Author name: Lafayette History Museum

Photo of woman in brown jacket looking at historic maps hanging on a wall. On a shelf below the maps are models of buildings made out of paper.

New Views of Lafayette

It’s easy to take for granted the place where you live, but changing your perspective can reveal exciting new aspects you’ve never noticed before. This exhibit displays two historical collections that give you a different view of Lafayette, both through history and how the buildings have changed physically. Explore aerial versions of the town over […]

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Radical Lafayette: The Colorado Coal Strike of 1927 to 1928

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Closing soon From 1927 to 1928, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW, nicknamed Wobblies) fanned the flames of discontent with a series of coal-mining strikes. All eyes were on Lafayette as our town became the center of a radical and militant workers’ rights movement. Key elements of these coal strikes help us piece together

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