Columbine Mine massacre Serene for two weeks, for the Columbine was one of the few coal mines in the state to remain in operation. On November 21, 1927, five hundred miners, some accompanied by their wives and children, arrived at the north gate just before dawn. They carried three Flags of the United States. At the direction of Josephine Roche, daughter of the recently- deceased owner of the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company, the picketers had been served coffee and doughnuts on previous mornings. That morning, the recently-disbanded state police, also known as the Colorado Rangers, were recalled to duty and would meet the
Columbine High School people were killed in the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. After the shooting, classes at Columbine were held at nearby Chatfield Senior High for the remaining three weeks of that school year. The school went through a major renovation in 1995, just four years before the massacre, adding a new library and cafeteria. After the shootings, Columbine completely demolished its library, located above the cafeteria, since it was the site where the majority of the deaths occurred. The site was then turned into a memorial ceiling and atrium; a new, larger library was built on the hill where the shooting