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Patricia Limerick, professor of history and faculty director and chair of the board of the Center of the American West at the University of Colorado Boulder, has been honored with a Bonfils-Stanton Award. The annual awards recognize outstanding Coloradans for contributions made to enhance the quality of life for residents of Colorado in the fields [...]

The University of Colorado Boulder’s Center of the American West will celebrate the release of Laura Pritchett’s book “Great Colorado Bear Stories” (Riverbend Press) with an evening of stories and discussion by Pritchett and CU-Boulder professor and (Boulder) Daily Camera columnist Jeff Mitton. The two will talk about the grizzlies that once roamed Colorado and [...]

Patty Limerick, faculty director and board chair of the Center of the American West at the University of Colorado Boulder has been honored with the 28th annual Earle A. Chiles Award. The $15,000 award funded by the Chiles Foundation is for Limerick’s scholarship and public history forums that challenge popular mythologies about the West and [...]