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2005–2006 Annual Report The Year of the Museum: The Colorado Historical Society’s 2005–2006 Annual Report

From Colorado Senate Joint Resolution 06-030:

“…Whereas…Colorado’s museums have been serving the public since 1879, encouraging curiosity and providing a source of enjoyment and education for every generation; and…

Whereas, Each year, museums devote more than $1 billion and more than 18 million instructional hours to elementary and secondary education programs...across the United States…and…

Whereas, Museums forge relationships with community partners such as schools, libraries, public broadcasting, and neighborhood and social service organizations to foster civic participation and cultural understanding;

Be it Resolved by the Senate of the Sixty-fifth General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives concurring herein:

That we, the members of the Colorado General Assembly, declare 2006 as “The Year of the Museum” and invite all…members of the public to recognize and celebrate the contributions of…museums as they serve communities, the state, the nation, and the world.”

For more information about Colorado’s State Historical Fund, call 303/866-2825 to request a copy of its annual report or go to www.oahp.org and follow the links to the State Historical Fund.

Credits: Annual report design: State of Colorado’s Integrated Document Solutions (IDS) Design

Photos: All images from the Colorado Historical Society, unless otherwise noted

Cover: A ride on the Georgetown Loop Railroad offers spectacular scenery and an experience with Colorado’s railroading past. Facing page background: Untitled, c. 1933 by Arthur Roy Mitchell. Contents

Letter from the Chairman and President & CEO ...... 2

Colorado History Museum ...... 4

Georgetown Loop Historic Mining & Railroad Park ...... 6

El Pueblo History Museum ...... 7

Fort Garland Museum/Pike’s Stockade ...... 8

Ute Indian Museum ...... 9

Byers-Evans House Museum ...... 10

Fort Vasquez Museum ...... 11

Trinidad History Museum ...... 12

Healy House & Dexter Cabin ...... 13

Grant-Humphreys Mansion ...... 14

Preservation ...... 15

Awards ...... 16

Board of Directors ...... 17

Colorado Historical Society by the Numbers, 2005–2006 ...... 18

2005–2006 Attendance ...... 19

Financial Summary ...... 20

Colorado Historical Society Staff ...... 21

Staff Professional Activities ...... 23

Volunteers ...... 26

Community Support ...... 30

A NNUAL R EPORT 2005–2006 1 Letter from the Chairman and President & CEO The Colorado Historical Society, through our statewide system of museums that focus his year the United States Congress and on Colorado history, is proud to play an the Colorado State Legislature each important role in the preservation and sharing T passed legislative resolutions declaring of our state’s heritage. Founded in 1879 by 2006 the Year of the Museum. Other state and legislative invitation to collect, preserve, and municipal legislatures throughout the country exhibit the materials of Colorado history, followed suit. Museums hold in trust historical today’s Colorado Historical Society is a documents, photographs, art works, ethno- multi-dimensional state agency and a non- graphic artifacts—in fact a vast array of mate- profit educational institution governed by a rials documenting every aspect of our nation’s volunteer board of directors elected by the cultural history and identity—and they share institution’s membership. these materials through research, exhibitions, As a full-service history agency, we cater publications, and educational programs. to the needs of many clients and audiences. Surveys show Americans view museums as one Our Office of Archaeology and Historic of the most important resources for educating Preservation, State Historical Fund preservation children, and they consider museums one of grant program, educational programs, website, the most trustworthy sources of information. publications, and the Stephen H. Hart Library

Georgianna Contiguglia, President & CEO of the Colorado Historical Society, and Philip H. Karsh, Chairman of the Board of Directors.

2 C OLORADO H ISTORICAL S OCIETY But, in this Year of the Museum, keep in mind that history continues to be made every day, and it is our responsibility to ensure that in another hundred years, your story and ours can be told through the artifacts and materials we have left behind. Museums’ holdings docu- ment our common goals and diverse opinions. They illuminate trends and identify differences. They speak of our aspirations, failures, and accomplishments. We create this legacy by sup- porting our museums through personal visits, donations, and membership. Our museums, after all, hold the collective memories of Colorado for all to share and enjoy.

Sincerely,

Georgianna Contiguglia President & CEO Volunteers teach museum visitors to pan for gold. State Historic Preservation Officer all provide public access to information on Colorado’s past. But perhaps the most successful vehicles Philip H. Karsh we have to engage the public in Colorado’s Chairman, Board of Directors history are the Society’s many museums, which display and interpret the rich assortment of authentic artifacts and documents that we hold in trust for the people of Colorado. Our historical sites—Fort Garland, Fort Vasquez, Pike’s Stockade, Healy House, Bloom Mansion, and others—provide visitors with one-on-one encounters with the materials that tell the stories of the daily lives, occupations, and explorations of Native tribes, fortune seekers, and settlers whose life experiences made Colorado what it is today.

A NNUAL R EPORT 2005–2006 3 Colorado History Museum

hat do a late-nineteenth-century the Society took an unusual approach to photographer, rodeo queens and marking the anniversary. The exhibit A W ranch hands, a jewelry-making Woman’s Place….Is on the Range presents the statesman, a self-taught folk artist, and a North fascinating history of women in Colorado’s American bison have in common? They were ranching and cattle industry, as well as cowgirl all featured at the Colorado History Museum fashion and pop culture. this year. January also marked the addition of a In 1999, photographer John Fielder and new sculpture to the museum’s front plaza. On the Colorado Historical Society teamed up to the Wind, a larger-than-life-sized sculpture of a present an exhibit and book featuring the his- North American bison, was commissioned for toric photography of William Henry Jackson the people of Colorado by Mr. James Volker. juxtaposed against John Fielder’s contemporary “I’ve long admired T.D. Kelsey’s work,” says images of the same scenes. The project was Mr. Volker of the sculptor, “and the bison is wildly successful, but many photo pairs were such a striking symbol of the American West— never seen by the public. In 2005, the Society it seemed fitting to place it at the entrance to and Fielder joined forces again to present the Colorado History Museum as a gift to the another book and exhibit. people of Colorado.” January 2006 marked the 100th anniver- In June, the museum welcomed The sary of the National Western Stock Show, and Jewelry of Ben Nighthorse, an exhibit of the

Ben Nighthorse in his studio, below, and one of his creations, left. Photos courtesy of the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado.

4 C OLORADO H ISTORICAL S OCIETY On the Wind by T.D. Kelsey amazing creations of the former Colorado Kenneth R. Chrismer’s senator. Nighthorse is known for his exceptional intricate hand-carved designs and for pushing the boundaries of carousel is 40 inches wide. “Indian jewelry” design. The exhibit opened at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian and is on an exclusive three-year tour of the United States. Kenneth R. Chrismer, a rancher from Colorado’s eastern plains, has spent years cre- ating wood carvings. Chrismer shies away from the spotlight, but he agreed to share a selection of his work for a rare exhibit at the Colorado History Museum. “Chrismer’s dedication to his work and extraordinary talent reveal his inner drive to create,” says Alisa Zahller, associate curator of decorative and fine arts.” The exhibi- tion features a collection of ornate carvings— walking sticks, diorama vignettes, even a miniature carousel inspired by the carousel in Burlington, Colorado—that capture the essence of rural life.

A NNUAL R EPORT 2005–2006 5 Georgetown Loop Historic Mining & Railroad Park sive project made possible by a State Historical Fund grant. he 2006 season of the Georgetown Loop Once restoration was complete this Railroad marked the return of the 1884 spring, the engine made a stop at the Colorado T Colorado & Southern locomotive No. 9, History Museum, where visitors, tourists, and which in its heyday on the C&S narrow-gauge passersby marveled at the unusual sight of a system made regular trips into Clear Creek historic steam engine perched atop a flatbed County and on the Georgetown Loop, pulling truck. “It’s not every day you see a steam both freight and passengers. engine this old restored to such beautiful It was the No. 9 that brought the last pas- condition,” said Society collections manager senger train from Leadville to Denver on April Todd Topper. “The return of the No. 9 places 10, 1937. After active service, the engine was it among the oldest operating steam engines alternately on display or in storage until 2004, in Colorado.” when it went to Uhrich Locomotive Works in From the museum the engine traveled to Strasburg, Colorado, to be restored, an exten- Silver Plume, where its first public appearance on the tracks was at the Clear Creek County Railroad Days festival in May. The No. 9 made a lasting impression on all in attendance, but Society board member Doug Morton was particularly inspired: He pledged on the spot to sponsor the No. 9 in honor of his daughter and son-in-law. “What an opportunity to be part of this longstanding tradition—something that will be here for a long time to come,” he said. “How could I miss out on that?”

CHS board member Doug Morton (left), CHS President & CEO Georgi Contiguglia (right), and Georgetown Loop General Manager Ron Trottier (second from right) cut the ribbon for the restored No. 9 with three Clear Creek County residents who remember riding the train to Denver in its heyday.

Engine No. 9, restored and ready for active service

6 C OLORADO H ISTORICAL S OCIETY El Pueblo History Museum

wo hundred years ago, Zebulon Montgomery Pike led an expedition T through parts of the Louisiana Purchase, including present-day Colorado. Many people know that Pikes Peak is named for this explorer, but the purpose of his voyage is dis- puted. Was Zebulon Pike sent to reconnoiter Spanish territory? Or was he merely exploring the headwaters of the Red River? These questions form the heart of an exhibit at El Pueblo History Museum. Explorer or Spy? The Pike Legacy creates a complex picture of the man associated with Colorado’s most famous peak. “Many people don’t realize how ill-prepared Pike’s expedition was,” says Deborah Espinosa, director of El Pueblo History Museum. “Or that Pike’s ill-fated attempt to scale the ‘Grand Peak’—as he called the mountain that would later bear his name—actually originated from a camp Don Headlee, park ranger for the Army Corps of in Pueblo.” Engineers at John Martin Reservoir, and Deborah This exhibit, which was favorably Espinosa, director of El Pueblo History Museum, mentioned in an Associated Press national celebrate the opening of Explorer or Spy? The Pike Legacy. news story, helped propel El Pueblo History Museum to 23,348 visitors in fiscal year 2006, So many people are curious about the museum a significant increase over 11,732 visitors the that we are now hosting monthly breakfasts to previous year. “We’re reporting increases in keep various community groups apprised of every area,” says Espinosa. our progress.” “We had 200 more stu- El Pueblo History Museum has a great dents in school group deal to talk about in those breakfast meetings. tours; rentals of our In 2007 a new exhibit depicting the history of facility for private Pueblo from a child’s view will open, as will events are up; and another exhibit tentatively titled Descansos: public programs Traditions in Remembering the Dead. “With are in great shape. such a successful year behind us, we have a wonderful foundation on which to place more Lt. Zebulon Montgomery successful programs and exhibits,” remarked Pike: Explorer or Spy? Espinosa.

