2003–2004 ANNUAL REPORT

Colorado Historical Society 125 Years of History: The Colorado Historical Society’s 2003–2004 Annual Report

Vision for the 21st century: Exploring together the trails from our past to understand our present and to discover the horizons of our future.

Mission Statement: The Colorado Historical Society is the educational agency that helps people enrich their lives by collecting, preserving, and interpreting the history of Colorado and the West.

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www.coloradohistory.org Log on to learn more about the Society’s exhibitions, collections, education programs, publications, library, regional museums, photograph collection, Neusteters Museum Store, membership opportunities, and other services. For more information about the State Historical Fund, call 303/866-2825 to request a copy of the Fund’s Annual Report.

Credits: Annual Report design: State of Colorado’s Integrated Document Factory Design Photos: All images from Colorado Historical Society. Cover: Yellow Clouds and Red Mountains by Vance Kirkland, 1948, oil on linen, 40" x 50". Collection: Kirkland Museum, Denver. Featured in the Colorado Historical Society exhibit Vance Kirkland: A Colorado Painter's Life. Contents

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

A Brief History ...... 4

Educational Programs ...... 10

Outreach Programs ...... 12

Exhibits ...... 15

Collections ...... 18

Preservation ...... 21

Regional Museums and Historic Sites ...... 24

Volunteers ...... 28

2003–2004 Attendance ...... 30

Board of Directors ...... 31

Financial Summary ...... 32

Colorado Historical Society Staff ...... 34

Staff Professional Activities ...... 36

Volunteers ...... 39

Community Support ...... 43

A NNUAL R EPORT 2003–2004 1 Letter from the Chairman and President

ear Friends and Members of the section of the public. Having separated from the Colorado Historical Society, natural history portion of its mission in 1927, D the Society has focused its resources on assem- In July 1879, responding to an invitation bling a comprehensive collection of historical issued by the State Legislature earlier that year, materials. These include unique manuscripts, a handful of individuals founded the State rare books, maps, and photographs, and artifacts Historical and Natural History Society with the and architectural structures associated with intention of educating the public about the important people and events as well as the state’s natural environment and its history. To everyday lives of our citizenry. Our guiding prin- further this worthy goal, the organization was ciple is to educate people about how life has given the responsibility of collecting and pre- been lived in this region over the millennia and serving natural specimens and the artifacts and how events, attitudes, and people have shaped documents that tell the stories of Colorado’s the present and continue to influence our future. people. The viability of the Society is still very The organization was predicated upon two much dependent upon both state and private important assumptions—first, that it should be financial support, though federal funding and a membership organization with a board of earned revenue are now also important parts of directors elected by the membership, and, the organization’s financial base. In order for the second, that the institution should be supported Society to respond to the changing demands of financially by state appropriation. One hundred our audiences and core activities, it is important twenty-five years later, these two assumptions that our members and friends, among whom are are essential ingredients to the Colorado included elected government officials, recognize Historical Society’s ability to fulfill its educa- the importance and the cost of preserving and tional mission. interpreting the material and documentary evi- Over a century and a quarter, the Society dence of this state’s unique past and present. has developed a successful mix of educational We call upon the governor, the legislature, programs and activities that serve a wide cross- our members, as well as the state's foundations, individuals, and corporations to continue to support, and indeed to expand your support of

The Colorado History Museum in Denver

2 C OLORADO H ISTORICAL S OCIETY Phil Karsh, chairman of the board of directors, and Georgianna Contiguglia, president of the Colorado Historical Society. this important statewide educational mission. responsibility to ensure that the Colorado Likewise staff and members of the board of Historical Society’s educational mission is directors will strive to be more entrepreneurial successfully achieved for another one hundred in our efforts. This fiscal year our board demon- twenty-five years, as our far-thinking forebears strated leadership in this area by nearly dou- intended. bling its financial support. The board of directors and the staff of the While your financial support is critical to Colorado Historical Society are proud to share our ability to serve the public, so too is your our achievements of the 2003–2004 fiscal year commitment to the idea that history education with you who have been instrumental in making should continue to be valued in our schools these achievements possible. History is the and communities. Each of us must consistently bedrock upon which we understand today’s make decisions that enable this state to retain its world and work together to build a better future. identity—that blend of traditions, built environ- Sincerely, ments, and historical materials that mark the contributions of many peoples over thousands of years. Colorado is the sum of all the people who Phil Karsh, have passed this way, and it is the responsibility Chairman of the Board of Directors of us all to foster community attitudes that will enable this state to preserve its stories and pass them on to our children. We must all—public Georgianna Contiguglia, servant and private citizen alike—assume President

A NNUAL R EPORT 2003–2004 3 A Brief History

n February1879, the Colorado state legisla- The Society has also always been supported by ture approved House Bill 134 to form a the Colorado state legislature, which realized I state historical and natural history society, the importance of preserving our heritage for appropriating $500 to assist with necessary future generations. Furthermore, the Society expenses, as long as it would not be used to has always relied upon the active participation compensate officers or members. By July, the of its members, who are represented in every group of Denverites who had taken up the county in the state. Society’s cause had adopted articles of incorpo- At first, the organization was housed in ration, a constitution, and bylaws to govern a room at the Glenarm Hotel at Fifteenth the new organization. These founding fathers and Glenarm Streets, which was temporarily recognized the Society’s success would depend serving as the state capitol. In 1885, the on support from citizens throughout the state, Society moved to the new Arapahoe County urging all who were interested to “become Courthouse, and in 1886, it moved again to active members and represent the society in the fourth floor of the Denver Chamber of their several localities, no matter how remote Commerce. Finally, the Society found a more from the capital.” Members were admitted by a permanent home in 1895, when the new state vote of three-fourths of members present and capitol allowed the Society to move its collec- the payment of a three-dollar initiation fee. tions into the basement. From the beginning, the Society’s mission Meanwhile, the Society’s collection was was driven by a group of volunteers dedicated growing. One of the most significant early to collecting and preserving Colorado’s history. acquisitions occurred in 1889, when 1,200

President Eisenhower visiting the State Museum in the 1950s.

4 C OLORADO H ISTORICAL S OCIETY Society staff and supporters gather for the dedication of the reconstructed Devil’s Gate Bridge of the Georgetown prominent architect Frank Edbrooke, and it Loop Railroad in 1984. opened to the public in September 1915. items gathered by a southwestern Colorado In the 1920s, the Society’s efforts began ranching family, the Wetherills, were purchased to focus on archaeology and resulted in the by the Society for $3,000, laying the founda- founding of a “section on Archaeology and tion for one of the finest collections of Mesa Ethnology,” led by former Smithsonian Verde artifacts in the world. Institution curator Jean A. Jeancon. During this In 1896, the Society gained its first paid period, the Society undertook several archaeo- officer, Curator Will C. Ferril, whose leadership logical expeditions and remained involved in further developed the fledgling Society. Two Colorado archaeology throughout the years. projects particularly exemplify Ferril’s legacy: This commitment was recognized in 1973 the beginning of an educational program for when the state legislature created the position school children, and the establishment of of State Archaeologist, to be housed within a collection of Colorado newspapers, now the Society. known as the most extensive collection of At the dawn of the 1930s, the national statewide newspapers held by any institution. economy worsened. However, the New Deal By 1909, the Society was outgrowing its ensured a period of growth and achievement quarters in the capitol, and legislation was for the Society. The Colorado Historical Society passed providing for the construction of a new was the first in the nation to undertake history- building at Fourteenth Avenue and Sherman related projects funded by New Deal programs. Street. The new State Museum was designed by Over eight years, approximately $250,000 in

