University of Colorado Denver College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Bio

• Author/co-author of 40 books
• Sunday history columnist for The Denver Post
• Appears regularly as "Dr. Colorado" on Channel 9 (NBC) Colorado & Company
• Board Member, History Colorado
• Friends of the Denver Public Library, Acquisitions Committee
• Co-Director, Center for Colorado & The West
• Tour Guide/Study Leader for Smithsonian Institution, Institute of Classical
  Architecture, HIstory Colorado
• Former Chair, Denver Landmark Preservation Commission
• Former Member, National Register Review Board for Colorado

Select Publications

Building of Colorado (Oxford Univ. Press)

Colorado: A History (Univ. Press of Colorado)

Irish Colorado (Arcadia Publishing)

Denver:  Mining Camp to Metropolis (Univ. Press of Colorado)

The Park Hill Neighborhood (Historic Denver)

Colorado Historic Places (Westcliffe Publishers)

Showtime: Denver's Performing Arts & Convention Centers (City of Denver)

Thomas Hornsby Ferril & The American West (Fulcrum)

Colorado Givers: A History of Philanthropic Heroes (Univ. Press of Colorado)

The Colorado Almanac (Westwinds Press)

Denver's Larimer Street: From Main Street to Skid Row to Urban Renaissance
(Historic Denver)

"Gay Bars & The Emergence of the Homosexual Community" (Social
Sciences Journal)

Colorado Catholicism: The Archdioces of Denver, 1857-1989 (Univ. Press of
Colorado)

Denver's Landmarks & Historic Districts (Univ. Press of Colorado)

Various History Channel, Public Television and local television shows

Courses Taught

History 3601, Colorado History
History 4227/5227, American West
History 4228/5228, Western Art & Architecture
History 4229/5229, Colorado Historic Places
History 4232/5232, Historic Preservation
History 4236/5236, Colorado Mining & Railroads
History 4240/5240, National Parks History
History 4810/5810, Heritage Tourism
History 6931, Colorado Readings
History 6989, American West Seminar
History 6992, Colorado Studies Seminar