History Colorado names state historian in partnership with University of Colorado

Jan. 11, 2016

Original article can be found at Denver Business Journal Originally published on January 11, 2016 By Ed Sealover History Colorado has named a new state historian — one who will operate for the first time in a partnership between the quasi-governmental historical society and the University of Colorado Boulder. Patty...

Patty Limerick Named State Historian as History Colorado Looks to Future

Jan. 11, 2016

Original article can be found at Westword Originally published on January 11, 2016 By Patricia Calhoun History Colorado has been making some history of its own over the past six months, with a complete reconfiguration of the board to make it leaner and meaner (at least when it comes to...

Patty Limerick, CU-Boulder’s ‘maverick’ of the West, earning her spurs

Jan. 8, 2016

Original article can be found at Daily Camera Originally published on January 8, 2016 By Charlie Brennan Patty Limerick, masterful in charting mankind’s progress across the expanse of time, is having herself a moment. Limerick, Faculty Director and Chair of the Board of the Center of the American West at...

They the people

Jan. 7, 2016

Original article can be found at The Economist Originally published on January 7, 2016 By Anonymous The Western roots and meaning of an anti-government stunt “UNCLE SAM is rich enough to give us all a farm.” So runs the refrain of a popular song of the mid-19th century, when America’s...

Why the Government Owns So Much Land in the West

Jan. 5, 2016

Original article can be found at The New York Times Originally published on January 5, 2016 By Quoctrung Bui and Margot Sanger-Katz The United States government owns 47 percent of all land in the West. In some states, including Oregon, Utah and Nevada, the majority of land is owned by...

How the government came to own the West

Jan. 4, 2016

Original article can be found at Marketplace Originally published on January 4, 2016 By Mitchell Hartman The federal government owns 28 percent of all land in the United States. But those lands are concentrated in 11 Western states: in those states, roughly half of the land is under federal ownership...

Historian Patricia Limerick: We can’t change history, but we can change how we understand it

Dec. 2, 2015

Original article can be found at The Seattle Times Originally published on December 2, 2015 By Jerry Large Filling in neglected parts of history is ongoing and necessary work. Patricia Limerick helped start a revolution in how historians think and write about the American West. In Seattle Tuesday, she said...

Noted historian Patricia Limerick lectures Oct. 16 as part of MSU American West series

Oct. 15, 2015

Original article can be found at Montana State University News Originally published on October 15, 2015 By Jody Sanford Patricia Limerick, an award-winning author, teacher and researcher who is considered to be one of the leading historians about the American West, will speak at 6 p.m. Oct. 16 as the...

CU prof launches ‘Humor Initiative’ in bid to lighten Boulder’s political discourse

Oct. 13, 2015

Original article can be found at Daily Camera Originally published on October 13, 2015 By Charlie Brennan A politician walks into the bar. No, scratch that. Better make it a horse. Too often, politics and humor have been like oil and water, uneasy partners except perhaps in unscripted moments such...

Colorado higher-ed leaders discuss importance of research as part of Chopp’s inauguration

Sept. 20, 2015

Original article can be found at University of Denver Magazine Originally published on September 20, 2015 By Theresa Ahrens The University of Denver on Friday welcomed more than a dozen leaders from higher education institutions across the state of Colorado — both public and private, serving traditional and non-traditional students...

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