A NNUAL R EPORT 2003–2004 5 federal funds were expended on Colorado Dexter Cabin, in Leadville, were acquired by Historical Society projects. the Society in 1947. Fort Vasquez, a replica Two New Deal projects in particular eastern plains fur trading post, was acquired in stand out. Historian LeRoy Hafen employed 1958. In 1959, the El Pueblo Museum opened interviewers in twenty-four counties through- in a converted airport hangar. In 1960, the out Colorado to record the history of the Baca House and the Pioneer Museum in state’s pioneers. Under the direction of the Trinidad were added to the list of the Society’s Civil Works Administration, this band of field sites, and the neighboring Bloom Mansion workers began in December 1933, and four was acquired in 1961. Completing the list of months later, more than a thousand interviews properties are the Georgetown Loop Historic and other documentation had been collected. Mining and Railroad Park (1959), the Pearce- Under the direction of the Works McAllister Cottage in Denver (1972), the Progress Administration, a project to create Grant-Humphreys Mansion in Denver (1976), fifty-one dioramas depicting everything from the McFarlane House in Central City (1976), the history of transportation to early mining and the Byers-Evans House Museum in Denver methods put to work a small army of histo- (1978). rians, artists, architects, sculptors, and The Society acquired a collection of draftsmen. The eleven-by-twelve foot model of national significance in 1959 when Clarence S. Denver and Auraria in 1860, for example, was Jackson, son of William Henry Jackson, facili- researched for six months to identify three tated the transfer of 7,000 glass-plate negatives hundred and fifty buildings, and seven archi- representing the photographer’s work west of tects worked for one year on its construction. the Mississippi River (eastern and foreign Buildings under construction in 1860 were so views are housed in the Library of Congress). depicted in the diorama, and human figures, This collection, with images of Mesa Verde, just five-sixteenths of an inch tall, were cast in Yellowstone, and the Mount of the Holy Cross, lead from plaster moulds modeled on figures immediately became a popular resource at the sculpted from wood. Society, and has since spawned at least two Following World War II, the Society special projects. To celebrate its centennial in developed regional properties across the state, 1979, the Society issued a limited edition of to serve as focal points for local history. The twenty-five albumen prints made directly from Society had already acquired Pike’s Stockade the original glass negatives. Then, in 1999, in the San Luis Valley in the mid-1920s, but renowned photographer John Fielder set out under curator Edward McMachen’s plan, the to “re-photograph” many of Jackson’s images. Stockade would be reconstructed according This project resulted in publication of the all- to Zebulon Pike’s own description and then time best-selling book on Colorado history, linked to nearby Fort Garland, the fort briefly Colorado: 1870–2000, and a blockbuster exhibit commanded by Kit Carson and acquired by at the Colorado History Museum. the Society in 1945. That same year, the The 1950s also saw the founding of the Society also acquired title to the Montrose-area Volunteers of the State Historical Society. In farm site that once belonged to Ute Chief 1957, the Volunteers undertook the supervi- Ouray and his wife, Chipeta. Healy House and sion of a monthly lecture series and quickly

6 C OLORADO H ISTORICAL S OCIETY became deeply entrenched in all aspects of the Library. This year, the Hart library underwent a Society’s operations. Today, the Volunteers renovation resulting in the naming of the include nearly seven hundred active members reading room the Holland & Hart Reading throughout the state, who donate over 52,000 Room, in recognition of the support of Hart’s hours of service each year. law firm over the years. In 1967, Governor John A. Love In 1973, the state legislature appropriated appointed Stephen H. Hart the State Historic funds to plan a new building for the Society, Preservation Officer under the National which had long outgrown the State Museum. Historic Preservation Act of 1966, a post which Groundbreaking on the new site at Thirteenth Hart held for eleven years. First joining the Avenue between Lincoln and Broadway took Society’s board of directors in 1938, Hart place in May 1975, and a “topping out” party became president of the was held in June 1976. Society in 1959 and The new Colorado chairman of the board in History Museum 1971. His tenure as State opened to the public Historic Preservation on November 5, 1977 Officer came to an end in with a parade, dedica- 1978, and in 1980, the tion ceremonies, tours, board of directors voted and presentations by to honor Hart’s commit- local historical societies ment to the organization from throughout the and its library by state. renaming the documen- With Denver Post tary resources department editor William H. the Stephen H. Hart Hornby leading as The Stephen H. Hart Library in the 1980s.

Left to right: Opening day at the Ute Indian Museum, July 1956; detail from one of the dioramas created with funding from the WPA; a Society employee shows off an exhibit case at the State Museum.

A NNUAL R EPORT 2003–2004 7 A group of young visitors tests their roping skills in president, the members, board and staff the 1980s. planned celebrations of the Society’s centen- scripts, and photographs, leads visitors through nial in 1979. Monthly programs highlighting Colorado’s history from 1800 to 1950. This various aspects of the Society kicked off by monumental timeline remains one of the honoring the Volunteers of the Colorado museum’s most popular exhibits. Historical Society, with other programs fea- The core exhibits expanded throughout turing material culture collections, photog- the 1980s to include Out of the Earth: Mining in raphy, archaeology, historic preservation, and Colorado, the Mesa Verde collection, and the the regional properties. Throughout the year, a story of silver magnate Horace Tabor and his special exhibit, One Hundred Years of Collecting, wives, Augusta and Elizabeth “Baby Doe” gave visitors a glimpse into the breadth and Tabor. In the 1990s, exhibits such as La Gente: depth of the Society’s collections. Hispanos in Colorado (1994) and The Real West For its first two years, the new museum (1996) filled the museum’s galleries. featured temporary exhibits housed in geodesic Vatican Treasures: 2000 Years of Art and domes while the Society’s staff developed Culture in the Vatican and Italy, coinciding with the new core exhibitions. On Colorado Day, the 1993 visit of Pope John Paul II to Denver August 1, 1982, the first core exhibit opened for World Youth Day, brought more than with Colorado first lady Dottie Lamm pre- 201,000 people to the museum to view hun- siding. The museum’s one-of-a-kind timeline, a dreds of works of art that rarely leave Italy and 112-foot-long montage of artifacts, manu- Vatican City. To mark the end of the twentieth

8 C OLORADO H ISTORICAL S OCIETY century, the Society undertook a series of exhi- Since its founding in 1879, the Colorado bitions documenting each decade. Running Historical Society has championed the collec- between 1991 and 1998, 20th Century Colorado tion, preservation, and interpretation of our featured a range of themes—anxieties, diver- history for the benefit of the people of sions, values in conflict, innovations, taste Colorado. Throughout its impressive history, and style, and traditions—that provided the the organization has remained true to this framework for comparing and contrasting mission through its ever-growing collections, each decade. its evolving exhibits program, its enlightening Proving Coloradans’ ongoing commit- publications, its educational offerings, and its ment to preservation, citizens voted in 1990 nationally recognized preservation efforts. to amend the state constitution to allow Today, the Society stands proud of its work limited stakes gaming in three mountain over the last 125 years and is prepared to face communities, provided that 28 percent of the the challenges of the next 125 years. gaming revenues be paid into a new State This article was compiled from “A Centennial Historical Fund. Administered by the Colorado Legacy,” an article by Maxine Benson which first Historical Society, the State Historical Fund has appeared in The Colorado Magazine 57 (1980) since made over 2,600 grants totaling more and “The Colorado Historical Society at 125,” than $140,000,000 to organizations and local by Modupe Labode from Colorado Heritage, governments in every county of the state for Summer 2004. historic preservation projects. Since the 1920s, magazines and newslet- ters, leaflets and comprehensive histories have been a part of the Society’s active and renowned publications program. Today, monthly and quarterly publications document the Society’s activities and provide insight into Colorado’s past. Colorado Heritage, the Society’s illustrated magazine, made its debut in 1981 as an annual issue, becoming a quarterly in 1984. Past issues have included essays to accompany Society exhibits, including the Buffalo Soldiers, black cowboys, the Cheyenne Dog Soldier ledgerbook, and most recently, the 10th Mountain Division. In 1997, Colorado History NOW debuted as the latest in a series of newsletters covering Society events and preservation activities. A short historical article serves as the cover story, while articles about preservation, archaeology, the “Curator’s Corner,” and a calendar of The State Museum, at Fourteenth Avenue and Sherman events rounds out this monthly publication. Street, was the Society’s home from 1915 until 1977.