A NNUAL R EPORT 2005–2006 7 Fort Garland Museum/Pike’s Stockade

ort Garland Museum, once the southern Colorado fort established in F 1858 to protect settlers in the San Luis Valley, received national recognition this year for its Old Stories, New Voices intercul- tural youth program. First Lady Laura Bush presented the Comin’ Up Taller award to program director Bobbe Hultin and eleven- year-old participant Destiney Scott at the White House in January, praising the program for giving “boys and Above: National Endowment for the Humanities girls a deeper understanding of Chairman Bruce Cole, Old Stories, New how people of past genera- Voices program manager Bobbe Hultin, camper tions and diverse cultures lived Destiney Scott, and First Lady Laura Bush in the American West.” Left: New signage greets visitors to the Fort The Old Stories, New Garland Museum. Voices campers are far from the only ones enjoying Fort eagle,” says Andy Stine, assistant Garland and nearby sites. A director of Facilities Services. The crowd of more than 1,000 took part in the stockade, which was constructed in 1952, will annual Memorial Day re-enactor encampment undergo restoration this fall. Meanwhile, the Society’s Program for after Fort Garland was featured on an “Explore Avocational Archaeological Certification Colorado” segment on Denver television (PAAC) completed a three-year project to station 9KUSA. Supported by a State Historical survey the Pike’s Stockade site this year. Fund grant, “Explore Colorado” encourages Volunteers in this award-winning program Coloradans to discover areas of cultural and were first instructed in methods used to inven- historic interest, and helps rural areas develop tory this terrain both for prehistorical and their tourism base. historical archaeological sites, and as sites were Not far from the fort lies Pike’s Stockade, found, they learned procedures for recording where in 1807 the Zebulon Pike expedition and mapping. Most sites in the area are of built a shelter. Interest in the site due to the American Indian affiliation, with both Archaic bicentennial of Pike’s mission led the Bureau (8,000–1,800 years ago) and Late Prehistoric of Land Management and the Society to (1,800–400 years ago) period remains. Several discuss possible impacts of increased visitation thousand items were found during the project, on this pristine area. “We’re concerned about and thirty items were collected to be analyzed maintaining the historical integrity and the through the PAAC lab project in Denver, with a possible impact on species including the final report to be presented at the Colorado southwestern willow flycatcher and the bald Archaeological Society meeting in Cortez.

8 C OLORADO H ISTORICAL S OCIETY Ute Indian Museum

rom opening day of the Ute Indian The Ute Indian Museum offers public Museum in Montrose in July 1956, the events throughout the year which connect F facility has focused on the history of the Indian and non-Indian people with the heritage Ute people in the setting of the original home- of the Ute tribes and Indian culture in general. stead of Chipeta, wife of Ute Chief Ouray. “Our “We present an ongoing series of educational setting is itself a big part of the interpretation classes that gives children and adults hands-on our museum provides,” says CJ Brafford, experiences with Indian culture and crafts. director of the Ute Indian Museum. Through museum programs and outreach To keep that legacy alive, this year the efforts, we create greater awareness, apprecia- museum underwent its most extensive upgrades tion, and understanding of American Indian in more than a decade. Landscaping projects culture,” says Brafford. included the refurbishing of the trails that tra- With a full slate of public events such as verse the property, the addition of an outdoor the annual Chipeta Walk each August and the amphitheater on the grounds, and a second Indian film festival, it’s no wonder the museum event area close to the museum building. This has become an important cultural resource. outdoor programming space will give visitors “We see ourselves as a catalyst for raising aware- opportunities to enjoy the other new improve- ness of the Ute people among visitors from ments: the photo mural depicting the signifi- throughout Colorado and beyond,” says cant people, places, and events in Colorado’s Brafford. “It’s an honor and a pleasure to fulfill Native history, and a new sculpture, Queyaáguak this role, even Nuche Dthamoguah, or Bear Guards the Utes, by more so in an Carol Whitaker. updated facility.”

The Ute Indian Museum celebrates the Ute legacy with the annual Chipeta Walk (left) and cultural presentations (above).

A NNUAL R EPORT 2005–2006 9 Byers-Evans House Museum

ust across the street from the new ultra- group brings new visitors to the museum, and modern Hamilton Building of the Denver has opened the door to other live perform- J Art Museum lies the Byers-Evans House ances,” says museum director Kevin Gramer. Museum, the elegant 1883 home built by “Colorado Homegrown Tales, featuring stories by Rocky Mountain News founder William Byers. Colorado authors, and a new series of folk and This Victorian gem in the heart of the city traditional music performances are furthering hosted 12,500 visitors last year, an increase of our reputation as a unique and intimate venue more than 20 percent. for live entertainment.” Tour groups and the Afternoon Into the The museum made plans this year to Past school group program continue to account redesign its entrance and grounds, including for a healthy portion of the museum’s atten- enhanced flower beds, a trellis highlighting the dance; in fact, Afternoon Into the Past provided museum’s entrance, and a reconfiguration of an entertaining and educational experience for the carriage house entrance. “The growth of 2,854 third and fourth graders last year. To our audience shows that people value main- enhance these tours, the servants’ bedroom taining our historic character, even as our was opened to the public this year, and neighbors embrace a more modern approach,” numerous rugs and Emma Richardson Cherry says Gramer. “It’s a perfect complement to the paintings throughout the house were restored. exciting changes going on throughout the The museum also serves as the perfect Golden Triangle area.” historic setting for live theater, holiday teas, and musical performances. “Our partnership with the Hunger Artists Ensemble theater

Many period furnishings throughout the Victorian Byers-Evans House Museum were restored this year.

10 C OLORADO H ISTORICAL S OCIETY Fort Vasquez Museum

t the Fort Vasquez Museum in Platteville, a major restoration and A enhancement project completed in fall 2005 created a more visitor-friendly environ- ment, leading to an increase in visitors by 56 percent over last year. “We are pleased to welcome more and more people for a quality encounter with authentic area history,” said Gregory Light, the museum’s director. “Our site improvements better explain this storied trading post, thus improving the experience for today’s audience.” The project included an upgrade of the existing adobe walls, improved water drainage, a larger parking lot Above: Stephen LeBlanc’s bison sculpture provides a to the north, new dramatic entrance to Fort Vasquez. interpretive signage, Left: French Canadian voyageur Leon Burlew demonstrates and gravel path- dismantling a tomahawk for Fort Vasquez visitors. ways leading visi- tors through the Capitalizing on its improved site, the fort fort’s activity areas. continues to serve as lead host for tours of the A traditional Cheyenne tipi now graces the site, region’s fur-era posts, where guests visit the evoking a common scene at the this trading sites of several local trading forts. In total, fort more than 160 years ago. more than 200 adults and 650 children partici- Topping off the improvements is the new pated in educational programs at the fort, up 2,700-pound life-sized bison sculpture by local from a total of 453 the year before. artist Stephen LeBlanc. Selected by community “The enhanced visual presence of the fort vote, this new attraction beckons visitors as dramatized by our new sculpture and tipi cer- they approach on US Highway 85. “The bison tainly draws more attention,” continued Light, symbolizes the area’s native game, whose “but its true value is to represent the quality of abundance led to the original establishment of our upgraded facilities and activities. Visitors Fort Vasquez in 1835 by trappers and traders,” validate that every day by giving us more of explained Light. their time and attention.”

A NNUAL R EPORT 2005–2006 11 Trinidad History Museum

he two-story adobe Baca House and the partners hosted a full slate of events, including nearby Victorian Bloom Mansion began exhibits of Mitch’s art, a play based on his T as the residences of prominent Trinidad life, and a lecture by Santa Fe artist Paul residents, but they owe their second lives as Milosevich. house museums in part to A. R. Mitchell, or Doing justice to Mitch’s vision of the “Mitch” as he was affectionately known. This complex as a vibrant community center native of Trinidad was a cowboy, educator, includes continuing annual traditions such as historian, and preservationist, but it is as an the Bloom picnic and creating new program- artist of colorful paintings depicting cowboy ming, such as a classroom curriculum based life that he gained renown. on the museum’s gardens, a garden discovery In 1955, Mitch set his sights on saving kit, and the installation of fifty signs for self- the home of Trinidad pioneers Dolores and guided garden tours. Felipe Baca from demolition, and the Pioneer Further engaging the community, the Museum (now called the Santa Fe Trail Hoehne 4-H Club and the Trinidad 4-H Club Museum) was established on the site the adopted the Baca Kitchen Garden and Sarah following year. Bloom’s Favorite Flower Garden. The clubs In celebration of the museum’s 50th researched and selected native and heirloom anniversary and Mitch’s many contributions to plants for the gardens, and members gave the city, the Trinidad History Museum and its garden tours during special events. “What these kids are doing is truly in the spirit of what Mitch envisioned for this site,” says Paula Manini, director of the Trinidad History Museum. “By literally digging in, they are preserving the history of this place and sharing it with so many others.”

A. R. Mitchell gained fame for his romantic images of cowboy life. Members of the Trinidad 4-H Club work in the Bloom Gardens at the Trinidad History Museum.

12 C OLORADO H ISTORICAL S OCIETY Healy House & Dexter Cabin

epicting life in a booming silver-mining camp, the D 1878 Greek Revival Healy House Museum and 1879 Dexter Cabin in Leadville feature lavish Victorian furnishings, including objects belonging to silver tycoon Horace Tabor. The house has recently been spruced up, receiving a new coat of paint complete with green trim, matching photos from the 1890s. The front porch was also rebuilt, and deteriorating wood The Healy House gardens and a new gazebo offer beautiful views. replaced. But it’s the outdoor amenities community asset. Locals and tourists alike that are receiving rave reviews this year. “A enjoy the annual traditions of the July 4th new gazebo and updated formal garden are Teddy Bear Concert and old-fashioned in place, complemented by Victorian-style sing-along, as well as live historical drama statuary, urns, and bench in keeping with the throughout the summer. Educational tours for 1949 DeBoer design,” says museum director school groups received a boost this year with a Maureen Scanlon. “We’ve received many grant from the Summit Foundation to support compliments on our ‘new’ Victorian look, both development of a child’s tour booklet of the in this garden and the heirloom and native gardens. Under this program, each child also gardens planted a few years ago.” receives a packet of seeds to grow at home. In addition to the beautiful site, the To ensure the museum keeps meeting the museum’s programming remains a treasured needs of the community, recommendations from an assessment completed last fall are being implemented. A recent symposium sought further community input in evaluating the museum’s interpretation. “This has been a year of positive change for the Healy House Museum and Dexter Cabin,” says Scanlon. “But we don’t intend to rest on our laurels; together with the local community, we envision great things for the future.”

The Teddy Bear Concert is a 4th of July tradition.

A NNUAL R EPORT 2005–2006 13 Grant-Humphreys Mansion

arly in the twentieth century, Colorado A new educational program, Life on governor James Benton Grant built Denver’s Quality Hill, uses photos from the E a house at 770 Pennsylvania Street Grant family photo album, hands-on artifacts, in Denver, which was sold to the A. E. and activities to teach third and fourth graders Humphreys family fifteen years later. These about Denver life in the early twentieth days, the Grant-Humphreys Mansion is better century. Through a partnership with Denver known as Denver’s best location for a wedding History Tours, Denver-area students spend the reception, as named by the Rocky Mountain night at the mansion as a stop on a two-day News in 2006. “There’s no way to not feel a tour that includes visits to Four Mile Historic part of history as you dine and dance in its Park, Union Station, and the Byers-Evans elegant interior. The bride and groom always House Museum. look swell descending the grand staircase,” “We’re working on creating more oppor- gushes the News review. “This graceful Beaux tunities to share this beautiful home with Arts masterpiece built in 1902 will make more people,” says Kevin Gramer, the Society’s everyone feel special at your wedding.” director of Denver regional museums. “As a But an invitation to a private event isn’t special place for celebrations and weddings, required to enjoy the elegance of the mansion. or a hands-on classroom where students The mansion participated in the second annual learn more about Denver’s past, the Grant- Doors Open Denver event, as 100 Denver loca- Humphreys Mansion provides a wonderful tions opened their doors to the public in cele- historical character unmatched anywhere.” bration of the city’s unique built environment. Additional tours were offered this year to Society members, special groups, and through the Regional Transportation District (RTD).

