KOAA.com

Tagged News

• Families learn about science, history, and flight at the Aircraft Museum

  October 6, 2012 7:17 PM

  With hands-on learning experiences surrounded by history, families enjoy a fun-filled day at Pueblo's Aircraft Museum. Today was the second year for Family Fun Day out at the airport. Kids got to build and test model helicopters and rockets. Plus, they learned about how things fly. Between all of that... more »

• The first year for Fiesta Village at the Chile and Frijoles Festival is a success Play Video

  September 23, 2012 6:46 PM

  Fiesta Village makes a successful debut at the Chile and Frijoles Festival in Pueblo. We found out why the village is important to history and culture. Fiesta Village is a melting pot of culture and history, and during the festival, it sat right next to the El Pueblo History Museum... more »

• Police arrest shooting suspect, Golden Cue's violent history remains Play Video

  June 3, 2012 12:27 AM

  Dwight Gordon Jr. is charged with murder after allegedly gunning down a Fort Carson soldier and injuring a woman in a shooting at the Golden Cue bar in Colorado Springs early Saturday morning. Though the suspect is in custody, this type of activity has grown all too familiar at... more »

• Pueblo makes Top 10 Historic Preservation list

  May 23, 2012 12:57 PM

  Pueblo has been named one of the Top 10 Cities for Historic Preservation by Livability.com. Livability.com editors looked for cities that have a large number of properties on the National Register of Historic Places, offer incentives for maintaining and rehabilitating historic structures, and have active preservation groups. Editors also... more »

• Trails and Rails: History on a Train Play Video

  April 21, 2012 4:38 PM

  Trails and Rails, it's a chance to ride the train and see history firsthand. We took the train to learn more about the Amtrak and National Park Service program that trains volunteers to tell passengers about the view out their window. It's a history lesson with a view. ... more »

• Local historian uncovers century old shootout in Colorado Springs Play Video

  February 9, 2012 8:55 PM

  Wanted bandits armed to the teeth speeding through Colorado; no this isn't a story about the Dougherty siblings but rather the Frank Lewis-Dale Jones gang. In September of 1918, this gang of mostly family members were involved in a deadly shootout with Colorado Springs Police officers at a gas... more »

• Today's Highlight in History:

  April 17, 2011 10:34 AM

  On April 17, 1961, some 1,500 CIA-trained Cuban exiles launched the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in an attempt to topple Fidel Castro, whose forces crushed the incursion by the third day. More than 1,000 invaders were captured; about 100 invaders and 150 of Castro's defenders were killed.... more »

• Today in entertainment history

  April 17, 2011 9:57 AM

  On April 17th, 1960, singer Eddie Cochran died after suffering severe head injuries in a car crash in England. He was 21. Musician Gene Vincent and Cochran's girlfriend were injured. In 1961, "The Apartment" won the best picture and best director Academy Awards. Elizabeth Taylor won her first Oscar... more »

• Pine Creek teacher is our April award winner

  April 13, 2011 12:43 PM

  Congratulations to Pine Creek High School history teacher Heidi Rickard for being selected as the winner of our April Teachers First Award. Heidi has taught history and social science classes at the school for the last 10 years. Additionally, principal Jill Martin tells New First 5 that Heidi extends... more »

• Learning through acting

  February 19, 2011 10:38 PM

  Audrey Hepburn, Lucille Ball, Ray Charles, among other 1950s icons made an appearance in downtown Colorado Springs on Saturday morning. The Colorado Spring Conservatory and the Galileo School of Math and Science helped bring a rich tradition of thespians to Southern Colorado within their own schools. The program... more »

• Icons from the 1950s arrive at the Pioneers Museum

  February 18, 2011 5:52 PM

  Iconic figures from the 1950s come alive at the Pioneers Museum this Saturday during the Young Chautauqua Festival. Audrey Hepburn, Lucille Ball, Ray Charles, and Richie Valens are among the dozens that will be in full dress this weekend. Students from the Colorado Springs Conservatory and the Galileo School... more »

• Historic Bessemer items requested

  December 14, 2010 1:09 PM

  The Bessemer and Minnequa neighborhoods will be 125 years old next year and the Bessemer Historical Society is inviting people to donate their history relating to the area. The town of Bessemer was incorporated in 1886 by General William Palmer as a town to support the newly established Colorado... more »

• Old fashioned Christmas event

  December 7, 2010 3:55 PM

  El Pueblo History Museum in Pueblo plans an old-fashioned "Plum Pudding Christmas" on Saturday, December 18. It happens from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Children 7 to 12 years of age and family groups will make plum pudding, hand-crafted ornaments, enjoy a taffy pull, decorate cookies and sample... more »

• Colo. National Monument unveils fossil discoveries

  October 13, 2010 10:02 AM

  The Colorado National Monument is revisiting the Jurassic Period. The monument near Grand Junction in western Colorado is unveiling the discovery of three major fossilized dinosaur footprints Wednesday. Paleontologists who've done extensive research at the site will be on hand to discuss the finds. The footprints from the... more »