A NNUAL R EPORT 2003–2004 9 Educational Programs

ach year, over 100,000 people participate perspective on their own lives by taking a step in the Colorado Historical Society’s edu- into the past. Designed to complement the E cational programs at our museums and learning that goes on in the classroom, teachers sites throughout the state. Downtown workers continually rave about the quality of the stop by the Colorado History Museum for a Society’s offerings. “As always, the quality of the noontime lecture, families enjoy crafts, live program was OUTSTANDING!” exclaimed one entertainment, and other activities at several free teacher. “The programs just seem to get better days throughout the year, and scout troops and and better.” other community groups participate in sleep- But at the Society, learning isn’t just child’s overs at the museum. play. The annual evening lecture series continues By far the most popular educational activi- to be a popular draw for adults with an interest ties, however, are the Society’s school group in lifelong learning. With the theme Worlds classes. Nearly 80,000 students learned some- Colliding, this year’s series featured stories of dif- thing new about Colorado history through a ferent worlds and the people who managed to tour or a class at one of the Society’s museums navigate them. George Bent, Jesse James, Ned or sites this year. Whether learning how Wynkoop, and Sacagawea are just a few of the American Indian and European American cul- historical figures whose lives were illuminated tures mixed and mingled on the frontier in From by visiting historians this year. Because the Two Worlds, exploring daily life at the El Pueblo program has been playing to sell-out crowds for Trading Post through a living history program, several years, next year the lecture series will be or discovering what the school day was like in expanded to include an afternoon series, making an authentic turn-of-the-twentieth-century it possible to accommodate several hundred Denver classroom, these students gained a new more curious adult learners. These two series,

Children build and decorate miniature tipis on the front lawn of the Colorado History Museum at a 2004 Family Free Day.

10 C OLORADO H ISTORICAL S OCIETY Highlights: • 79,785 children and accompanying adults participated in school group pro- grams throughout the state. • 886 people spent the night “Under the A docent dressed as a school marm addresses an attentive Stars” in the Colorado History class in front of the Mesa Verde diorama in the mid-1970s. Museum’s overnight program. combined with the ongoing authors’ lectures and • 3,618 people attended History Express noontime Sandwiching in History sessions, will free family activities at the Colorado make for another full slate of adult programming History Museum. next year. • 5,724 people took part in free entertain- Classes for school groups and lectures for ment and educational activities at one adults are popular programs, but the Society also of the Society’s Family Free Day events. offers fun and educational programming families • The three annual lecture series drew can enjoy together. This year, the Colorado over 6,200 patrons for 20 programs. History Museum hosted three family free days, which were attended by more than 5,700 people. Each year, the Society opens its doors for free to celebrate Colorado Day, the August 1st holiday commemorating the founding of our state in 1876. With crafts and activities themed around the Colorado state symbols and other Colorado trivia and traits, kids and their families learn fun facts about our state together. Other events in the fall and spring offered additional opportuni- ties for families to enjoy the Colorado History Museum and the nearby Byers-Evans House Museum for free. For many, this is their first introduction to the Society, and they go on to Actor and historian David Naples portrays nineteenth- become avid participants in the many other pro- century entrepreneur David Moffat at one of this year's grams offered by the Society throughout the year. Sandwiching in History lectures.

A NNUAL R EPORT 2003–2004 11 Outreach Programs

he Colorado Historical Society’s out- participants enjoyed a variety of experiences reach efforts take people on fascinating and perspectives on Colorado and the West. T journeys to explore our history in But one thing was consistent throughout all of dynamic interactive ways. The Society offers these diverse activities: the participants’ enthu- journeys to another place and time, whether siasm for the quality of the experience. “Great they are around town, across state lines, or leader, great trip, great people…golly what a even without ever leaving home. beautiful experience,” enthused one. “Without The Society’s tours and treks program exception, every trip I have participated in has continues to bring patrons face-to-face with been interesting, informative, and of the history, right where it happened. This year, highest quality,” said another. more than a thousand people joined in over Through the CHS website, www.col- thirty-three tours ranging from three-hour teas oradohistory.org, patrons can access the in some of the state’s most magnificent build- Society’s resources without ever leaving their ings to six-day treks across western state lines. homes, offices, schools, or anywhere they have Walking tours of Denver’s historic districts gave access to the Internet. Visitors to the website another 2,400 people a glimpse into the past. can learn about current programs and events From an evening historic pub crawl originating at the Society; check out what’s new at our at the Buckhorn Exchange to an extended tour museums and sites; order publications from of Yellowstone National Park, tour and trek the Neusteters museum store; search the Stephen Hart Library catalog; sign up to A 1950s CHS staff member shares become a volunteer; learn how to submit a an early version of the interactive kits with a young visitor. grant application to the State Historical Fund; access the files of the Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation; and much, much more. Even kids can find something just for

12 C OLORADO H ISTORICAL S OCIETY Highlights: • 112,686 people used the Society’s videos, kits and trunks throughout the 2004 Yellowstone in the Winter tour participant and state. Society member Michael Hoppe focuses in on another • 211,756 people logged on to the early morning riser. Society’s website, where they accessed them on the CHS website. This year, three new information on current exhibits, group biographies of historical figures were added to programs, kids’ activities, preservation the kids’ page, bringing the total to nine. These programs, and community resources. pages are consistently the most downloaded • Old Stories New Voices, a Society’s pages on the website. Also for kids, a new program that gives at-risk youth the interactive game was added to the site that chance to experience a week in the life complements the Society’s school group of a frontier soldier at Fort Garland, program, From Two Worlds, which is geared received the Award of Merit from the toward early elementary school students. American Association for State and Publications are another way the Society Local History (AASLH). patrons can take a trip through time from the • I Looked in the Brook and Saw a Face: comforts of home. The Society’s newsletter, Images of Childhood in Early Colorado, Colorado History NOW, keeps members, visi- published by the Society last year, tors, and others up to date on historic preser- received a Certificate of vation, archaeology, and Society events, and Commendation from the AASLH and offers stimulating articles on topics such as the was nominated for a Colorado Center farmers’ resettlement program under the New for the Book Award. Deal; Caroline Churchill, a Colorado news-

A NNUAL R EPORT 2003–2004 13 that of the city. “Everyone was moving to Denver, which was mushrooming all over the prairie and giving every evidence of becoming a metropolis of real proportion.” Society staff editors Steve Grinstead and Ben Fogelberg spent much of the year com- piling a special volume to celebrate the Society’s 125th anniversary. Highlighting some of the best articles appearing in Society publi- cations over the last eighty years, Western Voices: 125 Years of Colorado Writing features the work of well-known authors such as Wallace Stegner, Louis L’Amour, David Lavender, Patricia Nelson Limerick, Caroline Bancroft, Muriel Sibell Wolle, Duane A. Smith, Stephen J. Leonard, and Thomas J. Noel. This illus- trated 400-page volume will be published by Fulcrum Publishing in September 2004.

paper editor and feminist; and the struggle of African Americans to integrate Colorado’s schools. Colorado Heritage, the quarterly maga- zine that has been published since 1981, fea- tured stories this year on Cotopaxi, the failed Russian Jewish colony near Canon City in the 1880s; the sex reassignment surgeries of Dr. Stanley Biber in Trinidad; and Colorado Fuel and Iron Company spy reports on striking miners and union leaders in the 1920s. Colorado History, the Society’s series of essays and monographs, published On Colfax Avenue: A Victorian Childhood, the memoirs of Elizabeth Young, who grew up at the turn of the twentieth century in a house at the present Denver intersection of Colfax Avenue and Cherokee Street. Young’s lively and charming recollections are paired with historical annota- tions to show how her childhood mirrored

14 C OLORADO H ISTORICAL S OCIETY Exhibits

his year marked a prolific period for the November marked the opening of two Society in its most important interpre- extraordinary exhibits at the Colorado History T tive mission: exhibits. At our museums Museum created through exciting partnerships. and historic sites across the state, exhibits are Home of the Free, sponsored by Washington the primary way we bring our collective history Mutual Inc., featured photographs taken by to life for hundreds of thousands of school seventh and eighth grade students under the children, adults, and visitors to Colorado direction of professional photographers. each year. Each team of students interviewed and pho- In September, the grand opening of the tographed public servants in action, then new El Pueblo History Museum brought the submitted their photos to be judged by a com- opportunity for a new interpretation of that mittee. Winners went on to have their photos city’s rich history. The Pueblo History Gallery judged by a national committee, where they at the museum highlights many of the key ele- competed against teams from Chicago, Illinois, ments in southern Colorado’s past, including and New York/New Jersey. The top three teams, the geography of the region, early American including the team from Denver’s Morey Indians, the influx of explorers, trappers, and Middle School, then accompanied Pulitzer traders, early industries such as farming and Prize-winning photojournalist David Hume ranching, growth through mining and steel, Kennerly to Washington, D.C., for a tour of and the contributions of the many immigrant Capitol Hill and an exhibit of their photo- groups who helped shape the city. Original graphs at the Corcoran Gallery. artifacts and stunning historic photographs This vignette from the 2004 Icons and Oddities: combine to make the Pueblo History Gallery 125 Years of Collecting Colorado exhibit high- a comprehensive look at the city’s past. lights some of the Society’s decorative and fine arts holdings from the turn of the twentieth century.