Dramatic indoor and outdoor spaces at the Grant-Humphreys Mansion are an elegant setting for events.

14 C OLORADO H ISTORICAL S OCIETY Preservation

hile the Society’s museums are tics; and the North Rim Road of the Black places people can come to have face- Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, which W to-face encounters with the state’s represents the National Park Service landscape past, its preservation efforts keep the state’s past design projects undertaken through the assis- alive right where people live and work every tance of various New Deal programs in the day. Leading these efforts is the Society’s Office 1930s. of Archaeology and Historic Preservation With 176 grants totaling just over $15 (OAHP), a central location for information on million this year, the State Historical Fund preservation issues, guidelines, and resources. (SHF) continued funding vital preservation The day-to-day work of preservation is efforts throughout the state. A strategic plan to carried out by OAHP units such as Information develop heritage tourism in Colorado was Management, which responded to more than 4,900 direct requests for technical assistance and file searches this year and continued maintenance on the COMPASS database of cultural resource information, accessed by more than 12,000 users this year. The Intergovernmental Services Unit helped create five additional Certified Local Governments (CLG) this year, adding Alamosa, Louisville, Pueblo, and the counties of Gilpin and Gunnison to the list of thirty-eight total CLG’s. Projects under review this year for compliance with the National Preservation Act The John and Elivera Doud house in Denver, childhood home of included the I-70 mountain corridor, Mamie Eisenhower Denver Union Station, gas pipelines throughout northern Colorado, and numerous among projects receiving SHF support this year. cell tower projects. The Colorado Tourism Office (CTO) plan capi- The State and National Registers added talizes on the state’s key historical advantages to significant properties in 2005–06. These include encourage visitors to connect with Colorado’s the John and Elivera Doud house in Denver, rich historical heritage. “We are excited about famous as the childhood home of Mamie Doud the way the CTO’s heritage tourism program has Eisenhower and site of her marriage to Dwight developed,” said Mark Wolfe, executive director D. Eisenhower. Also included this year was the of the Fund. “Colorado has so many wonderful Howard Store—or Hooper Town Hall as it is historical resources and the SHF is proud to now known—a modest 1891 commercial have been a part of developing the plan that building with distinctive false front characteris- will bring heritage tourism to Colorado.”

A NNUAL R EPORT 2005–2006 15 Awards

Fourth Annual Governor’s Award for Historic Preservation Trinity United Methodist Church For Restoration of Their Building in Denver

Twentieth Annual Stephen H. Governor Bill Owens (far right) and CHS Board Chairman Phil Hart Awards Karsh (second from right) congratulate Reverend Darrel Mount Grace Episcopal and Trinity United Methodist Church Trustee Lynn Wilcockson on receiving the Governor’s Award for Historic Preservation. Church For Restoration Left: Trinity United Methodist Church of Their Church and the Snetzer Building in Georgetown High Plains Historical Society, Inc. For Restoration of the Nunn Municipal Front Range Research Associates, Inc. Building For Twenty Years of Excellence in Documenting Historic Properties Josephine H. Miles Award Ronald J. Neely For Nearly Thirty-five Years of Leadership in La Plata County Historical Society, Inc. Historic Preservation For the publication Historic Durango, Vol. XI: “Natural Resources—Inviting and Colorado Preservation, Inc. Impacting Development” For Restoration of the Skerritt House in Englewood Caroline Bancroft Award Indian Park School House Association & Johanna Harden Douglas County Kenton H. Forrest, Librarian/Archivist at History Research Center the Colorado Railroad Museum For Stewardship of Human Remains Found in For the Richardson Library Cataloguing Castle Pines Project at the Colorado Railroad Museum

People for Silver Plume, Inc. For Efforts to Preserve Important Historic Leroy R. Hafen Award Buildings in Silver Plume William J. Convery For the essay “Reckless Men of Both Races: The Trinidad War, 1867–68,” published in Colorado History 10 (2004)

16 C OLORADO H ISTORICAL S OCIETY Board of Directors

Colorado Historical Society Board Colorado Historical Foundation of Directors, 2005–2006 Board of Trustees, 2005–2006 Officers & Emeritus Officers Trustees Executive Curtis E. Burton John E. Moye, Chair Tina Bishop Dana H. Crawford William H. Hornby, Vice Chair Donald H. Burkhardt Committee Walter C. Emery Frank A. Kugeler, President John R. Cormey Philip H. Karsh, Chairman Janis H. Falkenberg Joseph W. Halpern, Vice President Dana H. Crawford Joseph W. Halpern, William H. Hornby Carol deB. Whitaker, Vice Stanley Dempsey Vice Chairman Frank A. Kemp President Walter C. Emery W. Bart Berger, Vice Chairman Roger D. Knight III Ruth Falkenberg, Treasurer William S. Falkenberg Frederic K. Conover, Secretary Walter A. Koelbel H. Benjamin Duke III, Secretary Carla Y. Grant Jim McCotter, Treasurer Walter A. Steele Fabby Hillyard Ellen K. Fisher, Ph.D., William F. Wilbur Ex Officio Carleton H. Hutchins Grant Wilkins Susan C. Kirk Executive Committee Philip H. Karsh W. Nicholas V. Mathers, Charlotte L. Neitzel Executive Committee Ex Officio Patricia O’Leary Susan Powers Jon N. Schler, Jenna Langer Thomas E. Rodriguez Executive Committee John E. Moye Roz Schneider Directors Frances Owens Evan R. Anderman, Ph.D. Directors Christian Anschutz Colorado Historical Foundation Cheryl Armstrong Council Mary Lyn Ballantine William S. Hammond, M.D., Revolving Loan Fund Board of Stanley Dempsey Co-Chair Jim Dyer Eleanor V. Vincent, Co-Chair Directors, 2005–2006 Edward E. Ellis Katherine Beise Newell M. Grant Tom Blickensderfer Thomas P. Hagan Curtis E. Burton Officers Directors William S. Hammond, M.D. Martha Wright Cannon Frank A. Kugeler, President Bruce C. O’Connell Vicky Kipp Dana H. Crawford Donald H. Burkhardt, Treasurer Susan Powers Frank A. Kugeler Stuart P. Dodge John E. Moye, Secretary Jon N. Schler Virginia Morrison Love Joan Duncan Peter McCarthy Ed Dwight Douglas N. Morton Walter C. Emery Robert J. Mutaw, Ph.D. Janis Falkenberg Robert J. Nichols Gael M. Fetcher Thomas J. Noel, Ph.D. F.A. Garcia, M.D. The Honorable Carol K. Gossard Robert W. Ogburn Edwin H. Grant, Jr. Ann Pritzlaff Samuel P. Guyton James H. Ranniger James J. Hester, Ph.D. The Honorable Raymond J. Rose James P. Johnson Jennie Rucker, Ed.D. Philip H. Karsh The Honorable Frank A. Kemp Paula E. Sandoval Roger D. Knight III Elizabeth Schlosser Walter A. Koelbel Ellen Robinson Schwartz Alma Kurtz Cynthia Stevenson, Ph.D. Dottie Lamm M. Edmund Vallejo, Ph.D. The Honorable Carlos F. Lucero Edward Vigil Evelyn B. McClearn Gloria Rosener Marty Segelke Walter A. Steele Marcia Tate Dottie Wham Carol deB. Whitaker Lee White Members of the board took a springtime tour of William F. Wilbur several CHS sites, including Pike’s Stockade, to assess Grant Wilkins the facilities’ status and needs.

A NNUAL R EPORT 2005–2006 17 Colorado Historical Society by the Numbers, 2005–2006

7—major exhibitions mounted at CHS museums 1,657—attendees of free day events at the Byers-Evans House Museum 25—historical tours offered by the Society to 1,000 people 2,207—students who participated in 42 educational walking tours 31 —adult— public lectures offered to an audience of 7,630 7,004—members of the Colorado Historical Society 40.54%—increase in visitors to Fort Garland Museum in 2005–2006 29,415—requests for information fielded by the Stephen H. Hart Library 47—American Indian tribes consulted regarding repatriation issues 43,170—users of educational artifact kits 56.4%—increase in visitors to Fort Vasquez 56,169—requests for public assistance Museum in 2005–2006 answered by curatorial and administrative departments 82—events across Colorado in celebration of Archaeology and Historic Preservation Month 64,108—students in Colorado History Museum school group programs 99.01%—increase in visitors to El Pueblo History Museum in 2005–2006 77,480—users of CHS educational videos 153—donations accessioned into the 78,090—sites accessed on the Archaeology permanent collection and Historic Preservation COMPASS database

176—grants awarded by the State Historical 111 ,1 4 5 —schoolchildren and adults who Fund, totaling over $15 million participated in CHS educational programs throughout the state 370—attendees of the 4th of July Teddy Bear concert at the Healy House and Dexter Cabin 325,279—total visitors to 14 CHS museums and historic sites around the state 567—participants in the Senior Ride pilot program in partnership with the Regional 539,534—visits to the CHS website Transportation District 342,876—visits to OAHP website 800—orders for images processed by the CHS Photo Studio Background: Dot Vern, a “Bronco-busting cowgirl” and main attraction of the 1916 Barnum and Bailey Circus, is featured in A Woman’s Place… Is on the Range at the Colorado History Museum.

18 C OLORADO H ISTORICAL S OCIETY 2005–2006 Attendance

Regional Museums and Historic Sites 6. Georgetown Loop Historic Mining and Railroad Park, 1. Colorado History Museum, Georgetown—69,175 Denver—149,020 Lebanon Silver Byers-Evans House Mine—(included in Museum, Denver— railroad figure) 12,455 18,075

Grant-Humphreys 7. Healy House and Dexter Mansion, Denver—16,298 Cabin, Leadville—5,739

2. El Pueblo History 8. Trinidad History Museum, Pueblo— Museum, Trinidad— 23,348 6,420

3. Fort Garland 9. Ute Indian Museum, Museum, Fort Garland—11,635 Montrose—12,491

4. Pike’s Stockade, La Jara (attendance not monitored) Colorado Historical Society— Total 2005–06 attendance: 325,279*

5. Fort Vasquez Museum, *Pearce-McAllister Cottage (operated by Museum of Miniatures, Platteville—10,751 Dolls, and Toys) and the Colorado Executive Residence are included in the total.

