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August 2 |
Rocky Mountain National Park Pictorial
History program and book-signing reception
with Ken Jessen. From 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. author Ken Jessen
will give a slide presentation based on his new book Rocky
Mountain National Park Pictorial History. From 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
there will be a free reception with wine and hors d'oeuvres while
the author signs books. All events are free and open to the public.
Sponsored by the Estes Park Museum Friends & Foundation and the Town
of Estes Park. Copies of the book will be available in the Museum
Shop. Members of the Estes Park Museum Friends & Foundation,
Inc. receive a 10% discount on all purchases. |
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August 9 |
Postcards from Lodges Past with
Bobbie Heisterkamp. Join us for a look inside the great
old lodges in and around Rocky Mountain National Park. While
displaying some of her postcard collection, Heisterkamp will discuss
the rustic architecture, furnishings and history of these lodges,
many of which no longer exist except on old photographs and
postcards. This is an encore presentation of the February 16
program and a regular meeting of the Postcard Club. Free
to the public. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. for the 2:00 p.m.
program at the Museum. Sponsored by the Estes Park Museum Friends &
Foundation, Inc. and the Estes Park Postcard Club. |
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August 14 |
Boulder County Ghost Town Tour
with Ken Jessen. The tour begins at 7:30 a.m. and last
until approximately 5:30 p.m. Board our 14-passenger van at the
Museum and travel back in time to the towns of Salina, Wall Street,
Sunset, Mont Alto Park and Gold Hill. We’ll stop for lunch at the
general store and visit the Gold Hill Museum. Cost is $18 for Estes
Park Museum Friends & Foundation members and $22 for non-members.
Cost includes transportation; lunch on your own. Call the Museum at
970-586-6256 for reservations. Sponsored by the Estes Park Museum
Friends & Foundation, Inc.This tour is
currently filled. Please call 970-586-6256 to join the waiting
list. |
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August 29 |
Capt. Jepp and
the Little Black Book with co-authors Flint Whitlock and Terry
Barnhart.
Aviation pioneers such as
Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, John Glenn and Chuck Yeager are
well known among the general public, but the name Elrey Jeppesen,
also known as "Capt. Jepp" is familiar only to those in the aviation
community. Capt. Jepp's claim to fame is the system of aerial
navigation he devised. Join Flint Whitlock and Terry Barnhart as
they tell the story of this man who began flying in the Roaring
'20s. Free, 7:00 p.m. at the Museum. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Co-sponsored by the Estes Park Public Library Foundation and the
Estes Park Museum, and funded by the Xcel Energy Foundation. |
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September 13 |
The Cheley Camp Tour. Estes Park
was a sleepy mountain town in 1921 when Frank Cheley founded Cheley
Colorado Camps as the Bear Lake Trail School at Bear Lake in Rocky
Mountain National Park. By 1927, the camp outgrew the available
space and the Cheley Colorado Camps moved to its present location
off of Fish Creek Road, where it hosts more than 1,000 campers
annually. Join us for a tour of the historic Cheley Colorado Camp
from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. This program is free for members of the
Estes Park Museum Friends & Foundation, Inc.and $5 for non-members.
Reservations are required and can be made after August 1 by calling
970-586-6256. |
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September 24 |
Rocky Mountain National Park Historic
Lodges & Homesteads Tour with Ken Jessen. Board our
14-passenger van and tour the sites of lodges and homesteads from
the past in Rocky Mountain National Park. We will begin at the Fall
River Inn Site and travel to numerous historic sites including those
of the Horseshoe Inn, the Hupp graves and homestead and Sprague’s
resort in Moraine Park. The tour begins at 9:00 a.m. and lasts until
approximately 1:00 p.m. Cost is $8 for members of the Estes Park
Museum Friends & Foundation, Inc. and $10 for non-members.
Fees support Museum
programs. Tickets
available at the Museum beginning August 1. Call 970-586-6256.
Sponsored by the Estes Park Museum Friends & Foundation. |
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September 25 |
Rocky Mountain National Park
Historic Lodges & Homesteads Tour with Ken Jessen. Board
our 14-passenger van and tour the sites of lodges and homesteads
from the past in Rocky Mountain National Park. We will begin at the
Fall River Inn Site and travel to numerous historic sites including
those of the Horseshoe Inn, the Hupp graves and homestead and
Sprague’s resort in Moraine Park. The tour begins at 9:00 a.m.
and lasts until approximately 1:00 p.m. Cost is $8 for members of the
Estes Park Museum Friends & Foundation, Inc. and $10 for non-members.
Fees support Museum
programs. Tickets available at the Museum beginning August 1. Call
970-586-6256. Sponsored by the Estes Park Museum Friends &
Foundation. |
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September 26 |
Rocky Mountain National Park
Historic Lodges & Homesteads Tour with Ken Jessen. Board
our 14-passenger van and tour the sites of lodges and homesteads
from the past in Rocky Mountain National Park. We will begin at the
Fall River Inn Site and travel to numerous historic sites including
those of the Horseshoe Inn, the Hupp graves and homestead and
Sprague’s resort in Moraine Park. The tour begins at 9:00 a.m.
and lasts until approximately 1:00 p.m. Cost is $8 for members of the
Estes Park Museum Friends & Foundation, Inc. and $10 for non-members.
Fees support Museum
programs. Tickets available at the Museum beginning August 1. Call
970-586-6256. Sponsored by the Estes Park Museum Friends &
Foundation. |
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October 3 |
The Playground Trail: To and Through the National Parks of the West.
In 1920, after World War I, Americans set out to explore the
country by automobile. The National Park Service, established in
1916, opened several national parks. Stephen Mather, the first
director of the National Park Service, envisioned a continuous paved
highway connecting National Parks and opening the West to
automobiles. A slogan of the National Park-to-Park Highway Association raised the question
“You sing ‘America,’ why not see it?”
On Friday, October 3, the Estes Park Museum will welcome authors Lee and Jane
Whiteley to bring life to the history of the highway with a
slide-illustrated program based on their book The Playground
Trail. Emphasis will be given to the first leg of the 1920
Park-to-Park Dedication Tour which began in
Denver and passed through Lyons en route to Estes Park, the gateway
to Rocky Mountain National Park. The Whiteleys also authored The
Yellowstone Trail and an upcoming book on early US Highway 40
from Kansas City to Denver. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for the 7:00 p.m.
program. Free to the public and sponsored by the Estes Park Museum
Friends & Foundation, Inc. |
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October 18 |
Larimer County's Reborn Landmarks.
Tom "Dr. Colorado" Noel and the Estes Park Museum invite you
to a magic lantern show at 2:00 pm at the Museum. Dr. Noel is a
professor of history and director of public history,
preservation and Colorado studies at CU-Denver. He is the author of
37 books including Fort Collins and Larimer County: An
Illustrated History and Colorado: A Liquid History & Tavern
Guide. Tom appears now and then as Dr. Colorado in the Sunday
Denver Post and on Channel 9's Colorado & Company.
Doors open at 1:30. Free to the public and sponsored by the Estes Park Museum
Friends & Foundation, Inc. |
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November 1 |
Collection and Care of Old Coins
with Bob Fixter will include samples of coins and other currency
that tell stories of our history.
Fixter and his wife Carole are owners of Fall River Antiques,
Jewelry and Coins in Estes Park. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. for
the 2:00 p.m. program. Free to the public and sponsored by the Estes Park Museum
Friends & Foundation, Inc. |