Las Animas - Bent County Library District

Recounts the origins of individual rights in the colonies and the effort to add explicitly stated rights to the Constitution, accomplished in its first ten amendments, and discusses their meaning and the extension of citizen's rights to all Americans.

The turn of the 20th century sparked a massive migration to American cities, leading to an increase in pollution, crime, and disease. Inspired by the beautiful modern urban aesthetic display in Chicago's World Fair in 1893, a City Beautiful Movement began to spread throughout the country. Denver's mayor, Robert Speer, sought to beautify the city's buildings, parks and community areas while simultaneously constructing a controversial.