A NNUAL R EPORT 2003–2004 15 Highlights:

• The Society mounted eleven new Volunteer Jean Woytek and curator Moya Hansen take a exhibits this year at the Colorado close look at artifacts in the 2004 Soldiers on Skis exhibit. History Museum and museums throughout the state. Also in November, Vance Kirkland: A • Vance Kirkland: A Colorado Painter’s Colorado Painter’s Life—Early Works and Beyond Life received the “Best Lesson in opened to rave reviews. Created in partnership Colorado’s Art History” award in with the Vance Kirkland Museum, the exhibit Westword’s Best of Denver issue. focused on early works of Colorado’s impor- • Soldiers on Skis, an exhibit detailing tant and unique painter, Vance Kirkland, but it WWII’s 10th Mountain Division who also touched on his other four major periods. trained near Leadville, opened in What really set this exhibit apart, however, was February. its glimpse into the adventurous, modernistic • Icons and Oddities, celebrating the decorative arts with which Kirkland sur- Society’s 125th year, brought together rounded himself, and the other Colorado unusual and exquisite items for a artists he admired and collected. The Boulder glimpse into the Society’s extensive Daily Camera termed the exhibit “a rare and collections. beautiful thing,” and Westword called Society staffer David Newell’s exhibit design “admirable.”

16 C OLORADO H ISTORICAL S OCIETY February 19, 2004 marked the 59th “The exhibit highlighted our institution’s col- anniversary of the 10th Mountain Division’s lecting history, trends in museum practices as assault on Riva Ridge and Mount Belvedere in well as trends in the history of Colorado.” the Italian Appenine Range, and to mark this Alfred Packer’s pistol, Baby Doe Tabor’s desk, milestone, the Society opened its long-awaited and a Babylonian clay tablet circa 2350 B.C. exhibit exploring the story of these courageous that reads, “A goat killed for market and deliv- soldiers. Soldiers on Skis opened with a VIP ered on the tenth of the month” were featured reception attended by many veterans of the in this eclectic and unusual exhibit. 10th, who worked closely with the Society in Other new exhibitions mounted this year the development of the exhibit. Using artifacts included: from the Colorado Historical Society’s collec- Music Makers—Colorado History Museum tion, as well as photographs, letters, maps and U.S.S. Colorado: The Ship of State—Colorado diaries from the Denver Public Library, the History Museum exhibit highlights the men’s experiences at Colorado’s Labor Wars: The 1903–1904 Cripple Colorado’s Camp Hale. “It’s exciting to see Creek Strike—Colorado History Museum the 10th Mountain Division and its men Taking Flight in Early Colorado—Colorado showcased in such an expansive exhibition,” History Museum said John Carroll, president of the Rocky Orland Joe and Hyrum Joe—Ute Indian Museum Mountain Chapter of the 10th Mountain Our Grandmother’s Trunk—Ute Indian Museum Division Association. “And although the 10th Women of Pueblo—El Pueblo History Museum ultimately moved its training ground to Camp Pride City Quilt Guild Show—El Pueblo History Swift in Texas, the training that took place at Museum Colorado’s Camp Hale continues to be an important part of the state’s history along with the stories of the men who fought in the war.” In celebration of the Society’s 125th year, Icons and Oddities: 125 Years of Collecting Colorado opened at the Colorado History Museum in May. The exhibit showcased more than 320 artifacts selected by Society curators to represent Colorado’s iconic people and events as well as a few oddities from the nearly 12 million items held in trust by the Colorado Historical Society. “Putting this exhibit together has been a fascinating and enlightening Oklahoma Land Rush, Opening of the Cheyenne and experience for all of the Society’s staff,” Arapaho Country, 1940, was featured in this year’s Vance said Georgianna Contiguglia, president Kirkland: A Colorado Painter’s Life with furnishings from of the Colorado Historical Society. Kirkland’s personal collection.

A NNUAL R EPORT 2003–2004 17 Collections

The Society’s collections—at more than re-cataloged, and a guide to the collection was 12 million items strong and growing—are our published, ensuring visitor access every one of direct link to the past. Books, photographs, the Society’s maps. Continuing the collection clothing, artwork, and many other items are begun by the Society’s first curator, Will C. the physical reminders of those who came Ferril, in 1896, the department also continues before us, and they are our best means of to acquire and film 260 current newspaper telling their important stories. Because the titles and maintain almost 1,400 non-current Society holds these items in trust for all the titles, resulting in a collection to date of people of Colorado, our responsibility is not approximately 27,000 reels of microfilmed only to care for them, but to make them acces- newspapers. sible to the general public. The photography department continued The curatorial departments of the Society, to process and arrange important glass nega- including photography, material culture, tives from the Fred and Jo Mazzulla collection. decorative and fine arts and books and manu- More than two thousand negatives docu- scripts, made great strides this year in pro- menting cultural landscapes and the built viding patrons of the Society better access to environment were successfully documented, these collections. This year marked the comple- indexed, scanned, and printed, enhancing tion of the books and manuscripts depart- patron access and ongoing research of rural ment’s map cataloging project, in which all of Colorado. the Society’s 3,000 maps were re-housed and The Stephen H. Hart Library underwent a renovation this year, including the refurbishing of the reading room and the addition of several photographs from the Society’s extensive collection.

18 C OLORADO H ISTORICAL S OCIETY Highlights: • A total of 3,316 objects were added to Katsina, Hopi, northern Arizona, c. 1935, from the Claude & Francis Hansen Collection the Society’s collection of more than 12 million items illustrating the state’s The Stephen H. Hart Library is the main past. point of access for those interested in access to • The books and manuscripts depart- the Society’s collections. Each year, library staff ment completed its map cataloging provide tours, presentations, and workshops project, re-housing the collection of for college-level history, archaeology, and 3,000 maps to make this resource archives students, and this year also provided completely accessible to the general these services to the Welcome Colorado organ- public. ization and the Colorado Genealogical Society. • The Stephen H. Hart Library under- In the spring, the library underwent a went a renovation, creating the new major renovation that transformed the reading Holland & Hart Reading Room and room with new furniture, equipment, and the Falkenberg Gallery. photo murals, creating a more efficient and welcoming place to do historical research. The reading room will now be known as the from the photography and books and manu- Holland & Hart Reading Room, in recognition scripts departments, will be known as the of that law firm’s long-term generous support. Falkenberg Gallery in honor of that family’s The lobby outside the library, which will house many contributions to the Society and to display cases highlighting significant items the library.

