Red Rocks Amphitheater is an iconic Colorado music venue. But the state’s musical legacy extends far beyond that. From the “Harlem of the West” to the first destination recording studio, the Centennial State has had a lasting impact on music heard around the world. This is episode five of The Colorado Dream: Happy Birthday podcast.

Colorado’s workers helped build the state in mines, fields and factories, often through immense struggle and sacrifice. Their stories stretch from the Ludlow Massacre and northern Colorado’s sugar beet fields to labor debates still unfolding at the state Capitol.

Crossing Colorado's Rocky Mountains was once a huge challenge. It would take Indigenous ingenuity, cutting-edge construction, and a fight for gender equality to change how people traveled to the Western Slope.

This is the third episode of a five-part series for The Colorado Dream: Happy Birthday!

The Colorado constitution includes a provision that told the state legislature to care for the forests. But not many people know it's there. This is episode two of The Colorado Dream: Happy Birthday podcast.

Colorado will celebrate its 150th birthday on August 1. But the road to statehood wasn’t easy. It was a 17-year journey filled with stolen land, racism, and protest, but also perseverance, thoughtfulness, and determination. This is episode one of The Colorado Dream: Happy Birthday podcast.

Colorado is known as the Centennial State. It gained statehood in 1876, the same year the United States turned 100, but the road to statehood wasn't easy.

It's a complicated story of statehood.

I'm Stephanie Daniel. Join me for a new season of the Colorado Dream podcast, as we celebrate Colorado's 150th birthday with some impactful moments and movements that helped define our state and our country.

Hear some of these unique stories from Colorado's first 150 years. The 6th season of the Colorado Dream podcast, "Happy Birthday," is coming June 29th to KUNC.org or wherever you get your podcasts.

One day, a fourth generation of family members will run Lenz Farms on Colorado’s Eastern Plains. They plan to bring back innovative ideas and implement new things to help the farm continue to grow. But will these fresh ideas be enough to offset a shrinking water supply?

The Colorado Dream shares stories of Coloradans who are overcoming obstacles to create a better life for themselves and their families in an effort to achieve the American Dream.

Lenz Farms in Yuma County, Colo., was started by a father and his four sons in the 1970s. They created a unique business model that keeps management and ownership in the family. This has allowed Lenz Farms to survive and thrive over the decades, unlike hundreds of thousands of other family farms.