Editing Nucla, Colorado (section)

==History==
[[File:SOFT COAL-BURNING POWER PLANT - NARA - 543764.jpg|thumb|right|A 1972 photograph of a coal-burning power plant in Nucla]]
There are several prehistoric sites near Nucla on the [[Colorado State Register of Historic Properties]]:<ref>[http://oahp.historycolorado.org/programareas/register/1503/cty/mn.htm National & State Registers.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424231018/http://oahp.historycolorado.org/programareas/register/1503/cty/mn.htm |date=April 24, 2012 }} Colorado Historical Society, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation. Retrieved August 10, 2011.</ref>
* Cottonwood Cave is a large [[rock shelter]] inhabited by 270 BC and the earliest date at which corn was found in the state of Colorado.
* Tabeguache Cave is another prehistoric rock shelter.
* Tabeguache Pueblo is an example of an early, dispersed [[Ancient Pueblo People|Ancient Pueblo]] settlement, inhabited about AD 1100 and later abandoned.

The town was established by [[socialists]], who emphasized the sharing of things. The name of the town comes from the word ''nucleus''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/storyline/wp/2014/08/28/less-than-700-residents-no-stoplights-and-a-law-requiring-a-gun-in-every-household/ |title=Life in the small Colorado town that requires a gun in every household |date=August 28, 2014 |author1=Lauren Loftus |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |place=Washington, D.C. |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=1330888409 |access-date=September 6, 2017 |archive-date=February 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212085318/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/storyline/wp/2014/08/28/less-than-700-residents-no-stoplights-and-a-law-requiring-a-gun-in-every-household/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1990, residents of Nucla hosted the first Top Dog World Championship Prairie Dog Shoot competition, which resulted in killing nearly 3,000 [[prairie dog]]s.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,970735,00.html |title=Colorado: High Noon in Nucla |date=July 30, 1990 |magazine=Time |access-date=December 11, 2017 |language=en-US |issn=0040-781X |archive-date=January 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107014921/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,970735,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In May 2013, the Nucla Town Board passed an ordinance that required every non-exempted head of household in the town to own a [[firearm]].<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/colorado-town-requires-gun-every-home-fights-its-life-n186261 |title = Colorado Town That Requires a Gun in Every Home Fights for its Life |date = August 21, 2014 |access-date = August 23, 2014 |publisher = NBC |last = Loftus |first = Lauren |archive-date = August 22, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140822213213/http://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/colorado-town-requires-gun-every-home-fights-its-life-n186261 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.denverpost.com/2013/05/24/nucla-becomes-colorados-first-and-only-town-mandating-gun-ownership/ |title=Nucla becomes Colorado's first and only town mandating gun ownership |date=May 24, 2013 |work=The Denver Post |access-date=December 11, 2017 |language=en-US |archive-date=December 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211160817/http://www.denverpost.com/2013/05/24/nucla-becomes-colorados-first-and-only-town-mandating-gun-ownership/ |url-status=live }}</ref>