The Ludlow Massacre in 1914 on this site brought congressional attention to miners’ labor rights in Colorado. Denver Public Library
By Robert Forrant On a spring morning in 1914, miners in Ludlow, Colorado, were celebrating Greek Easter when the Colorado National Guard and a private security agency opened fire on their camp with a machine-gun-equipped armored car called the Death Special. The miners waged a pitched battle with t...
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