Dinosaur National Rocky Mountain Monument 76 National Park 40 25 85

36 5 Platteville Fort Vasquez Museum 40 Denver Georgetown 1 Colorado History Museum Silver Plume Byers-Evans House Museum 70 Georgetown 6 Grant-Humphreys Mansion Loop Historic Mining Healy House & Railroad Park & 70 Dexter Cabin 7 Lebanon Silver Mine Grand Junction Leadville 24 Colorado 50 Springs Ute Indian 285 El Pueblo Museum 9 History Montrose Museum 2 Pueblo 50 25

550 17 Fort Garland Mesa Verde Museum National Park Alamosa Trinidad 160 3 160 History La Jara 4 Fort Garland Durango Museum Pike’s Stockade 159 8 Trinidad

A NNUAL R EPORT 2005–2006 19 Financial Summary

Summary of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balance for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006

General Operations FY 2005–06 Support and Revenue by Source State Appropriation—Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad 260,000 Limited Gaming Revenue—Society Operations 4,954,226 Limited Gaming Revenue State Appropriation—Capital Construction 651,089 State/Federal Grants 2,662,089 Museum Admissions and Rental Fees 518,507 Sales of Goods and Services 522,114 Interest and Royalties 30,414 Donations and Membership Fees 952,527 Insurance Proceeds 6,191 Total Support and Revenues 10,557,157

Expenditures by Program Collections and Library 1,068,505 Regional Museums and Sites 1,247,010 Educational Programs and Publications 1,302,119 Historic Preservation 1,141,403 Marketing and Public Relations 228,069 Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad 260,000 Administrative, Support Services and Volunteers 1,703,946 Museum Stores 173,891 Membership and Development 499,425 Restricted Gift and Grant Projects 540,994 Capital Projects 2,553,246 Total Expenditures 10,718,608 Expenditures in Excess of Revenues (161,451) Less: Non-Budgetary Accrual Adjustments (1) Beginning Fund Balance, June 30, 2005 1,197,721 Ending Fund Balance, June 30, 2006 1,036,269

Background: William Henry Jackson’s 1906 image of Denver’s City Park Lake was featured in Then and Now II.

20 C OLORADO H ISTORICAL S OCIETY Colorado Historical Society Staff

Administration Georgianna Contiguglia, President & CEO and State Historic Preservation Officer Jennifer Adams, Executive Assistant to the President

Administrative Services Financial Affairs Susan S. Riehl, Chief Financial Officer Connie Butler, Account and Payroll Administrator Hai Shan Ellis, Business Applications Analyst/Special Projects Lillie Fuller, Junior Accountant/HR Generalist Human Resources James K. Davidson, Human Resources Manager Education department members Robyn Jacobs, Marilyn Lindenbaum, Bobbe Hultin, and Mary Ann McNair Information Technology John Fornarola, Chief Technology Officer Ben Schoville, Cultural Resource Information State Historical Fund Tenzin Gyaltsen, Tech Support Specialist Estella Cole, Historic Preservation Specialist Aaron Theis, Cultural Resource Information Laurie Dunklee, Public Relations Specialist Specialist Gheda Gayou, Historic Preservation Specialist Archaeology and Anne Winslow, Cultural Resource Information Michael Hunt, Grants Assistant Specialist Historic Preservation Debbie Johnson, Grant Systems Coordinator Susan Collins, Ph.D., State Archaeologist and Intergovernmental Services Lorraine Johnston, Grants Assistant Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer Andy Lucero, Database Assistant Dan Corson, Director for Archaeology Anne McCleave, Historic Preservation Greg Wolff, Compliance Coordinator Mark Wolfe, Director, State Historical Fund Specialist Amy Pallante, Compliance Coordinator and Deputy State Historic Preservation Alyson McGee, Public Outreach Coordinator Joseph Saldibar, Architectural Services Officer for History Lyle Miller, Outreach Specialist Coordinator Lori Brocesky, Executive Assistant to the State Gloria Muniz, Contracts Officer Cyril Padilla, Grants Assistant Archaeologist Office of State Archaeologist Joyce May, Administrative Assistant II Nan Rickey, Historic Preservation Specialist Kevin Black, Assistant State Archaeologist Rachel Simpson, Outreach Specialist Information Management Thomas Carr, Staff Archaeologist James Stratis, Preservation Projects Manager Todd McMahon, GIS Survey Archaeologist, Pat Wilson, Administrative Assistant Mary Sullivan, Director Librarian Brenda Jendraszkiewicz, Cultural Resource Information Specialist Preservation Planning Lovella Learned Kennedy, Cultural Resource Collections and Information Specialist Dale Heckendorn, National and State Register Library Suzanne Koehler, Cultural Resource Coordinator Elisa Phelps, Director Information Specialist Chris Geddes, National and State Register Historian Heather Peterson, Cultural Resource Books and Manuscripts Information Specialist Holly Wilson, National and State Register Sarah Rothwell, Cultural Resource Information Historian Keith Schrum, Curator Specialist Mary Therese Anstey, Architectural Survey Patrick Fraker, Associate Curator Emily Salazar, Cultural Resource Information Coordinator Margi Aguiar, Serials Manager Specialist Erika Schmelzer, Cultural Resource Collections Management Information Specialist Todd Topper, Director Melissa Bechhoefer, Registrar

A NNUAL R EPORT 2005–2006 21 Decorative and Fine Arts Security and Admissions Moya Hansen, Curator Steve Golden, Director Alisa Zahller, Associate Curator Vernell Crump, Security Guard Debbie Guerrero, Security Guard Material Culture Chris Piper, Security Guard Bridget Ambler, Acting Curator James Peterson, Curatorial Assistant Richard Wilshusen, NAGPRA Liaison Interpretive Photography and Films Services Angelica Docog, Director Eric Paddock, Curator Judy Steiner, Associate Curator Design and Production Stephen H. Hart Library Vi Tran, Director Mark Wanker, Carpenter Rebecca Lintz, Director Dirk Westervelt, Museum/Exhibit Barbara Dey, Reference Librarian Membership and Development staff members Technician Jay DiLorenzo, Staff Photographer Nancy Freimuth, Laura Henning, Angela Larry Zeschin, Preparator Karyl Klein, Library Technician Caudill, and Colleen Magorian with “Elvis” Ruba Sadi, Library Technician Education Jean Settles, Information Officer Michael (Spydr) Wren, Arts Professional Bobbe Hultin, Tour Director Carol Hogg, Administrative Assistant II Regional Museums Robyn Jacobs, Adult Public Programs Byers-Evans House Museum, Facilities Services Coordinator Grant-Humphreys Mansion Marilyn Lindenbaum, School/Youth Programs Joseph Bell, Director Kevin Gramer, Director Coordinator Andy Stine, Assistant Director Kristie Butler, Museum Guide Mary Ann McNair, Coordinator of Educational Melissa Brock, Project Coordinator Dan Hupp, Maintenance Mechanic Materials Arlin Tawzer, Office Manager Debbie Golden, Mansion Event Coordinator Michael Stoetzel, Projects Manager Research and Publications Shawn Snow, Museum Assistant Michael (Spydr) Wren, Arts Professional Modupe Labode, Ph.D., Chief Historian and El Pueblo History Museum Director of Research Deborah Espinosa, Director Ben Fogelberg, Editor Kathleen Eriksen, Education Coordinator Steve Grinstead, Managing Editor Kathleen Byers, Administrative Assistant I Susan Romansky, Graphics Assistant Truman Pooler, Structural Trades Outreach and Fort Garland Museum and Pike’s Stockade Development Rick Manzanares, Director Carol C. Whitley, Director Edward (Joey) Gallegos, Structural Trades Development and Membership Fort Vasquez Museum Cathy Ditamore, Fund Raising Database Gregory Light, Director Manager Tamara Durstine, Major Gifts Officer Georgetown Loop Historic Nancy Freimuth, Development Officer Mining and Railroad Park Colleen Magorian, Research Manager Lee Behrens, Director Jackie Clare, Membership Director Marketing and Public Relations Healy House and Dexter Cabin Maureen Scanlon, Director Kelly Williams, Marketing Director Rebecca Laurie, Public Relations Director Trinidad History Museum Rita Rollman, Museum Rentals Manager Paula Manini, Director Volunteers Ute Indian Museum Angela Caudill, Volunteer Manager CJ Brafford, Director Facility Services Assistant Director Andy Stine

22 C OLORADO H ISTORICAL S OCIETY Staff Professional Activities

Mary Therese Anstey Angela Caudill • Attendee, NTHP Leadership Training • CVA, Certified Volunteer Administrator • President, Directors of Volunteers in Melissa Bechhoefer Agencies • Recipient, NEH scholarship to the • Conference chair, Colorado Conference Campbell Center for Historic on Volunteerism (CCOV) Preservation • Workshop presenter, CCOV • Auction Committee Chair, MPMA • Membership Committee member, Estella Cole MPMA • Secretary, Board of Directors, Rocky Mountain Chapter, APT Lee Behrens • Tour organizer, Rocky Mountain • Corporate Secretary, Historic Chapter, APT Georgetown, Inc. • Author, “RMC/APT Tours to Manitou • Member, Historic District Public Lands and Wyoming State Capitol”, APT Commission and Silver Heritage Area Communique quarterly magazine Partnership • Secretary, Loop Communications Susan Collins Committee • Member, National Association of State Archaeologists recruitment panel CJ Brafford at the unveiling of the Kevin Black • Member, National Conference of State Ute Indian Museum’s new sculpture • Presenter, Rocky Mountain Historic Preservation Officers Anthropological Conference compliance task force • Presenter, CAS annual meeting • Discussant, Mesa Verde Centennial ABBREVIATIONS • Editor, Southwestern Lore, CAS quarterly Archaeological Symposium AAM—American Association of Museums journal AASLH—American Association for State and • Author, “Colorado Archaeology,” Georgianna Contiguglia Local History Southwestern Lore, Winter 2005 issue • Member, Capitol Building Advisory AIA—American Institute of Architects • Completed the PAAC Training Survey at Committee APT—Association for Preservation Pike’s Stockade State Historic • Member, Governor’s Residence Advisory Technology Monument in Conejos County, CO Committee CAS—Colorado Archaeological Society • Added option of college credit for PAAC • Member, Scenic and Historic Byways CCRA—Colorado Community courses through Adams State College’s Commission Revitalization Association Extended Studies Program • Elected to the board of directors of AAM CHS—Colorado Historical Society • Peer Reviewer, AAM CPI—Colorado Preservation, Inc. Thomas Carr • Presenter, Collections Planning: From Idea MPMA—Mountains and Plains Museum • Plenary session chair/presenter, Rocky to Action, AAM Association Mountain Anthropological Conference, • Member, Audit Committee, AASLH NEH—National Endowment for the Park City, Utah • Author, “The State Historical Society and Humanities • Co-curator, From Nordenskiold to Preservation of the Centennial State,” NTHP—National Trust for Historic Nusbaum: Photography, Archaeology, and Colorado Preservationist, winter 2005–06 Preservation Tourism in the Early Years PAAC—Program for Avocational of Mesa Verde National Archaeological Certification Park, joint exhibition, SHF—State Historical Fund CHS and Denver Public Library • Artist and presenter, Bridget Ambler Presence within • Co-curator, Tribal Paths: Colorado’s Abandonment, American Indians, 1500 to Today exhibit photography exhibition, • Staff coordinator, CHS American Indian BLM Anasazi Heritage Advisory Council Center, Dolores, • President-Elect, Colorado Council of Colorado Professional Archaeologists • Co-presenter, local history lecture, annual Historic Boggsville Celebration Bridget Ambler (third from left) represents CHS in NAGPRA consultations

