2019 Events at other Museums
February 8 ---Friday ---Old Colorado City Historical Society (OCCHS) - 11:00 a.m.
One South Twenty-Fourth Street, Colorado Springs - http://occhs.org - (719) 636-1225
Haunted Cripple Creek and Teller County Non-members cost $5
LINDA WOMMACK - Home of the last gold rush in America, Teller County attracted a slew of peculiar characters, and many never left. A Victor Hotel regular named Eddie met his untimely death when he tumbled down the elevator shaft. A female apparition clad in Victorian clothing appears on the stairs of the Palace Hotel. A closed tunnel on Gold Camp Road is said to echo with the sounds of screaming children. Lingering spirits are still prisoners at the Old Teller County Jail. Linda Wommack uncovers the eerie thrills of Cripple Creek and Teller County.
One South Twenty-Fourth Street, Colorado Springs - http://occhs.org - (719) 636-1225
Haunted Cripple Creek and Teller County Non-members cost $5
LINDA WOMMACK - Home of the last gold rush in America, Teller County attracted a slew of peculiar characters, and many never left. A Victor Hotel regular named Eddie met his untimely death when he tumbled down the elevator shaft. A female apparition clad in Victorian clothing appears on the stairs of the Palace Hotel. A closed tunnel on Gold Camp Road is said to echo with the sounds of screaming children. Lingering spirits are still prisoners at the Old Teller County Jail. Linda Wommack uncovers the eerie thrills of Cripple Creek and Teller County.
February 9 --- Saturday --- Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum
215 South Tejon Street, Colorado Springs - (719) 385-5990
Helen Hunt Jackson's Literary Home 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
DR. LESLEY GINSBERG - Pikes Peak Regional History Lecture Series
Highlighting objects, artworks, papers, and books, this talk tells the story of how Helen Hunt Jackson built a lasting literary home. While Jackson is best known for her beloved novel, Ramona (1884), study of the books that were donated to the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum in 1961 and that had until recently remained unexamined, reveals that the author was also a discerning reader whose book collection attests to networks of literary friendships and the importance of family ties. The Jackson family house reflects the literary and advocacy communities in which Helen Hunt Jackson made her home.
215 South Tejon Street, Colorado Springs - (719) 385-5990
Helen Hunt Jackson's Literary Home 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
DR. LESLEY GINSBERG - Pikes Peak Regional History Lecture Series
Highlighting objects, artworks, papers, and books, this talk tells the story of how Helen Hunt Jackson built a lasting literary home. While Jackson is best known for her beloved novel, Ramona (1884), study of the books that were donated to the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum in 1961 and that had until recently remained unexamined, reveals that the author was also a discerning reader whose book collection attests to networks of literary friendships and the importance of family ties. The Jackson family house reflects the literary and advocacy communities in which Helen Hunt Jackson made her home.
February 16 --- Saturday --- Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum
215 South Tejon Street, Colorado Springs - (719) 385-5990
Lucky Herzberg Award Presentation 11:30 - 1:00 p.m.
CSPD Annual Luncheon at Cheyenne Mountain Country Club
Presentation by Leah Davis-Witherow - Curator of History
(Dis) Information: American Indians Through the Lens of Roland Reed (LIMITED SEATING)
215 South Tejon Street, Colorado Springs - (719) 385-5990
Lucky Herzberg Award Presentation 11:30 - 1:00 p.m.
CSPD Annual Luncheon at Cheyenne Mountain Country Club
Presentation by Leah Davis-Witherow - Curator of History
(Dis) Information: American Indians Through the Lens of Roland Reed (LIMITED SEATING)
March 9, 2019 ---Saturday --- Old Colorado City Historical Society (OCCHS) - 11:00 a.m.
One South Twenty-Fourth Street, Colorado Springs - http://occhs.org - (719) 636-1225
Poker Alice Tubbs - Wild West Lady Gambler Non-members cost $5
LIZ DUCKWORTH - Experience history come alive with the performance of Poke Alice in costume reflecting the Victorian era. Alice made her living as a professional gambler - a woman in a man's world. Renowned for smoking big, black cigars, she determined she would never cheat, but was able to win on her own terms. As a self-proclaimed religious woman, she was known to never play cards on a Sunday. Alice traveled throughout the Wild West in the 1880s and '90s, leaving a legacy and stories of adventure, risk, and reward in mining towns like: Creede, Leadville and Central City in Colorado; Silver City in New Mexico and Sturgis and Deadwood in South Dakota.
One South Twenty-Fourth Street, Colorado Springs - http://occhs.org - (719) 636-1225
Poker Alice Tubbs - Wild West Lady Gambler Non-members cost $5
LIZ DUCKWORTH - Experience history come alive with the performance of Poke Alice in costume reflecting the Victorian era. Alice made her living as a professional gambler - a woman in a man's world. Renowned for smoking big, black cigars, she determined she would never cheat, but was able to win on her own terms. As a self-proclaimed religious woman, she was known to never play cards on a Sunday. Alice traveled throughout the Wild West in the 1880s and '90s, leaving a legacy and stories of adventure, risk, and reward in mining towns like: Creede, Leadville and Central City in Colorado; Silver City in New Mexico and Sturgis and Deadwood in South Dakota.