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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
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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
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