Tuesday Nights in July ~ Historic Program Series
Old-fashioned Ice Cream
& Pie Social
Tuesday, July 5th
6:30 - 8:30
Bring your family & friends to enjoy an evening on the History Center patio (inside if it rains). Small charge or food. Kids craft table, games & prize drawings
6:30 - 8:30
Bring your family & friends to enjoy an evening on the History Center patio (inside if it rains). Small charge or food. Kids craft table, games & prize drawings
Making the Gather: Longhorns, Loving and
Goodnight Trail into Denver
Tuesday, July 12th
7:00 pm
After the Civil War, Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving met up and blazed the Loving-Goodnight Trail spanning more than 2,000 miles from Texas to Wyoming. Many cattle concerns from Texas, New Mexico and Colorado used all or portions of the trail to move cattle until the advent of railroads in the Southwest. Speaker Rob Carrigan will cover many miles as he discusses the invention of the chuck wagon, the Texas longhorn, Goodnight's connection to Pueblo, CO and much more. Rob is a third-generation Colorado native.
After the Civil War, Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving met up and blazed the Loving-Goodnight Trail spanning more than 2,000 miles from Texas to Wyoming. Many cattle concerns from Texas, New Mexico and Colorado used all or portions of the trail to move cattle until the advent of railroads in the Southwest. Speaker Rob Carrigan will cover many miles as he discusses the invention of the chuck wagon, the Texas longhorn, Goodnight's connection to Pueblo, CO and much more. Rob is a third-generation Colorado native.
The First Battle of Manassas
Tuesday, July 19th
7:00 pm
Illustrated program will cover the build up for and the five days of the first real battle of what turned out to be the beginning of a war that cost us over 600,000 dead Americans and many more than that severely wounded. Program by Johnie Jackson a Historical Society member. Johnie's great great grandfather fought on the side of the South in this historic battle.
Illustrated program will cover the build up for and the five days of the first real battle of what turned out to be the beginning of a war that cost us over 600,000 dead Americans and many more than that severely wounded. Program by Johnie Jackson a Historical Society member. Johnie's great great grandfather fought on the side of the South in this historic battle.
The Colorado Boys and the Settlement of
Central Kansas
Tuesday, July 26th
7:00 pm
This illustrated talk will focus on the lives of at least a dozen men intertwined with service in the Colorado Infantry/Colorado Cavalry during the Civil War, the settlement of central Kansas after the War, and combat action in the 1868 Battle of Beecher Island near present-day Wray, CO. Hear the heroic and incredible stories of these early pioneering men told by Mike Nelson, Ph.D.
This illustrated talk will focus on the lives of at least a dozen men intertwined with service in the Colorado Infantry/Colorado Cavalry during the Civil War, the settlement of central Kansas after the War, and combat action in the 1868 Battle of Beecher Island near present-day Wray, CO. Hear the heroic and incredible stories of these early pioneering men told by Mike Nelson, Ph.D.
New in the Bookstore – Civil War books for both young and old:
· It Happened in the Civil War
· American Civil War 1861-1865, Life of the Common Soldier
· Glorieta Pass
· This Soldier Life - the Diaries of Romine H. Ostrander,1863 - 1865, In Colorado Territory
New in the Museum -
Display "The Beauty, Style and Grace of Colorado Women in the late 1800's and early 1900's" consisting of photos from the Ellis Collection and a Society member's private family collection and a stunning handmade dress dating back to 1882.
Old Colorado City History Center & Museum
1 S. 24th Street, Colorado Springs
719-636-1225
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday
11:00 to 4:00 pm
Old Colorado City - Celebrating 152 Years of History,
1859 - 2011