A NNUAL R EPORT 2003–2004 19 To further extend its reach into the Colorado Communities: The Italians of Denver, community, the staff of the Stephen H. Hart the curators of the Decorative and Fine Arts Library also worked this year to digitize and department have forged strong ties in the com- post collections online. The Cattle Trails of the munity. Moya Hansen, department curator, West project scanned, cataloged, and published worked closely with individual veterans of the online 750 photos and documents relating to 10th and their association to present a capti- the cattle industry. Many of the newspapers vating exhibit that tells their stories. Alisa collected and cared for by the books and man- Zahller, associate curator, has created a new uscripts department are also now available relationship with Denver’s Italian American online. community to ensure the preservation of This year, the Society’s Native American their photographs, documents, and artifacts. Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Through this project an advisory committee (NAGPRA) team, which operates through the has been assembled, over forty oral histories Material Culture department, met with Pueblo have been collected, and outreach projects delegates to discuss Puebloan collections held teaching other community members to by the Society and sponsored a consultation preserve family history have been offered. with a representative from the Pueblo of Santa Zahller’s work with the Italian-American Ana in preparation for the upcoming Ancient community will result in an exhibit at the Voices exhibit. The department also received the Colorado History Museum in 2007. significant Claude & Francis B. Hansen collec- tion of American Indian material, including From the Claude & Francis Hansen Collection— items representative of Sioux, Navajo, Pueblo, Left to right: Olla (jar), polychrome, Zuni Pueblo, Plains, and Apache communities. New Mexico, c. 1920 Through their work on the Soldiers on Skis Drum and drumstick, wood with rawhide, Pueblo, exhibit and a new initiative called Preserving probably New Mexico, c. 1935 Men’s beaded moccasins, Dakota Sioux, c. 1890

20 C OLORADO H ISTORICAL S OCIETY Preservation

reserving the state’s history is at the Cadet Area at the United States Air Force heart of the mission of the Colorado Academy, which was designated as a National P Historical Society. In addition to col- Historic Landmark, the nation’s highest level lecting artifacts, documents, and photographs of historic designation. Built in 1958, the that illustrate our past, the Society is com- Cadet Area is considered one of the most sig- mitted to preserving archaeological sites and nificant collections of modernist buildings the built environment, while educating the commissioned by a federal agency in the post- public about the value of preservation. World War II era. Also included were the Joe One of the most visible ways the Society Ben Wheat Site Complex in Montezuma supports preservation is through the grant County, for its potential to yield important programs of the State Historical Fund. This information about the design and develop- year, the Fund awarded 262 grants totaling ment of Ancestral Puebloan communities; and $23.3 million to projects such as the the 1966 Charles Deaton Sculptured House Westminster Grange Hall, the Las Animas west of Golden, which is one of the most Oddfellows Hall, the Logan County Court- widely recognized and respected modernist house, and the Hanging Flume in rural buildings in the state. Montrose County. Among properties added to the State The National Register of Historic Places Register were the St. Mary School, Convent, and the State Register of Historic Properties Rectory, and Church in Walsenburg, which rep- each listed 42 new properties this year. resents distinctive characteristics of the Mission Included on the National Register are the Revival style. The circa-1900 Carpenter Barn south of Limon is a good example of a modest This year’s dedication ceremony naming the Air Force sized, platform-framed and gambrel-roofed Academy a National Historic Landmark coincided with the unveiling of the new postage stamp commemorating the Academy’s well-known chapel.

A NNUAL R EPORT 2003–2004 21 Highlights: • Saving Colorado’s Treasures, a documen- tary DVD produced by Great Divide Pictures highlighting eight preservation projects made possible by the State Façade of the St. Mary’s property in Walsenburg, which Historical Fund, had VIP screenings in gained State Register status this year. 9 communities throughout the state. dairy barn, and although it was moved from its • Archaeology and Historic Preservation original site in 1950, it remains in active agri- month included 94 events sponsored by cultural use. The Buena Vista Depot (1891) is 80 organizations in 46 communities, the last remaining intact depot in Chaffee enjoyed by 22,000 people. County and contains agent quarters in addi- • The Office of Archaeology and Historic tion to the waiting room and freight area. Preservation answered 5,264 calls for In addition to supporting the preserva- technical assistance from the general tion of sites around the state, the Society takes public. an active role in educating the public and pro- • Denver Public Schools received the viding needed resources to others interested in Governor’s Award for Historic preservation. One example is the Program for Preservation for the rehabilitation of Avocational Archaeological Certification, or the Dora Moore School and adoption PAAC. In partnership with the Colorado of a preservation policy that incorpo- Archaeological Society, the Office of the State rates the Secretary of the Interior’s Archaeologist established PAAC in 1978 as an Standards. educational program for avocational archaeol-

22 C OLORADO H ISTORICAL S OCIETY ogists. This year, 408 people participated in a PAAC course, workshop, survey, or lab training, and eleven PAAC certificates were awarded. In recognition of the excellence of the PAAC program, Kevin Black, assistant state archaeolo- gist and supervisor of PAAC, received the State Honor Award from Colorado Preservation, Inc., this year. The Intergovernmental Services and Information Management Units work to provide information and resources to local governments, organizations, and individuals Bruce Wahle, a participant in the 2004 PAAC program, on matters related to historic preservation. This making a line drawing of a stone tool found on a prehis- year, Intergovernmental Services added the City toric site near Pike’s Stockade. of Westminster to its list of Certified Local requests for technical assistance; and added Governments, bringing the total to 32. Four 2,280 images to the Compass online database new historic preservation ordinances were of cultural resources this year. Compass, which added, making a total of 91 Colorado munici- went online to qualified public users in 2002, palities and counties that protect historical continues to grow as a valuable resource, with properties through an ordinance or historic over 9,400 logins by 308 registered users who preservation zoning. In addition to its regular viewed information on 63,748 sites. In addi- duties, the Intergovernmental Services Unit tion, through the Colorado GIS program, facilitated meetings between local historic Information Management now is able to map preservation commissions to compare notes site locations directly into the computer data- on their individual challenges and to discuss base rather than onto paper copies of the regional issues. USGS quad maps. The Information Management Unit is charged with providing current and accu- rate information on sites, projects, proce- dures, and a variety of archaeological and architectural topics. Gathering, processing, organizing, and caring for records are the primary functions of this unit, and their continual assessment and application of new technologies and best practices enables them to serve an ever-growing number of people. In this effort, the staff gathered 7,730 site forms and 1,176 report documents; provided 1,242 file searches The Charles Deaton Sculptured House, a well-known area and responded to 2,809 additional landmark since 1966, gained National Register status this year.

A NNUAL R EPORT 2003–2004 23 Regional Museums and Historic Sites

he regional museums and historic sites The Trinidad History Museum continued of the Colorado Historical Society to shine as a symbol of that community this T continue to excel at interpreting local year. The museum was featured in several history. They are not just cultural attractions, publications, including the Colorado Springs but centers for community engagement. Gazette, the Colorado Springs Independent, Nowhere is this more evident than at the new and Encompass, and on KOAA-TV (Colorado El Pueblo History Museum, which opened to Springs/Pueblo). The Baca House also gained the public with great fanfare on September 19, national recognition in an episode of HGTV’s 2003. The opening ceremony was attended “Homes on the Range.” Interpretation at the by 300 supporters of the museum, including museum now includes fifty interpretive signs representatives from the many government in the Baca-Bloom Gardens, enhancing the agencies, private businesses, and individuals self-guided garden tours. Additionally, two new without whose dedication this project would “Hands-on History” scrapbooks, funded by the not have been possible. The opening ceremony Friends of Historical Trinidad, gave visitors a was followed by free tours of the museum and glimpse into family life and social activities in the placita. That evening, the annual Fandango historic Trinidad. fund raising event was held in one of the At Fort Garland, the dedication of the museum’s galleries, and throughout the Friends of Fort Garland Milton Mueller weekend, 100 volunteers worked to make Research Library in June 2004 was attended the grand opening celebrations a success. by nearly 100 supporters of the museum and

A school group visiting the Old Baca House Pioneer Museum in Trinidad in the 1960s.