A NNUAL R EPORT 2005–2006 23 Dan Corson Moya Hansen Alyson McGee • Session manager and presenter, NTHP • Board member, Black American West • Commission Member, Fort Collins conference Museum Landmark Preservation Commission • Session manager, CPI conference • Tour leader, American Quilt Study • Member, Anti-vandalism Task Force • Vice-chair, University of Colorado at Group tour of quilts and coverlets in • Member, CPI conference planning Boulder History Advisory Board Denver collections committee • Member, executive committee of the • Presenter, CPI conference National Alliance of Preservation Modupe Labode Commissions • Reviewer, SHF mini-grants Todd McMahon • Member, Colorado History Day • Member, Miles/Bancroft history awards • Presenter, “Discerning Prehistoric Executive Council committee Landscapes in Colorado and the Mesa • Presenter, smart growth conference, • Author, Black History Month articles, Verde Region Using a Kernel Density Denver YourHub.com (KDE) Method”, 2006 Computer • Author, article on helping small • Panel member, “From Donors to Applications and Quantitative Methods Certified Local Governments meet Delinquents”, MPMA conference in Archaeology Conference, Fargo, requirements, The Alliance Review • Member, City of Denver Cultural Affairs North Dakota Commission • Author, “The Promise of Jay DiLorenzo • Judge, Denver History Day and Geocomputational Analysis for • Adjunct Instructor in photography, Colorado History Day Prehistoric Landscapes from the Mesa Metropolitan State College of Denver Verde Region” Southwestern Lore Rebecca Laurie 72(2):15-31 Laurie Dunklee • Member, Public • Member, Denver Woman’s Press Club Relations Society of • Winner, Denver Woman’s Press Club America In-House Writer’s Contest • CHS representative, Denver Metro Tamara Durstine Convention and • Recipient, AAM-DAM Fellowship, AAM Visitors Bureau and annual meeting Downtown Denver Partnership Ben Fogelberg • Presenter, Western Voices: 125 Years of Gregory Light Colorado Writing, Metropolitan State • Member, 1st Cavalry College of Denver history department Division Association • Member, National Eagle Scout Patrick Fraker Association • Curator, Falkenberg Gallery exhibition How History is Lost and Found Rebecca Lintz • Archivist, Society of Michael “Spydr” Wren (left) and Michael Stoetzel Gheda Gayou Rocky Mountain • Treasurer, Rocky Mountain Chapter, APT Archivists (right) enjoy the views on the Georgetown Loop. • Member, AIA Historic Preservation • Special Library Committee Representative, Collaborative • Guest lecturer, Silverton preservation Digitization Program Mary Ann McNair group • Advisory Board, Colorado’s Historic • Presenter, student teacher programs, Newspaper Collection University of Colorado and Kevin Gramer • Presenter, Using Colorado’s Historic Metropolitan State College of Denver • Presenter, The Use of Historic Sites for Newspaper Collection Online, AASLH • Member, Miles/Bancroft history award Events, MPMA annual meeting annual meeting committee • Guest presenter, Using Historic Resources, Steve Grinstead secondary school teachers Colleen Magorian • Author, “Alternative Healing at the Anne McCleave • Member, Colorado Professional Crossroads,” Colorado Heritage • Juror, Historic Preservation Alliance of Researchers for Advancement (CPRA) • Presenter, Western Voices: 125 Years of Colorado Springs Historic Preservation Colorado Writing, Metropolitan State Awards Paula Manini College of Denver history department • Editor, “The Caches: Museum News,” Wagon Tracks quarterly newsletter of the Santa Fe Trail Association

24 C OLORADO H ISTORICAL S OCIETY • Secretary, Santa Fe Trail Symposium Sarah Rothwell • Contributing author, The Archaeology of Committee • Presenter, Colorado Women’s Chamber Chaco Canyon: An Eleventh Century • Member, Downtown Committee of the of Commerce career day Pueblo Regional Center, edited by Steve Trinidad/Las Animas County Economic Lekson Development office Joe Saldibar • Presenter, local chapter of CAS and local • President, Scenic Highway of Legends school groups • Member, University of Colorado at Boulder Historic Resources Advisory Lyle Miller Committee Mark Wolfe • Member, Lakewood Landmarks • Session presenter, tax credit projects in • Member, Board of Directors, CPI Committee Denver, CPI conference • Member, Board of Directors, CCRA • Member, CPI Endangered Places • Session presenter, post-World War II • Member, Heritage Tourism Committee, selection committee neighborhoods, CPI conference Colorado Tourism Office • Presenter, Denver Tramway History, • Presenter, New Mexico State Transportation Solutions Conference Keith Schrum Preservation Conference • Presenter, Downtown Salida workshop • Curator, A Woman’s Place…Is on the • Attendee, CCRA Main Street conference Range exhibit Greg Wolff • Attendee, annual meeting of Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists Eric Paddock Erika Schmelzer • Instructor in history of photography, • Reviewer, SHF mini-grants University of Colorado at Denver • Reviewer, Certified Local Government Alisa Zahller • Author, interview with photographer grants • Project Director, Preserving Colorado Robert Adams, Along Some Rivers (New Communities: The Italians of Denver York: Aperture, 2006) project Rachel Simpson • Chair, Colorado Italian American Amy Pallante • Member, CPI Endangered Places Preservation Association selection committee • Presenter, Section 106 training to HUD, • Co-curator, Uncovering the Exceptional: • Member, NTHP conference diversity GSA, CDOT/FHWA, and military base A Colorado Carver’s View exhibit scholarship selection committee staff and/or applicants • Recipient, Leadership Award for historic • Presenter, CPI conference preservation, Rocky Mountain Italian Mary Sullivan American Chamber of Commerce James Peterson • Reviewer, SHF mini-grants • Recipient, Colorado Primo Award for • Reviewer, CLF grants Cultural Ambassador of the Year • Researcher, historic images for Tribal • Presenter, archaeology basics, Kelly • Contributor, Italians in America, by Paths: Colorado’s American Indians, 1500 School fourth grade Vincenza Scarpaci to Today exhibit • Contributor and presenter, “Dissolving Todd Topper Images: The Consequences of Italian Heather Peterson • Exhibit Hall Coordinator, MPMA annual American Diaspora,” Rome, Italy • Reviewer, SHF mini-grants meeting • Presenter, Labeling and Storing • Collections Committee Chair, Rocky Photographs, Cherry Creek Valley Mountain Quilt Museum Board of Historical Society Directors • Guide, walking tour of LoDo, Stober • Presenter, Colorado-Wyoming Elementary third grade Association of Museums annual meeting Elisa Phelps • Judge, AAM “Excellence in Exhibition” Carol Whitley competition • Board member, Development and • Session presenter, collections planning, Membership Standing Professional AAM annual conference Committee of AAM • Judge, Tesoro Foundation annual Indian • Chair, Fellowship Committee, Art Market DAM/AAM • Guest speaker, Best Practices in Collections • Presenter, AAM annual meeting Stewardship, U.S. Army Museum System annual training course • Co-chair, MPMA Curators Committee Richard Wilshusen • Presenter, 2006 SAA annual meeting, Associate curator Alisa Zahller and San Juan, Puerto Rico volunteer Jean Woytek Susan Romansky • Contributing author, The Mesa Verde • Judge, 2006 MPMA publications design World: Explorations in Ancestral Puebloan competition Archaeology, edited by David Grant Noble

A NNUAL R EPORT 2005–2006 25 Volunteers

hey are the first to greet museum visitors tasting event at the Grant-Humphreys at the front desk, they share the magic Mansion. More Across Colorado, the Volunteers’ T of history with curious school children, second cookbook, has sold over 2,400 copies and they help tourists select the perfect sou- since its release last August. And Queen of the venir in the museum stores. Hill, a book about the Behind the scenes, they care Executive Residence originally for some of the 12 million published by volunteers Jean objects in the Society’s collec- Walton Smith and Elaine tions, they conduct research Colvin Walsh in 1979, is that informs the content of currently being updated in our exhibits, and they assist partnership with First Lady in nearly every administrative Frances Owens for a fall 2006 area of the Society. They are release. the Volunteers of the The success of their Colorado Historical Society, a fund-raising efforts enabled Vince Tagliavore volunteers on the corps of 575 dedicated volun- the volunteers to make Italians of Denver project. teers throughout the state, $25,900 in grants to twelve who last year provided nearly 53,000 hours of departments throughout the organization, service to the Society, a donation valued at including the Byers-Evans House Museum, Fort $930,000. Vasquez, the photography department, and the The Volunteers’ “can-do” attitude extends education department. “We had a successful into special projects that help the Society meet year, and are pleased to donate these funds to its mission. In addition to ongoing programs the organization we are all here to support,” such as fashion shows, the speakers’ bureau, said Ed Ellis, President of the Volunteers. “It’s and geranium sale, the Volunteers raised just another way we are doing our best to help $12,800 through their second annual wine the Society be its best.”

Volunteers of the Colorado Historical Society

KEY: Mrs. Marianne A. Galbreath, Mrs. Margaret J. Greivel Volunteers Volunteers who contributed Treasurer Ms. Elizabeth A. Heid Mrs. Joanne L. Abbott over 100 hours of service at the Mrs. Joyce C. Mast, Ms. Judy Henning Dr. Heraldo Acosta Colorado Historical Society are Recording Secretary Mrs. Linda L. Jensen Ms. Jacqui Ainlay-Conley listed in blue Mrs. Mary Kim Rietman, Mrs. Patricia Krupa • Ms. Leigh E. Akiyama Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Kathleen Marrs Ms. Donna D. Alber • Deceased Mrs. Gloria Rosener, Mrs. Katherine A. Miller Mrs. Rosemary Aldred Past President Ms. Marilyn A Nelson Mrs. Wilma N. Allen Ms. Jennifer M. Robbins Ms. Laura Allis Executive Board Committee Chairs Miss Ren Roob Ms. Barbara Althouse Mr. Edward E. Ellis, Mrs. Anita Allen Mr. John S. Russell Mr. Donald Alvis President Mrs. Susan Chambers Mrs. Jean Stuck Mr. Larry H. Amman Miss Judith E. Sullivan, Ms. Nancy J. Dafni Mrs. Rae S. Wiseman Mr. Phil Anaya Vice President Mrs. Mary M. Flowers Ms. Julie P. Anderies

