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The best collection of published biographies in Colorado is at the Colorado Historical Society. They also have a biographical vertical file and the Bromwell Index (Family History Library films 1688547-8), which is a five-volume alphabetical list of prominent people in Colorado up to 1933.

Two representative biographical encyclopedias are:

Stone, Wilbur Fiske. History of Colorado. Four Volumes. Chicago, Illinois: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1918-19. (Family History Library book 978.8 H2sw; film 1320948 items 1-3.) Volumes 2-4 contain biographies.

Portrait and Biographical Record of the State of Colorado. . . . Two Volumes. Chicago, Illinois: Chapman Publishing Company, 1899. (Family History Library book 978.8 D3p; film 1000142.)

Other Resources
Mardos Memorial Library Colorado Selections

Colorado State Archives, Colorado Biographies

http://geneasearch.com/biography/states/colorado.htm

http://www.colbio.000space.com/

v • d• e Links to Colorado-related articles

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 ''Portrait and Biographical Record of the State of Colorado''. . . . Two Volumes. Chicago, Illinois: Chapman Publishing Company, 1899. (Family History Library {{FHL|193287|title-id|disp=book 978.8 D3p; film 1000142}}.)
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+'''Other Resources'''<br>Mardos Memorial Library [http://www.memoriallibrary.com/CO/ Colorado Selections]<br>
 Colorado State Archives, [http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/arcbiog.html Colorado Biographies]<br><br>[http://geneasearch.com/biography/states/colorado.htm http://geneasearch.com/biography/states/colorado.htm]