DID YOU KNOW
Colorado libraries
The first public library in the state opened in 1860 in Denver.
Colorado State Library was founded in 1862 as the territorial library. The state operates the Colorado Supreme Court Library, the State Historical Society Library, the Legislative Library, Library Extension Agencies and the Library for the Blind.
In the early 1900s, the Andrew Carnegie Foundation helped build 36 libraries in the state, including one in Trinidad, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. Some were established in smaller towns and sometimes they also were used as school libraries.
The Denver Public Library was founded in 1889, and about 1910, the Carnegie Foundation helped finance a new building. In 1995, the library renovated and expanded its building.
One of the more unique libraries in the state is housed in the attic of the general store in Gold Hill, northwest of Boulder.
Sources: “Colorado Almanac 2001” by Thomas J. Noel; Colorado State Archives (www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/arcfirst.html); Colorado Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (www.coloradohistory-oahp.org/programareas/register/1503/cty/la.htm)
REGIONAL NOTES
FORT COLLINS
Public input extended on tower
The U.S. Forest Service is extending the period for comments on its study of a proposed radio tower at the top of 11,000-foot Middle Bald Mountain, about 40 miles northwest of Fort Collins.
The comment period is designed to help the Forest Service identify concerns the public has with the proposed project.
The period for public input, normally 30 days, began Dec. 1 and was originally slated to extend until Jan. 12 to accommodate the holiday season. The Forest Service has decided to extend it until Jan. 22. For further information, visit
www.fs.fed.us/r2/arnf/projects/ea-projects/clrd/commsite/index/shtml.
Also contact Carol Kruse at ckruse@fas.fed.us or 970-295-6663.
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