners in Kit Carson County made was so over-the-top,…
The Importance of a Cesium Atom
If I said I’d be back in a second…I’d literally be back in 9,192, 631,770 cycles of a cesium atom. Why is that important…well, the…
Measuring Time
For most of human history…the movement of the sun, moon and planets has been used to measure time. But even the ancients knew that the…
The Most Accurate Clock on Earth
It’s the most accurate clock on earth…and it doesn’t even have hands to tell the time. It’s an unusual but very important clock…
Before Got Milk–The Evil Beverage
Before there was a Got Milk slogan…some dairymen used an amendment to the constitution to help keep their product ahead of a more evil beverage…
Political Party History
You may have thought this political party died when this became legal again back in the 1930s. You’ll be intrigued by the history of the…
Meet A Childhood Idol
We all had people we idolized as youngsters. Perhaps they were movie or sports stars. Maybe you even got to meet them once. For one…
The Heavyweight Boxing Champ
When Jack Dempsey held the heavyweight boxing title, he had to defend his belt against the world’s top fighters…and one very mean typewriter. This is…
Don’t Call Him a Big Baby
If you called someone a “big baby” you would probably insult them as a whining coward. Jack WAS a big baby, and he became an…
