The last Free First Sunday at the Boulder History Museum this calendar year will be December 4, 2011. Come enjoy a free day and see the exhibit “1968 in America” – a retrospective which chronicles the importance of the year 1968. Be sure not to miss this thought provoking traveling exhibit to understanding how 1968
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Don’t forget – The Council Tree Pow Wow is busy getting ready for one and all!! Grounds open Friday Sept. 16th, 2011 to begin the festivities. This annual event runs through Sunday the 18th and everyone is invited. In 1992, a dream was beginning to develop in Delta, Colorado. Over 100 years ago the Delta
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Come get to know Breckenridge a little bit better. You can take different tours of local history museums and a walking tour of the town of Breckenridge. Let the guides tell you about the history and early pioneer times associated with Colorado during the time of the gold rush and the silver boom. Enjoy the
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Have you ever wondered what lies beyond those impressive log entrances to Colorado’s grand cattle ranches? Find out the weekend of September 24th-25th, 2011 when the Centennial Ranch, just south of  Colona, Colorado, welcomes the public an “Open Ranch” event. Spend a golden autumn day wandering through historic ranch buildings and pristine meadows forever preserved
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On Saturday, August 20th and again on Wednesday, August 24th – Join a museum volunteer on a Walking Tour of Ouray’s Main Street. Learn the history of these fascinating old buildings. Ouray has been around since 1876, the time of the Pike’s Peak Gold Rush and has many stories to tell. See the original Victorian
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If you are in the Ouray or Ridgway Colorado area between August 19th and November 19th – be sure to go see the Special Exhibit at the Ouray Museum: “A Century of Ouray County Farming and Ranching History 1875-1975″ – The Ouray County Historical Society presents it first special exhibit of the 2011 season. Learn
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If you’ll be in Ouray Colorado this summer, catch the Ouray County Historical Society Annual Quilt Show. It runs July 20th – August 28th and features historic quilts that were pieced or quilted prior to 1960. This display will be presented at the Ouray County Museum. See the artistic designs and the many colors and
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Come to the Annual Ouray County Museum’s show “San Juan Memories” on July 8th. The show will be July 8th through August 18th and features photographs on any topic in the San Juan Mountain region of southwestern Colorado. This is a juried show with first, second and third prize selected by this year’s judge, M.
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On May 22, 2011 – Estes Park Colorado will host the Parade of Years in Bond Park located in Downtown Estes Park. Be there from 9:00 am to 11:00 am to see Stanley Steamers and other vintage automobiles recreate the Big Thompson Canyon drive that brought the first tourists of the season to Estes Park
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Fort Collins, Colorado – On Tuesday, May 3, 2011 from 7:30-9:00 p.m. , join other history and archaeology lovers at the City of Fort Collins Community Room for a free presentation of findings related to the Ancient Peoples of Northern Colorado. Since 2006, CSU archaeology professor Dr. Jason LaBelle has conducted research at the largest
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