Summer 2008

Vintage Base Ball
 

1860's Base Ball! See The Glenwood Sluggers vs. The Yampah Stars.  Match will begin at 6:00 p.m. in the field between the high school and the Roaring Fork river. Follow the signs from 14th and Grand. See base ball played by the 1860's rules in vintage costumes. Bring a blanket, a picnic dinner and enjoy Vintage Base Ball with the whole family!

Free and Open to the Public!

Vintage Base Ball  Match Set for

Friday, June 27th

 at 6:00 p.m.

Sponsored by:

Summer 2008

Doc Holliday Live!

By R. W. Boyle - Portrayalist

"HOW IT WAS!"

Friday, August 15th

"Young Doc"

How did a young southern gentleman become the most feared shootist of the Old West?  Hear from the spittin' image of Doc himself how the trail led from rural Georgia to the Pennsylvania college of Dental Surgery and then into Western Legend.

AND

Saturday, August 16th

"The Street Fight in Tombstone"

Three men dead, three wounded!  A misdemeanor arrest gone wrong; yet one hundred twenty-seven years later we're still talking about it?  What really happened in that vacant lot between the Harwood House and Cornelius Fly's Boarding House and Photography Studio just across the alley from the OK Corral?

All performances at 7:00 p.m. at the Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts at 601 Sixth Street in Glenwood Springs.

Tickets are $15.00 for adults and $9.00 for children aged 6-12.  Not recommended for children under 6 years old.  Warning:  Some mature language used.

For ticket information, contact the Frontier Historical Museum at (970) 945-4448.

2009 Winter Lecture Series

Presented by the Frontier Historical Society and the Friends of the Glenwood Springs Branch Library

All programs begin at 7:00 p.m. in the basement meeting room of the Glenwood Springs Branch Library at 413 Ninth Street

Thursday, January 15th:  TBA

Thursday, February 19th:  TBA

Thursday, March 19th:  TBA

 Thursday, April 16th:  TBA

For more information,

call 945-4448 or 945-5958

Summer 2008

Guided Tours of Linwood Pioneer Cemetery

Explore Glenwood's Oldest Cemetery and the final resting place of Doc Holliday with a guide from the Frontier Historical Society.  Hear the stories of Glenwood's pioneers and infamous residents.

By Appointment,

call (970) 945-4448

$12 per person.  Price includes admission to the Frontier Historical Museum at 10th and Colorado and an FHS water bottle.

Meet at the trailhead to Linwood Pioneer Cemetery at 12th Street and Bennett Avenue.

Cash, checks or traveler's checks accepted.  Sorry, no credit cards.

Fall 2008

Ghost Walk

2008 Historic Ghost Walk through
         Linwood Cemetery            (Glenwood's Pioneer Cemetery)

October 17, 18, 19, 24, 25 & 26

Tours at 7:00, 7:45, 8:30 and 9:15 on Fridays and Saturdays
7:00, 7:45 and 8:30 on Sundays

    Bill Kight as Jasper Ward

Tours Leave Promptly, So Don't Be Late!

Meet at the trailhead to Linwood (Pioneer) Cemetery at 12th and Bennett where tour guides lead you up to and through Glenwood's oldest cemetery. You may meet "Doc" Holliday as well as many other Glenwood Springs pioneers and hear their stories. Different performers each weekend. Tickets are $15 per person and go on sale October 1st 2008. Tickets available in person at the Frontier Historical Museum or Through the Looking Glass bookstore, both in Glenwood Springs. Tickets also available for purchase with Visa or MasterCard by calling the museum (970) 945-4448.  Bring a flashlight or lantern and dress appropriately for the weather. Kerosene lanterns are also available for purchase at the trailhead for $10. Be advised that the hike to the cemetery is moderately strenuous.

Buy your tickets as soon as they go on sale October 1st, as this event sells out quickly!

                                                                      John Hines as James M. Riland

Spring 2009

Clean-up Day at Linwood Cemetery
as part of Colorado
Archaeology and Historic Preservation Month

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Join the Frontier Historical Society for a day of clean up at Linwood Cemetery.   Linwood (Pioneer) Cemetery is the final resting place of John H. "Doc" Holliday and the trailhead to the cemetery is located at 12th Street and Bennett Avenue in Glenwood Springs.  Meet at the trailhead at 10:00 a.m.  Lunch will be provided.  Bring work gloves, sunscreen, insect repellent and gardening tools. Help us ready the cemetery for Memorial Day and the busy summer tourist season.

Clean-up Day 2006