Lost Highways: Dispatches from the Shadows of the Rocky Mountains
History Colorado
4.7from 300 ratings
- 49
- Episodes
- 3
- Transcribed
- 300
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
About Lost Highways: Dispatches from the Shadows of the Rocky Mountains
History Colorado's critically acclaimed podcast, Lost Highways: Dispatches from the Shadows of the Rocky Mountains, expands the history of the American West by exploring how overlooked stories from the past have shaped current world events and continue to impact our lives today. Each season, host Noel Black, producer and producers Maria Maddox and Dustin Hodge delve into stories from our shared past that we couldn't believe we'd never heard. Lost Highways is made possible by and a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and by a founding grant from the Sturm Family Foundation.
- Publisher
- History Colorado
- Category
- education · history
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 27 Aug 2019
- Latest episode
- 25 Aug 2026
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The Thirty-Eighth Star: Colorado Becomes the Centennial State
Published 25 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And so they write what ends up being one of the longest constitutions up to that time, put it out to a vote in July of 1876. And only a few days later, the results are announced that the voters in Colorado have approved the Constitution. And on August 1st, 1876, Ulysses Grant signs a proclamation saying that we are the 38th state in the nation. There are huge, huge celebrations everywhere. One newspaper says that no one can get any sleep past the early morning because people are setting off so many fireworks and that sort of thing. One of my favorite facts is that decorative bunting sells out, like flags and bunting for your porch sells out that day. […]
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