Old CU
- In 1958, CU Boulder professor Joyce Lebra became the first American woman to receive a doctorate degree in Japanese history.
- The Rocky Flats Bar & Grill located south of Boulder has a rich history for many Boulder locals.
- The Old Main Cottonwood was removed from campus in January. Clones of the tree will be planted nearby.
- Hugo G. Rodeck, owner of this 1903 typewriter, helped establish the CU Museum of Natural History. The museum now has the largest natural history collection in the Rocky Mountains.
- Very few official UFO studies have been conducted, but CU Boulder boasts one of these rare reports.
- An artifact of CU’s Heritage Center is believed to be one of the switches that sourced power for Old Main.
- Now a romantic set of sandstone arches over the lake, Varsity Bridge has gone through several transformations over the course of CU’s history.
- Several months after the March on Washington, CU professor Charles Nilon spoke at a civil rights demonstration on campus outside of the UMC.
- A few ambitious students formed the university’s first library.
- In April 1893, Edwin John Ingram stepped onto the field for CU’s third varsity baseball season.