26 C OLORADO H ISTORICAL S OCIETY Ms. Ariana Andreatta Mr. Jay M. Caudill Mr. E. Frank Dowling, III Mr. Manuel Gamboa Ms. Ashley Andreatta Mrs. Nancy Chamberlin Mrs. Margaret Driggs Mrs. Deanna E. Ganskow Mrs. Carol R. Andrews Mrs. Pam Chambers Mr. Roland X. DuCote Ms. Stephanie Garcia Reverend John J. Andrews Ms. Daniella J. Channel Mr. Denis A. DuFresne Mrs. Katherine Gardiner Mr. Philip D. Antonelli Ms. Mindy J. Chapman The Family of Ken Dusenberry The Family of Ms. Connie J. Arambulo Mr. Scott R. Chmelka Mrs. Lou Duvall Stanley A. Gardner Ms. Barbara Arnett Mrs. Mary Ruth Church Mrs. Martha Dyckes Ms. W. J. Gardner Mrs. Verna E. Ash Ms. Erin Cicak Mrs. Mary Elliott Mrs. Bonnie J. Garramone Mr. Travis Atruell Ms. Bonnie Clark Mrs. Edith E. Ellison Ms. Ginny D. Gelbach Ms. Judy P. Atwater Mrs. Edna C. Clark Ms. Cynthia A. Elston Ms. Ann Genova Mrs. Anne P. Bailey Ms. Marilynn Clark Ms. Deloris Emery Ms. Estella Genova Mrs. Carolyn L. Ball Mr. George Cole Ms. Bonnie Emge Ms. Lisa M. Giannascoli Mrs. Arleda Ballard Mrs. Marie E. Cole Mr. Richard Eriksen Mr. Neal D. Gilmore Dr. Jack Ballard Mr. Jim Colson The Family of Ron Erwin Mrs. Dorothy M. Glaros Ms. Dolores Ballejo Ms. Karen Comeau Ms. Linda Escobado Ms. Rose Mary Glista Mr. Donald E. Barrett Ms. Margaret A. Conable Ms. Charlotte M. Eskridge Dr. Dick Goddard Mrs. Lila Mae Bartlo Ms. Patricia A. Conly Mr. Martin C. Everitt Mr. Levi Gonzales Ms. Alma Baynes Mr. Henry Gonzalez Ms. Eva M. Bechtold Mrs. Ilene M. Good Mrs. Doreen E. Beenck Ms. Susan Gordon-Lathrop Ms. Ann M. Bengtson Ms. Jill Gray The Family of James Berg Ms. Corine Gray-Koffman Ms. Ilene Bergsmann Ms. Phyllis Greb Mrs. Sybil W. Binder Ms. Christine M. Grebenc Mrs. Smokie Bischoff Mrs. Mary Ellen Greene Mr. Doug Blake Miss Stephanie E. Grewe Mrs. Roberta C. Blanc Ms. Elena M. Griffith Mrs. Iris L. Blancett Mr. Lloyd W. Gundy Mrs. Maralyn S. Boland Mrs. Marjorie M. Haagenson Mrs. Carol Bolton Mrs. Mary E. Hadad Mr. Rooster Bonner Mrs. Arlene R. Hansen Mr. Mark E. Bosler Mrs. Patricia A. Harding Mrs. Norma J. Bovee The Family of Noel Harlan The Family of Les Boyer Mrs. Peggy Harper Mrs. Camille Bradford Gloria Rosener congratulates Susan Chambers on her The Family of Charles Harris Ms. Ruth M. Breashears Volunteer of the Year Award. The Family of Harold Harris The Family of Jerome Brillhart Ms. Linda L. Harris Mrs. Elinor K. Brisch Ms. Verna Harris Ms. Jean M. Brock Mrs. Lucille L. Conners Mrs. Martha W. Ewald Mrs. Mary C. Hartley Mrs. Catharine S. Brooks Mr. William J. Convery, III Mr. Gary W. Ewer Mr. Robert E. Hartley Mrs. Em Broughton Mr. Donald L. Cook Mr. Leonard Failkowski Mrs. Julie Hartman Mr. Claude Brown Ms. Pat Cook Mrs. Janis Falkenberg Mrs. Mary T. Hartman Mr. Robert L. Brown Ms. Melissa Cordova Mr. Lonnie L. Farmer Ms. Kathleen M. Harty Ms. Marian B. Bullis The Family of Tamara Cordova Mrs. M.M. Fast Mrs. Hjordis Hawkins Ms. Robin Burchardt Mr. Richard L. Cornwell Mrs. Debra B. Faulkner Mrs. Eleanor C. Hayden Mrs. Susan H. Burrows Mrs. Joan Cotton Ms. Diane Fay Mr. Erwin R. Hayes Mr. Edwin J. Busch Ms. Georgiann Crickett Ms. Barbara C. Fenton Mrs. Jeanne L. Heimbuck Mrs. Eleanor Busch Ms. B. J. Croall Mrs. Barbara Ferguson Mrs. Dorothy Herbertson Mrs. Corrine M. Bush Mrs. Jo Anne Curran Mrs. Jan Ferraro Mrs. Marjorie L. Hill Mrs. Barbara J. Bushacher Mr. Thomas E. Curran Ms. Rebekah Fife Mrs. Mary Ann Hire Mrs. Nancy Buter Janet M. Dawson Mrs. Susan Finzel-Aldred Mr. Robert W. Hirsch The Family of Leslie Cahill Ms. Dawn M. DeAno Ms. Jane Fix Mrs. Rosalyn A. Hirsch Mrs. Joanne Caldwell Ms. Claudia Deasy Ms. Barbara A. Ford Ms. Eleanor M. Hixon Mrs. Nancy A. Campbell Dr. James Delaney Mrs. Shirley S. Fowler Mrs. Mary Ellen Hobbs Mrs. Peggy G. Campbell Ms. Jennifer Dibbern Ms. Jessaca Fox Mrs. Shirley M. Hobson Mrs. Elizabeth J. Candelario Ms. Carol M. Dietz The Family of JoAnn Franke Mrs. Catherine M. Hoerter Mr. Gregg Capple Ms. Connie A. Dineen Ms. Joyce E. Fresques Mrs. Faith Hofstader Ms. Claudia Carbone Ms. Frances Doak The Family of John Frey Ms. Helen Q. Holden Ms. Janet S. Carl Mrs. Jean Dochter Ms. Lily Fugita Mr. Derek J. Holmgren The Family of Sam Carleton Mr. Bob Donovan Mr. Dennis L. Gahagen Mr. Dave Houghton Ms. Ida J. Casagranda Ms. Anne Dougherty Mrs. Charlene L. Gail Mr. Jim B. Howard Mrs. Lynn Castelo Ms. Louann S. Douglass Mr. Gary W. Galbreath Ms. Cindy Howell

A NNUAL R EPORT 2005–2006 27 Ms. Doris Huchthausen Ms. Stephanie Longsdorf Mrs. Jean S. Meeks Ms. Maxine Obleski Mr. Bill Huito Mrs. Sally Longwell Mrs. Marge Melle Ms. Krista S. Obney Ms. Corinne V. Hunt Mr. Philip C. Lovato Mr. Curtis Menefee Ms. Joanne Ogren Mr. Matthew Hunzeker Ms. Barbara Lovell-Reid Ms. Jonna M. Meyer Ms. Sharon Oh-Willeke The Family of Dora Hyder Miss Caroline J. Lowsma Mrs. Jeanette A. Millar Mr. Stan Oliner Mr. Alan C. Iannacito Mrs. Paula Lucas Mr. Kent S. Miller Ms. Pat O’Neil The Family of Archie Ingram Ms. Gloria Lucci Ms. Marcella T. Miller Ms. Naoma O’Neill Ms. Alice Inzel Mrs. Alvera K. Ludwig • Ms. Mary Ellen Miller Ms. Ann Orr Ms. Pamela Jacobson Mrs. Florence O. Lyons Mr. Gary Mills Miss Katy R. Oyler Ms. Savannah Jameson Mrs. Dory Macaluso Ms. Martha Milne The Family of Diane Pacheco Mrs. Sharon R. Jarrett Ms. Elizabeth MacDougall Mr. Roy Miltner Mr. Donald H. Palmer Mrs. Mary Lou Jeffers Mrs. Marjorie E. MacLachlan Ms. Linda Mishkin Ms. Joan E. Palmer Mr. Fredrick O. Jeffries Mr. Paul Malkoski Mrs. Marianne Mishmash Dr. Frank J. Palmeri Mrs. Dorothy Jeltema Mr. Jim C. Mangus Mr. Noel D. Mitchell Ms. Heidi M. Palombi Mr. Charlie Johnsen Ms. Lavona J. Marlowe Mr. Michael Moore Mrs. Elizabeth Papp Ms. Betty Johnson Ms. Merlinda Marquez The Family of Sam Moore Ms. Peggy Pappas Miss Jessica A. Johnson Mrs. Jean Marshall Mr. Gene Morton Mrs. Anne Parker Ms. Ruthanne Johnson Mr. Ernest Martin Mrs. Vicki A. Morton Mrs. Claire B. Parker Mrs. Tommie Johnson Mr. Steven G. Parker Ms. Tracey Johnson Mrs. Marlene L. Parrish Mr. John H. Jones • Mrs. Bonnie J. Pastor • Mrs. Frances M. Jorgenson Mr. Clay Patterson Ms. Marjorie Joseph Mrs. Mabel Pattridge Mr. Vince Juliano Ms. Dottie Paul Mrs. Marion E. Jump Mr. Monte L. Peecher Ms. Mavis A. Kacena Mrs. Edna L. Pelzmann Ms. Lorraine A. Kahler Ms. Marian R. Pennington Mr. Michael E. Kary Mrs. Vivian R. Pereboom Miss Phyllis E. Kauffman Miss Gerry Pergola Ms. Sondra Kaye Miss Ann Pershin The Family of Micky Kelly Mrs. Joanne Peters The Family of Roy Kelly Mr. Ted W. Peters Mrs. Paula J. Kendrick Ms. Debbie Pettigreir Ms. Marita M. Kenney Ms. Kristi J. Phelan The Family of Ron Kessler Ms. Justrailia Phillips Mrs. Gail L. Khasawneh Ms. Carol Pickerel Sharon Kiefer, D.D.S. Jean Stuck, Phil Lovato, and Mary Flowers Mrs. Christy Pickett Mr. Eric Kjeseth The Family of Sam Pisciotta Ms. Lucy Kissell • Ms. Gail L. Pitts Ms. Sandi A. Klatt Miss Jennifer Martin Mrs. Shirley Moschetti Mr. Roger Poston Ms. Helen Kneib Ms. Loretta J. Martin Dr. John P. Moyer Mrs. Mary Anne Potts The Family of George Knox Mrs. Connie Martinez Mrs. Margaret Moyer The Family of Dick Power The Family of Matt Knox The Family of Pat Martinez Ms. Mary D. Muir Mr. John C. Pringle Mrs. Janet W. Kraus • Ms. Sharon Martinez The Family of Steve Muller Ms. Meredith Provera Mr. Paul Kraus Dr. Deborah Martinez-Marinez Mr. Terry D. Murphy Mr. Richard Pryor Mr. Bob Krieckhouse Ms. Hadley Mauro Mrs. Dixie Myers Mr. Brian Pulk Mr. Harold A. La Fleur, Jr. Ms. Denise L. McCammon Mrs. Pat Nading-Amman Mrs. Susan M. Purcell Mrs. Lillian M. La Fleur The Family of Seana McCarty Mr. Ronald S. Nagy Mrs. Ernie L. Pyle Mr. Manuel Labor Mr. Roland McCook Mrs. Eileen Naiman Mrs. Patricia R. Quade The Family of Tim Lambert The Family of Alan McFadden Mrs. Marilyn G. Naper Ms. Indra E. Raj Ms. Katherine Larock Mr. Pat McFarland Ms. Wilma M. Naranjo Mr. H. D. Rauchenstein Ms. Jean M. Larrick Mrs. Carol A. McGarr The Family of Braxton Neely Mrs. Patricia Rauchenstein Miss Harriet J. Latham Mr. Leo McGinnis Mrs. Carol Neiswonger Mrs. Della Ray Mr. William Lathrop Ms. Pamela A. McGivern Miss Katy E. Nellsch Mrs. Lena F. Raymond Ms. Peggy Y. Law Mr. Frank A. McGregor Ms. Cynthia K. Nelson Mr. William J. Raymond The Family of Lynne Lawlor Mrs. Mae McGregor Mrs. Nancy A. Nelson Mr. Samuel J. Redman The Family of Jerry Leitschuh Mr. Jack C. McKee Mr. Robert D. Nelson Mrs. Ginger M. Reichert The Family of Barney Leon Ms. Kathy McLaughlin Mrs. Sharon L. Newman Mr. Ray Reid Mrs. Barbara S. Levin Mrs. Lovella J. McNutt The Family of Cecile Newton Ms. Maureen A. Reilly The Family of Allan Linder Mr. & Mrs. Ralph McPherson The Family of Robert Nichols Mrs. Nadeen Reinecke Mrs. Marjorie O. Lindskog Miss Bonita Medina Ms. Gloria E. Nipert Mrs. Rita R. Richards Mr. Richard Lohsen Mr. J. Earl Meeks Mrs. Marilyn Nold Mrs. Dorothy P. Ridinger