24 C OLORADO H ISTORICAL S OCIETY Highlights: • The new El Pueblo History Museum Cutting the ribbon at the new El Pueblo History Museum opened on September 19th and hosted in September 2003 were Society board member Edmund nearly 6,000 visitors in its first Vallejo, Sen. Abel Tapia, Southern Colorado National Bank weekend Vice President of Business Development Margaret Eichman, • 670 people attended the Kids’ Fur David and Lucile Packard Foundation Advisory Committee Chair Carole Walls, Chair of the County Commissioners Trade Rendezvous at the Fort Vasquez Loretta Kennedy, El Pueblo Museum fundraising committee Museum chairman Bob Johnston, Society President Georgianna • 50 new interpretive signs were Contiguglia, El Pueblo History Museum director Deborah installed in the Historic Baca-Bloom Espinosa, City Manager Lee Evett, Society Chairman W. gardens at the Trinidad History Nicholas V. Mathers, community volunteer Peter McCarthy, Museum and two new hands-on and architect Ronald Roybal. history scrapbooks about family life friends and family of Mueller. Mueller, who and social activities were completed passed away in 1999, was a longtime volunteer for use in the Santa Fe Trail Museum and former president of the Friends of Fort • 500 4th grade students from Garland. The Friends chose to honor Mueller throughout the San Luis Valley in this way as a volunteer who could always be attended a Rendezvous at the Fort counted on to show up and keep the organiza- Garland Museum, participating in over tion strong. But museum director Rick 20 history-based activities and games Manzanares praises all of the Friends, saying, • Governor Owens visited the Ute “They have been there to keep the museum not Indian Museum in Montrose and par- just alive, but thriving. Without them, there ticipated in a program that included a would have been no dream of a library.” blessing by Northern Ute tribal In May, 500 fourth grade students from member Roland McCook around the San Luis Valley descended upon

A NNUAL R EPORT 2003–2004 25 Fort Garland for a rendezvous. They spent the day participating in such activities as adobe making, gold panning, and nine- teenth century games at twenty different stations throughout the fort. This first-time community event is sure to become an annual favorite. Each year, the Ute Indian Museum in Montrose offers popular cultural programs for adults and children. This year, the museum hosted 451 adults for classes on traditional Indian arts, while 1,097 children participated in workshops on storytelling,

A tipi, donated by the Daughters of the American Revolution, was a popular draw for early visitors to the Ute Indian Museum.

In celebration of the centennial of the gold rush in 1959, docents donned costumes and led special tours through the State Museum.

tipi making, and beading. The Friends of the Ute developed the museum’s first docent program this year, which will enable the museum to offer more tours to groups, including schoolchildren, this year. Training for this new volunteer program took place this spring. The Fort Vasquez Museum’s two major events—the Tour of Four Forts and the Kids’ Fur Trade Rendezvous—were well-attended again this year, attracting 51 and 670 participants respectively. The August tour took participants to the sites of four 1830s South Platte River fur-trading posts where they

26 C OLORADO H ISTORICAL S OCIETY heard presentations about each site by local The Byers-Evans House Museum in experts. The Rendezvous, a May event, was Denver is gaining a strong reputation as a expanded to three days this year to accommo- venue for special events such as teas, plays, and date the growing crowds. Tom Gray El Rael and musical performances. Of the 9,051 visitors to “Grandpa Slackjaw” told stories, sang and the museum this year, one quarter attended danced with the youngsters, while other presen- such an event or a family free day, while 15 ters taught primitive skills and adobe making. percent participated in the museum’s educa- A new artifact was added to Fort tional programs for children. The ongoing Vasquez’s Charles Burbridge exhibit this year: partnership with Hunger Artists Ensemble Burbridge’s father’s anvil. Charles Burbridge Theatre continues to bring new faces to the established a homestead on St.Vrain Creek in museum, and reader’s theater productions this the early 1860s. His recollections of Fort year included The Ides of March and Mother Vasquez Trading Post guided the Works Knows Best. The DaVinci Quartet played a Progress Administration workers in 1935 and benefit concert at the museum in December 1936 as they reconstructed the adobe walls that brought 60 people to hear works by com- that surround the site today. posers that the Evans family may have enjoyed.

The Westernaires arrived dressed as the cavalry at a 1961 picnic at Fort Garland.

A NNUAL R EPORT 2003–2004 27 Volunteers

hen the Volunteers of the Colorado from the Directors of Volunteers in Agencies, Historical Society was formed as a or DOVIA. Lonnie “Ole Snakebite” Farmer and W support organization in 1957, the John “Ol’ Ramrod” Russell were recognized for group immediately became the backbone of the their painstaking research in developing these Society. Today, the Volunteer organization boasts historical characters and their years of teaching nearly 700 dedicated members throughout school group programs, entertaining at museum Colorado, 148 of whom donated 100 hours or events, and visiting local community organiza- more to the Society last year. Everywhere you tions. But in addition to their duties as moun- look throughout the Society—in the curatorial tain men, both are active members of the departments, in the museum stores, in the class- Volunteer Board of Directors. Lonnie Farmer is rooms, in the library, and in the administrative the treasurer of the organization and assists offices—volunteers are working hard to bring with fundraising projects such as the annual the Society’s educational mission to life. geranium and poinsettia sales. John Russell pub- And their efforts are richly rewarded. lishes the Volunteers’ newsletter, The Possibles Participants in school group classes regularly Bag, participates in fundraising projects, and is rave about the quality of their experiences, due now serving as publisher and consultant for the to the skills of our volunteer docents. Of their Volunteers’ upcoming cookbook, More Across experience in our Plains Indians class, one Colorado. teacher commented, “Our presenter’s enthu- The Volunteers have always been active siasm was contagious—would love to have him fundraisers on behalf of the Society. In addition as a teacher! We are so glad our class had him to annual efforts such as the geranium and as our presenter.” poinsettia sales, held a successful Volunteer For their efforts, a pair of CHS volunteers, Garage Sale this summer and are planning a known as the Mountain Men, received an award wine tasting and silent auction event at Grant

Students at the Danforth School, Pueblo, c. 1910.

28 C OLORADO H ISTORICAL S OCIETY Highlights: • 683 dedicated volunteers contributed 52,262 hours of work throughout the organization, a donation valued at $874,872. • The Volunteers of the Colorado Historical Society donated nearly $9,000 to support CHS programs and projects. • The Colorado Historical Society The CHS Mountain Men—Lonnie Farmer and John Mountain Men, who taught over 1,800 Russell—received the “We Count on You” Award from the Directors of Volunteers in Agencies. This is the children about frontier life this year, second year in a row that CHS volunteers were honored won the “We Count on You Award” with this award. from the Directors of Volunteers in Agencies (DOVIA). Humphreys Mansion this fall. Through these • Longtime volunteer Arlene Hansen efforts, the Volunteers are able to donate was recognized at the annual Spring thousands of dollars each year to support the Luncheon and made an Honorary programs of the Society. This year, donations Lifetime member of the Volunteers totaling approximately $9,000 were given to organization. support the Kids’ Fur Trade Rendezvous at Fort Vasquez, the website of the Roadside Interpretation Program, period costumes for the Healy House and Dexter Cabin, and printing of the Elizabeth Young’s On Colfax Avenue: A Victorian Childhood. Taken together, their donation of time, their considerable skills, and their fundraising efforts make the Colorado Historical Society Volunteers a formidable force. For their bound- less energy, contagious enthusiasm, and over- whelming commitment, the Volunteers are greatly appreciated by the Society. Kevin Gramer, Denver regional museums director, speaks for the entire Society when he says, “None of what has been accomplished over the year would have Longtime volunteer Arlene Hansen laughs at a story told been possible without the involvement of our by Volunteers President Gloria Rosener at this year’s volunteers.” Spring Luncheon.

A NNUAL R EPORT 2003–2004 29 2003–2004 Attendance

Museums and Historic Sites

Dinosaur National Rocky Mountain 76 Monument National Park 40 25 85

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

1. Colorado History Museum, Denver 6. Georgetown Loop Historic Mining and 147,973 Railroad Park, Georgetown Byers-Evans House Museum, Denver 111,131 9,051 Lebanon Silver Mine Grant-Humphreys Mansion, Denver (included in railroad figure) 24,232 16,005 (private events only) 7. Healy House and Dexter Cabin, Leadville 2. El Pueblo History Museum, Pueblo 5,240 13,602 8. Trinidad History Museum, Trinidad 3. Fort Garland Museum, Fort Garland 6,300 8,279 9. Ute Indian Museum, Montrose 4. Pike’s Stockade, La Jara 11,163 (attendance not monitored) 5. Fort Vasquez Museum, Platteville Colorado Historical Society 7,519 Total 2003–04 attendance: 342,607*

*Pearce-McAllister Cottage (operated by Museum of Miniatures, Dolls, and Toys) and the Colorado Executive Residence are included in the total.

