After discovering sugar beets on a trip to Europe, Charles Boettcher filled a suitcase with seeds and found Colorado’s plains were the perfect environment for sugar beets. This new crop would prove to be one of the most important in Colorado’s agricultural history. Additionally, sugar beets attracted a

diverse array of workers – fields were soon filled with everyone from Mexican nationals to European immigrants and WWII German Prisoners of War.

Encouraged by civil rights movements of the 1960s, the Disability Rights Movement gained momentum leading to the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990. Decades earlier in 1978, 19 individuals tossed aside their wheelchairs and blocked city buses deemed inaccessible for the physically disabled. Meet the brave individuals who dared to change the status quo and discover how this one act led to years of advocacy in the state of Colorado and inspired the nation.

Once a tropical landscape inhabited by Dinosaurs, Colorado has a fascinating history of paleontology. Discover the “Bone Wars” of the late 1800s and the major fossil finds across Colorado.

Colorado Experience is a historical documentary series produced by Rocky Mountain PBS celebrating the people, places and events that shaped the state. Podcasts in this playlist are derived from the fourth season of the Emmy Award-winning history series.

Learn more and watch full episodes online at www.rmpbs.org/ColoradoExperience

Widely known as serving inspiration for Steven King’s 1977 novel, The Shining, The Stanley Hotel’s legacy goes beyond a history of paranormal activity.

Colorado Experience is a historical documentary series produced by Rocky Mountain PBS celebrating the people, places and events that shaped the state. Podcasts in this playlist are derived from the second season of the Emmy Award-winning history series.

Learn more and watch full episodes online at www.rmpbs.org/ColoradoExperience

Discover the extravagant lives of Colorado’s most famous love triangle.

Colorado Experience is a historical documentary series produced by Rocky Mountain PBS celebrating the people, places and events that shaped the state. Podcasts in this playlist are derived from the fourth season of the Emmy Award-winning history series.

Learn more and watch full episodes online at www.rmpbs.org/ColoradoExperience

From the Grand Dragon to known KKK appointees in the police, mayor and governor offices, Colorado once had the 2nd largest Ku Klux Klan membership in the United States.

Colorado Experience is a historical documentary series produced by Rocky Mountain PBS celebrating the people, places and events that shaped the state. Podcasts in this playlist are derived from the fourth season of the Emmy Award-winning history series.

Learn more and watch full episodes online at www.rmpbs.org/ColoradoExperience

Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School & Camp is the oldest of it's kind in the United States. Here's a peek at how the founders, Charlotte Perry and Portia Mansfield determined their dancing camp should take place in the Rocky Mountain West.

Colorado Experience is a historical documentary series produced by Rocky Mountain PBS celebrating the people, places and events that shaped the state. Podcasts in this playlist are derived from the fourth season of the Emmy Award-winning history series.

Learn more and watch full episodes online at www.rmpbs.org/ColoradoExperience

The courthouses across Colorado are much more than judicial landmarks, their placement represents power and land status. From Ouray County’s solid stone design, to Lake City’s wooden frame structure, discover the beauty, legacy and legends of Colorado’s Courthouses.

Discover the fascinating history of one of the oldest towns in Colorado. From a farming community, to a coal mining metropolis, to an innovative center for sex reassignment surgery and to an artistic community, Trinidad continually reinvents itself.

Colorado Experience is a historical documentary series produced by Rocky Mountain PBS celebrating the people, places and events that shaped the state. Podcasts in this playlist are derived from the fourth season of the Emmy Award-winning history series.

Learn more and watch full episodes online at www.rmpbs.org/ColoradoExperience

The history of Colorado mirrors the history of agriculture. Meet three families who continue to work the land their ancestors first tilled over one hundred years ago.

Colorado Experience is a historical documentary series produced by Rocky Mountain PBS celebrating the people, places and events that shaped the state. Podcasts in this playlist are derived from the fourth season of the Emmy Award-winning history series.

Learn more and watch full episodes online at www.rmpbs.org/ColoradoExperience