When Covid first began to spread nearly three years ago, local researchers and reporters asked Nicole Docimo, an archivist at Boulder’s Carnegie Library for Local History, for records on the 1918 flu pandemic. Docimo was able to turn up only a handful of newspapers and diary entries written around that time from the library’s archive. […]
Category: Local History
These stories covering the past people, places and events that have helped shape Boulder’s vibrant and unique community are made possible through the continued support of Comprise as part of our Community Leaders Program. Once a month — or close to that — we dive into a topic of local interest to uncover its origins. This month, BRL reports on the history of Boulder’s connection to the Sand Creek Massacre.