When studying for her Ph.D., Ellen Kingman Fisher worked with a collection of letters written by Nathaniel Hill in the 1860s. Intrigued, she used the letters to write “Hill’s Gold,” Gold, a historical novel about the early marriage of Nathaniel and Alice Hill. Dr. Fisher was a senior program officer with the Gates Family Foundation […]
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How organizing an archive ignited a fascination that became a Colorado author’s historical novel
When studying for her Ph.D., Ellen Kingman Fisher worked with a collection of letters written by Nathaniel Hill in the 1860s. Intrigued, she used the letters to write “Hill’s Gold,” a historical novel about the early marriage of Nathaniel and Alice Hill. Dr. Fisher was a senior program officer with the Gates Family Foundation and […]
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What are those people doing hanging off of the Colorado Capitol’s gold dome? We found out.
If you’ve been in downtown Denver recently you’ve probably seen the breathtaking sight that’s caused a lot of craning necks and puzzled looks: workers hanging from the towering Colorado Capitol’s gold dome, making the structure look like a climbing wall. The Colorado Sun, too, wondered why people are rappelling from the 18-story Capitol building. It […]
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The legacy of Colorado’s historic abandoned mines includes new, and critical, habitat for opportunistic bats
A 2018 finalist for Colorado Authors League award for General Non-fiction Chapter 18 Bat Country “So what can you tell me about the boots?” I asked the room full of clothing-optional enthusiasts. It was late afternoon, I’d been driving for hours, and I had to know. There was a moment where several volunteers at the […]
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Working in Colorado mining region gave author urge to seek origins of “gold fever”
Ian Neligh has won many state and national journalism awards for his writing and reporting including first place for online in-depth reporting from the Society of Professional Journalists and first place for investigative reporting from the Colorado Press Association. He developed his passion for storytelling growing up in Colorado, where around the family dinner table […]