30 C OLORADO H ISTORICAL S OCIETY Board of Directors

Colorado Historical Society Board Colorado Historical Foundation of Directors, 2003–2004 Board of Trustees, 2003–2004 Officers & Emeritus Officers Trustees Executive Janis H. Falkenberg John E. Moye, Chair John R. Cormey William H. Hornby Barbara Sudler Hornby, Dana H. Crawford Committee Frank A. Kemp Vice Chair Stanley Dempsey Philip H. Karsh, Chair Walter A. Steele Frank A. Kugeler, President H. Benjamin Duke III Joseph W. Halpern, Vice Chair Joseph W. Halpern, Walter C. Emery Jim McCotter, Vice Chair Ex Officio Vice President Ruth E. Falkenberg Dana H. Crawford, Secretary Carol deB. Whitaker, William S. Falkenberg John E. Moye W. Bart Berger, Treasurer Vice President Carla Y. Grant Rick O’Donnell Frederic K. Conover, Robert H. Bach, Secretary Fabby Hillyard Frances Owens Executive Committee Donald H. Burkhardt, Treasurer William H. Hornby W. Nicholas V. Mathers, Directors Carleton H. Hutchins Executive Committee Ex Officio Susan C. Kirk Jon N. Schler, Dwayne C. Nuzum Council Philip H. Karsh Executive Committee Ellen Kingman Fisher, Ph.D, Patricia O’Leary Co-Chair Susan Powers Directors Samuel P. Guyton, Co-Chair Thomas E. Rodriguez Christian Anschutz Katherine Beise Walter S. Rosenberry III Mary Lyn Ballantine Tom Blickensderfer Roz Schneider Stanley Dempsey Curtis E. Burton Edward D. White, Jr. Susan Drumm Stuart P. Dodge Ellen Kingman Fisher, Ph.D. Joan Duncan F. A. Garcia, M.D. Ed Dwight Newell Grant Walter C. Emery Colorado Historical Foundation Thomas P. Hagan Janis Falkenberg William S. Hammond, M.D. Gael Fetcher Revolving Loan Fund Board of Paul Kabotie Carol K. Gossard Vicky Kipp James J. Hester Directors, 2003–2004 Frank A. Kugeler James P. Johnson Virginia Morrison Love Frank A. Kemp Officers Directors Roger D. Knight III Douglas N. Morton Frank A. Kugeler, President Bruce C. O’Donnell Walter A. Koelbel Robert J. Mutaw Donald H. Burkhardt, Treasurer Susan Powers Alma Kurtz Robert J. Nichols John E. Moye, Secretary Jon N. Schler Thomas J. Noel, Ph.D. Dottie Lamm The Honorable Hon. Carlos F. Lucero Robert W. Ogburn Evelyn B. McClearn Ann Pritzlaff Myron D. Neusteter James H. Ranniger Martha J. Segelke Bruce M. Rockwell Walter A. Steele Gloria Rosener Marcia Tate Jennie Rucker, Ed.D. Carol deB. Whitaker M. Edmund Vallejo, Ph.D. Lee White Eleanor V. Vincent William F. Wilbur Dottie Wham Grant Wilkins

Gov. Bill Owens and Society President Georgianna Contiguglia present the 2004 Governor’s Award for Historic Preservation to Denver Public Schools. Jean Abney, a Dora Moore School parent and volunteer, and Mike Langley, Denver Public Schools Executive Director of Facilities Management, accept the award.

A NNUAL R EPORT 2003–2004 31 Financial Summary

Summary of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balance for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004 General Operations FY 2003–04 Support & Revenue by Source State Appropriation—CTRR 10,000 Limited Gaming Revenue—Society Operations 3,637,622 State Appropriation—Capital Construction 48,377 Transfers from Other State Entities 18,552 Grant/Project Transfers from State Historical Fund 218,696 Federal Grants 1,239,599 Museum Admissions and Rental Fees 727,990 Sales of Goods and Services 642,301 Membership Dues 479,318 Interest and Royalties 84,383 Donations and Gifts 761,821 Insurance Proceeds 53,256 Other Income 2,851 Total Support & Revenues 7,924,766

Expenditures by Program Collections & Curation 1,542,408 Collection Services & Access 372,766 Interpretive Services 789,611 Facilities Services 699,855 Historic Preservation 1,207,153 Marketing & Public Relations 200,069 Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad 10,000 Administrative & Support Services 776,995 Museum Stores 340,475 Publications 251,580 Membership Office 225,016 Development & Volunteers 215,248 Special Events 2,243 Other Grant Projects 33,275 Restricted Gift Projects 388,107 Capital Projects 927,125 Total Expenditures $7,981,926 Expenditures in Excess of Revenues (57,160) Less: Non-Budgetary Accrual Adjustments 22,161 Beginning Fund Balance, June 30, 2003 1,568,986 Ending Fund Balance, June 30, 2004 $1,533,987

32 C OLORADO H ISTORICAL S OCIETY Summary of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balance for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004 State Historical Fund FY 2003–04 Revenue Transfers from State Gaming Fund 25,872,417 Interest Income 1,286,729 Reimbursement of Prior Year Expenditure 111,493 Total Revenues $27,270,639

Expenditures SHF Administration & Indirect Costs 1,197,244 Gaming Cities Distributions 5,094,998 External Preservation Grants Program 17,236,593 Internal Preservation Grants Program 758,176 Society Museum & Preservation Operations 3,647,131 Total Expenditures $27,934,142 Revenues in Excess of Expenditures (663,503) Fund Balance, June 30, 2003 58,093,153 Fund Balance, June 30, 2004 $57,429,650 Less: Encumbered Grant Awards (26,325,672) Unencumbered Fund Balance—Reserved for Statutory Purposes $31,103,978 (FY 2004–2005 Funding for Statewide Preservation Grant Program and Society Museum and Preservation Operations)

Dignitaries at the groundbreaking for the “new” Colorado History Museum in 1975 included Gov. Richard D. Lamm, Society President E. Warren Willard, Chief Justice Edward E. Pringle, and Society executive director William E. Marshall.

A NNUAL R EPORT 2003–2004 33 Colorado Historical Society Staff

Administration Archaeology and Intergovernmental Services Dan Corson, Director Georgianna Contiguglia, President and Historic Preservation W. James Green, Jr., Compliance State Historic Preservation Officer Susan Collins, State Archaeologist and Coordinator Jennifer Adams, Program Assistant I Deputy State Historic Preservation Amy Pallante, Compliance Coordinator Officer for Archaeology Joseph Saldibar, Architectural Services Administrative Mark Wolfe, Director, State Historical Fund Coordinator and Deputy State Historic Preservation Services Officer for History Office of State Archaeologist Financial Affairs Suzanne Koehler, Administrative Assistant II Kevin Black, Assistant State Archaeologist Susan S. Riehl, Chief Financial Officer Charles Martin, Administrative Assistant II Thomas Carr, Staff Archaeologist Lillie Fuller, Accounting Technician II Todd McMahon, GIS Survey Archaeologist, Mary Velasquez, Accounting Technician II Information Management Librarian Meg Van Ness, Director Samuel Sweitz, Research Fellow in Human Resources Chris Bevilacqua, Archaeological Historical Archaeology James K. Davidson, Human Resources Information Specialist Manager Erin Melissa Grucz, Cultural Resource Data Preservation Planning Processor—History Dale Heckendorn, Director Information Technology Tracy Hall, Archaeological GIS Specialist Chris Geddes, National & State Register Barry Okita, Director Kathryn Kehl, GIS/Imaging Specialist Historian Tenzin Gyaltsen, WAN Administrator/User Lovella Learned Kennedy, Archaeological Holly Wilson, National & State Register Support Information Specialist Historian Irene Morita, WAN Administrator/User Heather Peterson, Historical Information State Historical Fund Support Specialist Estella Cole, Historic Preservation Specialist Sarah Rothwell, Cultural Resource Data Jennifer Cook, Public Relations Advisor Processor–Archaeology David Deyloff, Administrative Assistant II Emily Salazar, Archaeological GIS Specialist Gheda Gayou, Historic Preservation Mary Sullivan, Database Administrator Specialist Josh Torres, GIS Specialist/Archaeologist Jonathan Held, Historic Preservation Specialist James Joy, Historic Preservation Specialist Vera LaCrue, Grants Assistant Michael Lucki, Program Assistant I

Curator of material culture Carolyn McArthur and NAGPRA liaison Bridget Ambler consult in 2004 with Jacob Ahwinona of the Nome Eskimo Community and Jack Fagerstrom of the Chinik Eskimo Community.

