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2017
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The Colorado Fuel & Iron Company began with the utopian vision of a Civil War general and grew to become the largest steel mill in the West. By the turn of the 20th Century, it was the largest private landowner and employer in Colorado. Its mines and mill provided steel products critical for the growth of key western industries. A melting pot of ethnic workers kept the machines humming, as CF&I played a pivotal role in the tumultuous history of American...
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2007.
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Pueblo's North Side Neighborhood is one of the most significant collections of residential buildings in southeastern Colorado. Beginning in the 1880s, Mahlon and John Thatcher, chose to locate their enormous estates in the North Side. They established a trend that would span the next seven decades.
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2018
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With roots dating to 1872, the Colorado Fuel and Iron (CF&I) Company at Pueblo served as the principal heavy industry leader in the Rocky Mountain region, producing steel rails, spikes, and track accessories for the burgeoning railroad industry. Over the next 121 years, the company grew to manufacture dozens of other products used in the agriculture, mining, commercial, and residential industries, driving Pueblo to become the "Pittsburgh of the West."...
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2016
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The Southern Colorado Chapter of the Sons Of Italy, Lodge No. 2738, is proud to announce the publication of the new book, "A Story Worth Telling, Italian Americans of Pueblo, Colorado." This is the second such book produced by the Lodge, and is filled with great information and stories about the history Pueblos Italian community. There are articles on the preservation and restoration of the Columbus Monument, Sicilian Carts, the St. Charles Mesa,...
18) Billy (the Kid)
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2020.
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"Pueblo, Colorado, 1932. Billy, a retired dentist, is a local celebrity owing to his rumored past as Billy the Kid. Billy lives in a corrupt town where Stokes, the owner of a speakeasy, has the sheriff in his pocket and can kill a man with impunity. Billy spends his spare time writing a book about his purported past as Billy the Kid, but whether the stories are true or not remains a mystery. Billy tries to romance Grace, the town's beautiful widow,...
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