Winter 2010

Holiday Open House

Ring in the Season

Friday, December 17th

4:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Frontier Historical Museum

1001 Colorado Avenue

Tour the Museum decorated for the holidays.  Decorations provided by Starbucks, Once Upon a Child, Boy Scout Troop 225, City Market, Quilters of the Rockies and Linda and Vitas V.

 Enjoy hot cider, homemade cookies and coffee provided by Starbucks.

Free and Open to the Public

Winter 2011

Annual Winter Lecture Series

Thursday, January 20th

Last of the Cowboys, a documentary produced locally, in which historian and producer Anita Witt interviews some of the last of the old time cowboys in the Roaring Fork Valley and beyond.  These men descended from original homesteaders who came in search of land and livelihood and who ultimately carved out the ranches that at one time dominated the area.  They recall a bygone era of growing up, attending one-room schoolhouses and often dropping out of school to help on the ranch.  Last of the Cowboys, in addition to being an oral history, is an intriguing insight into a way of life that is fast disappearing.

Thursday, February 17th

Kannah Creek...The People, Their Stories & The History along with Whitewater...The People, Their Stories & The History  by Carol Anderson explore this area in western Colorado near the Grand Mesa.  Times were tough in this arid part of the country, and often residents’ primary concern was that of survival.  At home in the Kannah Creek area for 35 years, Anderson has compiled information from various sources such as magazine and newspaper articles, books and oral histories, as well as personal interviews with descendants of the families who homesteaded in the late 1800’s, to include in this two book series. 

Thursday, March 17th

Eleanor Roosevelt presented by Susan Marie Frontczak in a Chautauqua format.  Set in 1937, meet first lady Eleanor Roosevelt during the Great Depression through a series of vignettes,  witnessing alternating glimpses into her public and private personae.  Mrs. Roosevelt moves back and forth between an intimate setting of speaking off the record with close friends and a podium setting for her public addresses, discussing many of the social programs begun at that time and which still exist today.  Presented, in part, through a grant from Colorado Humanities.

Thursday, April 21st

The History of Glenwood Springs in Photographs  is presented by Frontier Historical Society director, Cindy Hines.  This encore presentation will share nearly 100 photographs from the collection of the Frontier Historical Society Museum in a photographic history of our community which celebrated 125 years in 2010.   The earliest photographs begin in the 1880’s and examine each decade, including the people, places and events that shaped our community.

7:00 p.m.

Glenwood Springs Branch Library Basement Meeting Room at 413 Ninth Street

Free and Open to the Public

Refreshments Served

Fall 2011

Ghost Walk

2011 Historic Ghost Walk through
         Linwood Cemetery           

(Glenwood's Pioneer Cemetery)

October 14, 15

 October 21, 22

 October 28, 29, 30

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

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

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 and Kid Curry 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 2010. Tickets are available for purchase with Visa or MasterCard by calling the museum (970) 945-4448 or in person at the Frontier Historical Museum. 

Bring a flashlight or lantern and dress appropriately for the weather.  The trail to the cemetery is a moderately strenuous hike.  Kerosene lanterns are also available for purchase at the trailhead for $10.

R. W. Boyle as Doc Holliday

Spring 2011 

Hysterical Historical  Road Rally

    Poker Run & Scavenger Hunt

Date TBA

Join the Frontier Historical Society for an afternoon of fun for the second annual Hysterical Historical Road Rally/Poker Run and Scavenger Hunt. 

Form your own team of four to follow the clues collecting items, playing cards and historical facts while you tour historical sites in and around Glenwood Springs.  Prizes awarded for 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd places.  Join us for awards and dinner afterward at the Glenwood Springs Elk’s Lodge #2286. 

 $25.00 per person includes dinner.  The number of teams is limited, so sign up early to reserve your spot.  Teams are encouraged, but not expected, to come up with a theme and dress in costumes.  Proceeds benefit the Frontier Historical Society Museum. 

Spring 2011

Spruce-Up at Linwood

Our Annual Clean up Day at Linwood Cemetery

 Saturday, May 21st

The Frontier Historical Society sponsors an annual clean up day in Glenwood Springs' oldest existing cemetery prior to Memorial Day and the busy summer tourist season.  Beginning at 10:00 a.m., meet at the trailhead to the cemetery at 12th and Bennett.  Bring gardening tools, a hat and sunscreen.  Lunch will be provided and we will work until 3:00.