28 C OLORADO H ISTORICAL S OCIETY Dr. Francisco Rios The Family of Don E. Settle Miss Elsie E. Swensen Ms. Mary C. Wheelock The Family of Kaye Risdahl Mr. Charles E. Sharrock Mr. Vincent Szafranko Mrs. Paulette S. Whitcomb Mrs. Betty L. Ritter Mrs. Marie Shaw Mr. Vincent Tagliavore Ms. MaryLynn White Mrs. Carol Rivera Ms. Hannah Shepard Mr. David S. Taylor Mr. Flint Whitlock Mrs. Lynn V. Roberts Mrs. Penny J. Sherlock Ms. Corliss Taylor-Dunn Mr. Douglas W. Whitney Mr. James W. Robinette Mrs. Wanda M. Shipman Mrs. Jane R. Temple Mrs. Lois M. Whitney Ms. Margot Terry Mrs. Helen H. Wiedenfeld Ms. Amy S. Theodore Mrs. Jeannine A. Wilkinson Mr. Robert G. Thompson Ms. Carol M. Williams Mrs. Lucinda R. Tobin Ms. Helen Williams Ms. Darlene R. Toomey Mrs. Lola J. Williams Ms. Yvonne T. Tricarico Ms. Peggy R. Williams Mr. Matthew Trujillo • Mr. Perry Williams Miss Adrienne C. Trunk Ms. Tonia Ann Williams Dr. Ted A. Ulrich Mrs. Kay Willson Ms. Ellie Usick Mr. Jack S. Winter Ms. Helen Van Orman Mr. George R. Wolf The Family of Art Vest Mrs. Verna M. Wolf Mrs. Clair E. Villano Mrs. Phyllis J. Woodard Mrs. Eleanor V. Vincent Mr. Matthew Work Mrs. Sally A. Vincent Ms. Jean Woytek Mr. Krayg R. Von Mosch Ms. Christie L. Wright Mrs. Martha B. VonHagen Mrs. Judith Wright Mr. Donald R. Walcher Ms. Lisa Yowell Several volunteers were honored at the Time and Mrs. Winifred Walcher Ms. Gloria E. Zakus Talents Tribute for 300 hours of service. Mrs. M. Arlene Walding Ms. Joann E. Zamboni Mrs. Betty L. Wallace Ms. Karen K. Zayaz Mr. James S. Robinson Mrs. Virginia Simmons Mrs. Carol M. Warner Mrs. Frances Zepin Ms. Jill Roeder Ms. Milly D. Simon Mr. Ken Warner Ms. Amy B. Zimmer Ms. Teresa Romero Mrs. Carol A. Singer Mrs. Virginia D. Warner Mr. Arthur Rosener The Family of James Skinkle Mr. David H. Warren Volunteer Groups Mr. Kellen M. Rosenfelder Ms. Kristine A. Slaughter Mrs. Shirley O. Waters Access of Pueblo Mr. Dick Ross Mr. Anthony Slavec Mr. Brian Weber Altrusa International of Pueblo Mary Roth Mrs. Pat Sloan Mrs. Margaret B. Weiland Colorado Archaeological Society Ms. Melissa Rountree Mrs. Eileen Smith Mrs. Marcie Weiler Hoehne 4-H Club Mr. Theodore L. Rousses Mrs. Jean W. Smith Mrs. Rachel R. Weinberg Trinidad 4-H Club Mr. Ernest Roybal Ms. Kathryn Smith Mrs. Jacqueline Wenger Retired Senior Volunteer Mrs. Charlotte G. Rubin Mr. Leo H. Smith Ms. Shermita West Program (RSVP) Dr. Jennie M. Rucker Ms. Shirley M. Smith Mrs. Sue E. West The Family of Jack Rudder Mr. Stan Smith Mrs. Nancy J. Westman Volunteer Sponsors Mr. “Big Mike” Ruether Mrs. Janet L. Smola The Family of Levi Wharton Wal Mart, Englewood Ms. Jeannie Russell Mrs. Liz H. Snell Miss Rose Marie Wheeler Wal Mart, Thornton Mrs. Mary E. Russell Mr. Shawn M. Snow Mrs. Mary Nelle Ryan Mr. Eddy A. Solano The Family of Ed R. Sajbel Mrs. Lee J. Sorensen Mrs. Kathleen Sanders Mrs. Peggy Speckman Ms. Gretchen Scanlon Mr. Craig Staley Ms. Sandra L. Scavello Mr. Ron Steger Miss Theresa M. Schaefer Mr. Christopher Stern Mrs. Betty J. Schmidt Mr. Doug Steward The Family of Bob Schmidt Ms. Alison A. Stewart Mr. Scott Schormer Ms. Jordan P. Stinnett The Family of Doug Schramm Mr. Jerry Stokes Ms. Amelia Schubert Mr. Justin P. Stoll Mr. Jeff Schulz Mr. Jack Stone Mrs. Sandra Schulz Mr. Bill J. Stroud Ms. Elizabeth N. Schutt Mr. Russell W. Struckman Mr. Ben Schwartz Mrs. Josie Struthers Ms. Mary Lou Seeliger Ms. Cecilia G. Sullivan Ms. Barbara R. Seidel • Mr. Steve Sumption Ms. Val Sena Mrs. Jane M. Swanson Tony Slavec’s specialty is making custom boxes to house artifacts.

A NNUAL R EPORT 2005–2006 29 Community Support

Corporate Members Platinum—$5,000 Colorado Gaming Association Farrell-Roeh Group, LLC Karsh + Hagan KUSA/9NEWS Vectra Bank Colorado Wright Water Engineers Gold—$2,500 Morton Publishing Company Sir Speedy Silver—$1,000 Andrews & Anderson, P.C. Antonoff & Co. Becker Stowe & Bieber LLC Bryan Hinckley Architects Cherry Creek Shopping Center David Owen Tryba Architects Denver Newspaper Agency FCI Constructors, Inc. L. C. Fulenwider Inc. Gary-Williams Energy Corporation Holland & Hart LLP Honnen Equipment Company Humphries Poli Architects, P.C. Keyline Graphics, Inc. Mattie’s House of Mirrors Sculptor T.D. Kelsey and donor James J. Volker at the installation of On the Wind Restaurant & Bar at the Colorado History Museum Royal Gold, Inc. Trinity United Methodist Mr. & Mrs. Edwin H. Grant, Jr. Church Heritage Club Historian Memberships Mrs. Barbara J. Hartley Wells Fargo Memberships Mrs. Sue Anschutz-Rodgers Robert & Laura Hill Mr. & Mrs. Evan R. Anderman Mr. & Mrs. Ron G. Askew Bronze—$500 Mrs. Mary N. Hobart-McCotter Mr. Hartman Axley Mr. W. Bart Berger & Boa Construction, Inc. Mr. Robert L. Jund Dr. & Mrs. Richard Bakemeier Mrs. Fabby Hillyard Boulderado Hotel, LTD. Mr. & Mrs. Walter A. Koelbel Richard & Mary Lyn Ballantine Mrs. Regina M. Black Brown Palace Hotel Mr. & Mrs. Frank A. Kugeler Mr. & Mrs. William F. Beattie Mr. & Mrs. Bjorn K. Borgen Colorado Data Mail, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. William C. Kurtz Mr. & Mrs. George W. Bermant Mr. & Mrs. Donald H. Burkhardt Colorado Rockies Baseball Club Mr. & Mrs. Edward Lehman Mrs. Barbara M. Bowes Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Cope Eldorado Artesian Springs Mr. Bruce MacDonald Mr. & Mrs. Alvin J. Burnett Ms. Laura J. Davis & Fairfield and Woods, P. C. Jim & Carole McCotter The Carson Foundation Ms. Angela M. DeSantis FORTTOURS.COM Mr. Douglas N. Morton & Ms. Merle C. Chambers & Mrs. Mary Ann G. Davis G.A. Wright Marketing, Inc. Ms. Marilyn L. Brown Mr. Hugh Grant Dr. William E. Davis The Integer Group Mrs. Mabel W. Musgrave Chambers Family Fund Mr. Norman J. Ehrgott Kaiser Permanente Dr. Nancy Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Clinton Mr. & Mrs. Hubert A. Farbes, Jr. Newman & Associates Mr. Laurence E. Riordan & Mr. Frederic K. Conover & Mr. & Mrs. Keith R. Finger OZ Architecture Mrs. Iola A. Baker Ms. Jacquelyn Wonder Lt. Col. & Mrs. Larry D. Foos Randcorp, Inc. Ms. Melanie M. Roth Dr. & Mrs. S. Robert Contiguglia Mr. & Mrs. Sam E. Forbes Rickenbaugh Cadillac Volvo Mr. & Mrs. Mark Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Dempsey Mr. & Mrs. Mark M. Foster Robinson Dairy, Inc. Mr. Eaton Smith Mr. & Mrs. Cortlandt S. Dietler Mr. & Mrs. James P. Fugere Signal Graphics Mr. Benjamin F. Stapleton, III Mrs. Maud B. Duke F. A. Garcia, M.D. Sprung Construction Mr. & Mrs. Bayard K. Sweeney, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William S. Falkenberg Mr. & Mrs. Newell M. Grant TIAA-CREF Mr. James J. Volker Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Samuel P. Guyton Wynkoop Brewing Company Mr. & Mrs. Robert I. Woodward Mr. & Mrs. J. D. Garrett Mr. Joseph W. Halpern Carol K. Gossard Dr. & Mrs. Robert J. Harmon