• Boulder wildfire expected to be Colorado's costliest

  September 17, 2010 8:25 AM

  Insurance industry officials believe the fire that scorched about 6,200 acres west of Boulder will be the costliest in Colorado's history, surpassing the 2002 Hayman fire that blackened 138,000 acres. Carole Walker of the Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association said Thursday that the wildfire will be the state's most... more »

• History of Postcards at El Pueblo Museum

  July 13, 2010 1:56 PM

  Old postcards provide a peek at the past and highly sought by collectors. On Thursday, July 22, Eileen Gose will present "Postcards: A Peek into Pueblo's Past" at El Pueblo History Museum. Gose will reveal the clues to dating a postcard even without the postmark and discovering more... more »

• Rock Ledge Ranch open for the summer

  June 9, 2010 3:41 PM

  Colorado Springs' living history museum, the Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site, is open for the summer. For the young and young-at-heart, costumed interpreters will tell the stories and demonstrate work, tools, and abilities of local residents through four time periods, from the 1700s through the first half of the... more »

• Steel museum looks for a few good photos

  June 9, 2010 2:23 PM

  The Steelworks Museum in Pueblo is looking for photos of steelworkers from the last 125 years. The Bessemer neighborhood in south Pueblo, which is named after a steel making process, will turn 125 next year. The museum continues to archive maps, photos, blueprints and employment records. But they could... more »

• Anniversary of Pueblo's "Great Flood of 1921"

  June 3, 2010 8:03 PM

  It's the 89th anniversary of the worst natural disaster in the history of Pueblo. We're talking about the Great Flood of 1921. "It was so devastating," said Deborah Espinosa, Director of El Pueblo Museum. It happened on June 3, 1921. Streets in downtown Pueblo were flooded. The Arkansas River overflowed,... more »

• 89th anniversary of "Great Flood" in Pueblo

  June 3, 2010 12:09 PM

  Here's what I'm working on today. On June 3, 1921 the Arkansas River and Fountain Creek in Pueblo flooded, creating the worst natural disaster in the city's history. The flood water was more than 15 feet high in some spots. Hundreds of people were killed and it caused millions of... more »

• State's best history students to compete in Maryland

  June 2, 2010 7:57 PM

  Winners of a History Day competition in Pueblo will travel to Maryland later this month to take part in the National History Day 2010 competition. The Pueblo event was held in March at CSU-Pueblo. Hundreds of middle and high school students from all over the state to take part--in the... more »

• KKK lesson gets teacher in trouble

  May 24, 2010 6:10 PM

  A north Georgia history teacher faces punishment after administrators say she let four students wear Ku Klux Klan-like robes for a historical reenactment. Lumpkin County Schools superintendent Dewey Moye told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that teacher Catherine Ariemma made a poor decision. Administrators say four students in Ariemma's advanced placement... more »

• Hidden history uncovered at Galileo School

  May 13, 2010 1:29 PM

  The staff at the Galileo School of Math and Science has uncovered a deeper connection to its history. School administrators recently found a collection of old scrapbooks and other treasures from the schools early days as East Middle School hidden away in a storage closet near the assistant principal's... more »

• 98-year-old Kansas woman earns master's degree

  May 11, 2010 12:13 PM

  A Kansas woman who at age 95 became the world's oldest person to graduate college is about to top that accomplishment. Now 98, Nola Ochs will receive a master's degree from Fort Hays State University in Kansas on Saturday. Ochs, of Jetmore, set a short-lived record in 2007... more »

• Privatizing Pioneers Museum a possibility

  March 23, 2010 8:00 PM

  History never stops, but at the Colorado Springs Pioneer's Museum they're worried it could on December 31st. City officials nearly closed the museum last year because of a lack of funding and director Matt Mayberry says they may need to restructure the institution as a private non-profit organization in... more »

• Explosion rocks Breckenridge mansion

  February 3, 2010 9:48 AM

  A remodeling project gone bad is being blamed for an explosion at the most expensive home in Summit County. One person was hospitalized after the explosion Monday in the house where lacquer was being sprayed as part of a remodeling project. Fire officials say lacquer is highly flammable and... more »

• New site found near Stonehenge

  October 3, 2009 10:28 AM

  Archaeologists have discovered a smaller prehistoric site near Britain's famous circle of standing stones at Stonehenge. Researchers have dubbed the site "Bluehenge," after the color of the 27 Welsh stones that were laid to make up a path. The stones have disappeared but the path of holes remains. The new... more »

• Pikes Peak Library District gets $15,000 grant

  September 14, 2009 2:38 PM

  The Pikes Peak Library District received a $15,000 grant from the Colorado State Library for a Play and Learn Program. Every elementary student in Colorado studies state history to meet the Colorado model content standards, including over 8,000 fourth-graders in El Paso County. The Pikes Peak Library District... more »