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Why does Pueblo have tunnels — not just in downtown, but also in neighborhoods? What have Puebloans of old produced while living within the town? Why is the community so full of art? These stories and more will be featured in a speaker series in Downtown Pueblo. Gregory Howell, a storyteller and event curator, has created a storyteller speakeasy series that he is bringing to the Senate Bar and Grill in downtown Pueblo, aiming to showcase some of Pueblo's hidden stories in a 15-week series, called The Dig. Howell hopes the series creates a way for community members to "dig into" Pueblo's h...

Courtesy Pueblo Public Library A view looking north on Main Street at 3rd Street in Pueblo after the Arkansas River flooding in 1921. One hundred years ago raging waters unleashed by torrential rains and snowmelt broke through Pueblo’s Arkansas River levees, causing one of the deadliest and most destructive floods in Colorado’s history.  Local historian John Korber’s father worked for the railroad back then. Korber wasn't born yet, but he tells his family’s story of what happened on the evening of June 3, 1921 when his dad finished his shift. “He was on one of the last trains that ...

The Great Flood of June 1921 forever changed Pueblo's history, for better and worse.