30 C OLORADO H ISTORICAL S OCIETY Mrs. Joy R. Hilliard Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Cline Mr. & Mrs. Steve Lister Mr. & Mrs. William E. Sweet, III Mr. Ed Hurry & Dr. Roberta Mr. & Mrs. Malcom E. Collier Mr. Ronald Lundquist Mr. & Mrs. David E. Temple Shaklee Mrs. Dana H. Crawford Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Mr. & Mrs. Charles I. Thompson Mr. D. Scott Johnson Mr. William J. Crowley MacCannon Mrs. Joyce P. Thurmer Mr. & Mrs. Bill Kirts Ms. Cynthia G. Daniels Mr. & Mrs. Richard Maceyka Mr. Curt Todd Mr. Richard S. Klingenstein Mr. & Mrs. John C. Davis, IV Mrs. Richard E. Martin Mr. Charles I. Tuthill Col. Barbara J. Kuennecke Dr. & Mrs. Steven O. Davis Mr. & Mrs. W. Nicholas V. Mr. & Mrs. Ken Urban Mr. & Mrs. James B. Kurtz Mrs. Laurayne B. Davison Mathers Mr. & Mrs. Lester L. Ward Mr. & Mrs. Stephen W. Larson Mrs. Stasia W. Davison Ms. Sara Mattes Mrs. Josephine B. Waterman Mr. & Mrs. W. Phillip Marcum Dr. Jane S. Day Mr. & Mrs. Frederick R. Mayer Ms. Helen Watrous Mr. & Mrs. James W. McAnally Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Deane Mr. & Mrs. William C. McClearn Mr. Jeffrey D. Weaver & Mr. & Mrs. Edward B. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Deline Mr. Terry Medearis Ms. Karen L. Spray Mr. & Mrs. Andy Love Dr. William Dickey Ms. Jean Mensendick & Mr. William R. Weeks & Mr. & Mrs. John E. Moye Mr. Frank J. L. Dolinsek Ms. Robin Hoyt Ms. Heather Noonen Mr. K. L. Nelson Mr. & Mrs. H. Benjamin Duke, III Ms. Claudia B. Merthan Dr. Howard C. Wenger Dr. & Mrs. Bruce C. Paton Mr. Thomas Duncan Ms. Susan M. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Edward D. White, III Mr. & Mrs. Joseph J. Perry & Ms. Leslie DeVera-Duncan Mr. John C. Mitchell, III Mr. & Mrs. William F. Wilbur Mrs. Nancy D. Petry Mr. & Mrs. Larry J. Engelken Mr. & Mrs. Robert N. Morehead Mr. & Mrs. Otis Wragg Dr. & Mrs. Peter J. Philpott Mr. & Mrs. Clark B. Ewald Dr. & Mrs. Michael J. Moynihan Dr. & Mrs. J. Louis York Mr. & Mrs. John Pritzlaff Dr. James E. Fell, Jr. Mr. William D. Neighbors Ms. Jane M. Quinette Mr. & Mrs. Dale Fitting Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Nichols Donations Mr. Walter S. Rosenberry, III • Mr. & Mrs. John M. Fitzgerald Thomas J. Noel, Ph.D. Mr. & Mrs. Errol F. Salter Mr. Bud Gamel & Mrs. Violet S. Noel Settlers Ms. Elizabeth S. Schlosser Ms. Cynthia J. Garnier & Mr. Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Norton $100,000+ Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Stroh Kenneth Hisamoto Mr. Harold L. Oliver Mr. James J. Volker Mr. & Mrs. Erik S. Taylor Mr. Merle J. Gast & Mr. & Mrs. Laurence T. Paddock Dr. & Mrs. Henry W. Toll, Jr. Ms. Beverly S. Shick Mrs. Pat Pascoe Trailblazers Thomas N. Vincent, M.D. & Mr. & Mrs. George C. Gibson Mr. & Mrs. Daniel K. Paulien $50,000–$99,999 Mrs. Eleanor V. Vincent Mr. & Mrs. Stephen W. Gillette Mrs. Arlene H. Payne The Anschutz Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Joseph E. Wagner Mrs. Betty M. Granicher Mr. & Mrs. Edwin W. Peiker, Jr. Mr. Douglas N. Morton & Mr. Van C. Wilgus Ms. Cecily M. Grant Mr. & Mrs. Perry C. Peine Ms. Marilyn L. Brown Dr. & Mrs. William B. Wilson, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James R. Hall Mr. & Mrs. Dan Peterson Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth R. Wright Mr. Michael Halpert Mrs. Clara V. S. Phipps Wright Water Engineers Centennial Memberships Dr. & Mrs. Charles A. Harbert Mr. Bruce Plomondon Mr. Rudolf Hartmann & Ms. M. Marjorie Price Gold Barons Mr. & Mrs. Cyrus G. Allen, Jr. $25,000–$49,999 Mr. Christian P. Anschutz Ms. Kathy Newman Mr. & Mrs. Daniel P. Quiat Boettcher Foundation Ms. Mary J. Armstrong Mr. & Mrs. Gene P. Herbert Mr. & Mrs. James H. Ranniger Denver Newspaper Agency Aspen Historical Society Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Hill Mr. Robert B. Renfro, II Gates Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Dennis E. Baldwin Mr. & Mrs. Ray L. Hilliard Ms. Patricia A. Renner Southern Colorado National Mr. & Mrs. Steven M. Bathgate Mr. & Mrs. Harlan H. Holben Dr. Jennie M. Rucker Bank Emmy Baum Mrs. Eileen Honnen Mr. Herbert C. Schalliol Westcliffe Publishers Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Bell Mrs. Jayne Howard Mr. & Mrs. Jon N. Schler Ms. Ann-Carolyn Bennett Mr. & Mrs. John D. Howell Mr. & Mrs. Robert Schulein Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth C. Jessen Mr. & Mrs. Tom J. Seela Silver Tycoons Mr. & Mrs. William S. Bennett $10,000–$24,999 Mr. & Mrs. Bruce D. Benson Mr. & Mrs. Howard J. Johnston Mr. & Mrs. Walter C. Seelye Mr. & Mrs. Evan R. Anderman Mr. John W. Blair Mr. Philip H. Karsh & Shames-Makovsky Realty Anschutz Family Foundation The Honorable Larry L. Bohning Mrs. Linda Love Company Colorado Garden Show, Inc. Mr. Rodney Bridgers Mr. & Mrs. John M. Kehm, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Shupert Mr. Edward E. Ellis Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Brooks Mr. & Mrs. Edward R. Mrs. Ruth S. Silver Karsh + Hagan Communications Mrs. Dorris I. Brown Kellenberger Mr. & Mrs. F. Lawrence Singer St. Mary Land & Exploration Mr. & Mrs. Clark Bublitz Mr. Leon A. Kelly Mr. & Mrs. William D. Snare Company Mr. M. Peyton Bucy Mr. James M. King Mr. Martin Sorensen & Volunteers of the Colorado Mr. Virgil D. Burnside Mr. Louis J. King Ms. Linda L. Cornish Historical Society Mr. & Mrs. Cletus E. Byrne, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Arthur M. Klinowski Mr. & Mrs. Joel W. Spurlock Wagner Equipment Co. Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Cannon Mr. Roger D. Knight, III Mr. & Mrs. Ken B. Stannard Mr. & Mrs. Willis V. Carpenter Mr. Robert J. Krenz & Mr. & Mrs. Alva T. Staples Ms. Carolyn J. Grant Mr. & Mrs. Harry C. Starkey Mr. Mark H. Carson • Deceased Mr. Charles P. Case Mr. & Mrs. Peter Landau Mr. & Mrs. Walter A. Steele Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Chambers Mr. Eugene A. Lang, Jr. & Miss Marilyn J. Stein Ms. Marguerite L. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Larry F. Storms

A NNUAL R EPORT 2005–2006 31 Miners Pioneers Mr. Hartman Axley Morton Publishing Company $5,000–$9,999 $2,500–$4,999 Richard & Mary Lyn Ballantine Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Nichols Erna D. Butler Estate of Richard G. Bowman Ballantine Family Charitable Mr. Homer Puckett Colorado Endowment for the Construction Design Associates Fund Pueblo County Board of Humanities Mr. & Mrs. Gifford Ewing BP America, Inc. Commissioners Dr. & Mrs. S. Robert Contiguglia Friends of Historical Trinidad Wesley & Linda Brown Pueblo Rotary 43 Foundation Don L. Griswold Trust Inc. Cache Bank & Trust Ms. Jane M. Quinette Mr. Edward E. Ellis & Mr. & Mrs. Newell M. Grant Caroline Bancroft Trust Marilyn E. Riley Ms. Barbara Neal Harmes C. Fishback Foundation The Chamberlain Foundation Mr. John C. Rudolph Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Gary Trust City of Trinidad Schramm Foundation Gay and Lesbian Fund for Humphreys Foundation Colorado Combined Campaign Mr. & Mrs. Wesley A. Segelke Colorado The Kenneth Kendal King Dr. Peter Emily Susan & Jeremy Shamos Josephine H. Miles Trust Foundation EnCana Oil & Gas USA, Inc. South Central Council of Lloyd David & Carlye Cannon National Italian American Mr. Charles C. Gates • Governments Wattis Foundation Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Edwin H. Grant, Jr. Mr. Phillip G. Sterritt Marjorie O. Marshall Trust Mr. & Mrs. David W. Roeder Mr. Joseph W. Halpern The Summit Foundation Moye White LLP Giles D. Toll, M.D. & Mr. & Mrs. James • Hartley Vincent & Gay Tagliavore San Luis Valley Board of Ms. Constance L. Hauver Holland & Hart LLP Duncan & Virginia Tenney Cooperative Services Three Tomatoes Catering Mr. Patrick M. Jolly Trinidad Historical Society, Inc. Target Stores, Pueblo Whiting Petroleum Corporation Mr. Roger D. Knight, Jr. US Bank, Pueblo University Press of Colorado Mr. & Mrs. Frank A. Kugeler Dr. & Mrs. M. Edmund Vallejo US Bank, Denver Prospectors Mr. & Mrs. W. Darin Locke Wells Fargo, Denver Wells Fargo Bank, Pueblo $1,000–$2,499 Mrs. Barbara B. Leyendecker Mr. & Mrs. William F. Wilbur ABC Bank Mr. & Mrs. W. Nicholas V. Anonymous Mathers • Deceased Mr. Gary L. Antonoff Jim & Carole McCotter The Milestone Group Inc.

A collection of cigar boxes representing Colorado’s cigar-rolling industry at the turn of the twentieth century was processed and cataloged this year.

32 C OLORADO H ISTORICAL S OCIETY In Memory: Barbara Sudler Hornby

Upon the death of Barbara Sudler Hornby in February 2006, U.S. Representative Diana DeGette noted, “Her achievements in preserving the heritage of Colorado merit our recognition and our gratitude.” In addition to her dedication to dozens of preservation causes, Hornby was President of the Society from 1979 through 1989, where she led efforts to implement the core exhibits at the Colorado History Museum, restore the Pearce-McAllister Cottage and the Byers-Evans House, and reconstruct the Devil’s Gate high trestle bridge in Georgetown. As current Society President & CEO Georgianna Contiguglia remarked, “Her vigorous championing of history has left a legacy of which her family, friends, and colleagues can be proud.” Colorado Historical Society 1300 Broadway Denver, CO 80203 303/866-3682 • www.coloradohistory.org