Would you be curious to know why there is a stained glass window in the Colorado State Capitol Building honoring a 1776 Spanish map maker located next to two Ute Chiefs? Would you like to explore a Civil War Battlefield within a five-hour car ride from Denver where more than fifty Union soldiers from Colorado fought and died to stop a Confederate army from Texas from invading the Colorado goldfields? Would you like to know the difference between a Buffalo Soldier and a Dog Soldier? Would you be surprised to know the Southern Ute Tribe believe a Ute warrior named Yellow Nose, killed General Custer at the Battle of the Little Big Horn? If so, then these and many other fascinating short stories about the people, places, and events that lay the foundation for Colorado's rich history, await you in A to Z Colorado's Nearly Forgotten History 1776-1876"--