34 C OLORADO H ISTORICAL S OCIETY Alyson McGee, Public Outreach Security and Admissions Marketing and Public Relations Coordinator Steve Golden, Director Kelly Williams, Marketing Director Lyle Miller, Technical Advisor Vernell Crump, Security Guard Julie Wedding, Public Relations Director Gloria Muniz, Contracts Officer Debbie Guerrero, Security Guard Kimberly Bauersfeld, Museum Rentals Cyril Padilla, Grants Assistant Dina Thomas, Administrative Assistant Manager Nan Rickey, Historic Preservation Specialist Greg Vigil, Security Guard John Semple, Administrative Assistant II Museum Stores Rachel Yank Simpson, Technical Advisor Vivian Coates, Director James Stratis, Preservation Projects Interpretive Services Deborah Golden, Assistant Director, Manager Design and Production Colorado History Museum Pat Wilson, Grants Assistant David Newell, Director Chris Piper, Shipping and Receiving Mark Wanker, Carpenter Manager Dirk Westervelt, Museum/Exhibit Volunteers Collections and Technician Angela Caudill, Volunteer Manager Library Larry Zeschin, Preparator Elisa Phelps, Director Education Regional Museums Bobbe Hultin, Tour Director Books and Manuscripts Byers-Evans House, Grant- Margi Aguiar, Serials Manager Robyn Jacobs, Adult Public Programs Patrick Fraker, Associate Curator Coordinator Humphreys Mansion, Pearce- R. Keith Schrum, Associate Curator Marilyn Lindenbaum, School/Youth McAllister Cottage Programs Coordinator Kevin Gramer, Director Collections Management Mary Ann McNair, Coordinator of Kristie Butler, Museum Guide, BEH Todd Topper, Director Educational Materials Dan Hupp, Maintenance Mechanic, BEH, Rita Winstien, Administrative Assistant II GHM, PMC Decorative and Fine Arts Connie Martindale, Facilities Rental Moya Hansen, Curator Research and Publications Coordinator, GHM Alisa Zahller, Associate Curator Modupe Labode, Chief Historian and Victoria (Vicki) Morton, Museum Guide, Director of Research BEH Material Culture David Wetzel, Publications Director Carolyn McArthur, Curator Larry Borowsky, Editor, Colorado History El Pueblo History Museum Bridget Ambler, NAGPRA Liaison journal Deborah Espinosa, Director James Peterson, Curatorial Assistant Ben Fogelberg, Editor, Colorado History Kathleen Eriksen, Education Coordinator Josette van der Koogh, Anthropology NOW Helen Reyes, Administrative Assistant I Project Coordinator Steve Grinstead, Editor, Colorado Fort Garland Museum and Photography and Films Heritage magazine Eric Paddock, Curator Susan Romansky, Graphics Assistant Pike’s Stockade Rick Manzanares, Director Judy Steiner, Associate Curator Brian Shaw, Manager, Roadside Interpretation Program Edward (Joey) Gallegos, Structural Trades Stephen H. Hart Library Andy Stine, Assistant Coordinator, Roadside Rebecca Lintz, Director Interpretation Program Fort Vasquez Museum Susan Hoskinson, Director Barbara Dey, Reference Librarian Jay DiLorenzo, Staff Photographer Outreach and Georgetown Loop Historic Karyl Klein, Library Technician Mining and Railroad Park Ruba Sadi, Library Technician Development Lee Behrens, Director Jean Settles, Information Officer Carol C. Whitley, Director Michael (Spydr) Wren, Assistant Staff Healy House and Dexter Cabin Photographer Development and Membership Maureen Scanlon, Acting Director Tamara Durstine, Major Gifts Officer Nancy Freimuth, Development Officer Trinidad History Museum Facilities Services Colleen Magorian, Research Manager Paula Manini, Director Joseph Bell, Director Karen Mandel, Fund Raising Database Manuel Gamboa, Structural Trades Michael Carrara, Assistant Director Manager Michael Kallenberg, Project Coordinator Laura Henning, Membership Director Ute Indian Museum Pat Karas, Office Manager CJ Brafford, Director Michael Stoetzel, Projects Manager

A NNUAL R EPORT 2003–2004 35 Staff Professional Activities

Staff Accomplishments Lee Behrens Angela Caudill • Chair, Historic District Public Lands • Certified Volunteer Administrator (CVA) Abbreviations Commission • Vice-President, Directors of Volunteers AAM—American Association of Museums • Chair, Silver Heritage Area Partnership in Agencies AASLH—American Association for State and • Corporate Secretary, Historic • Member, Association for Volunteer Local History Georgetown, Inc. Administration AIA—American Institute of Architects • Trustee, Western Museum of Mining and • Presenter, Metro Volunteers APTI—Association for Preservation Industry Estella Cole Technology International • Member, Georgetown Park • Speaker, CPI Conference, NTHP Main CAS—Colorado Archaeological Society Communication Committee Street program CCPA—Colorado Council of Professional Kevin Black • Participant, design charrette with Tom Archaeologists • Delivered three conference papers at Casey, architect, Taliesen, for the CHS—Colorado Historical Society meetings of archaeological rehabilitation of Beaver Meadows Visitor CPI—Colorado Preservation, Inc. organizations Center, Rocky Mountain National Park CSA—Costume Society of America • Editor, Southwestern Lore, the quarterly • Charter member, Secretary, Board of MPMA—Mountains and Plains Museums journal of CAS Directors, Rocky Mountain Chapter, APTI Association • Member, Executive Board, CCPA • Member, Historic Preservation NTHP—National Trust for Historic • Recipient, state honor award, CPI Committee, AIA Preservation CJ Brafford • Organizer, Rocky Mountain PAAC—Program for Avocational Chapter/APTI Seminars Archaeological Certification • Board member, AASLH SAA—Society for American Archaeology Thomas Carr Susan M. Collins SRMA—Society of Rocky Mountain • Documentary film, A Forgotten Place, • Program Committee, SAA annual Archivists shown at two international film festivals meeting 2004 • Photographic exhibition, Presence within • Member, International Council on Abandonment: Photography, Archaeology, Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS); Bridget Ambler US/ICOMOS Archaeological Heritage • Presented paper “NAGPRA in the New and Western Historic Sites, at Fort Lewis College Management and Cultural Tourism Millennium: The Future of Museum committees Compliance and Consultation,” AAM • Presented three professional papers at annual meeting archaeological conferences Georgianna Contiguglia • Board member, CCPA • Co-organized session on archaeology for • Member, Advisory Committee, Colorado • Board member, Denver Museum of CPI conference State Capitol Building Nature and Science, Native American • Member, Advisory Committee, Colorado Advisory Group Executive Residence • Scenic and Historic Byways Commission • Member, Program Committee, AASLH CHS staff members David Newell and Todd Topper helping • Presentation, “Gender Matters,” AASLH out at the arrival of the 75mm M1 pack Howitzer on loan annual conference for the 2004 opening of the Soldiers on Skis exhibit. • Peer reviewer, AAM Accreditation Program • Speaker, “Western Lands and Landscapes Through the Artists’ Eyes,” Colorado State University

36 C OLORADO H ISTORICAL S OCIETY Dan Corson Kevin Gramer Marilyn Lindenbaum • Session manager, NTHP conference • Presenter, historic preservation classes • Participant, AAM Learning in Museums • Presenter, CPI conference for Cleworth Architectural Legacy seminar • Participant, Main Street selection project in Denver Public Schools • Presenter, education and outreach process • Steering Committee, Doors Open programs for Teaching American History • Chair, CML growth committee Denver • Presenter, resources and methods, CU- • Member, History Advisory Board, Jim Green Boulder CU-Boulder • Attendee, CPI conference Rebecca Lintz • Presenter, Rocky Mountain Land Use • Secretary, Colorado Preservation Institute conference Steve Grinstead • Co-editor, Western Voices: 125 Years of Alliance • Presenter, SGA natural gas pipeline • Archivist, SRMA company conference Colorado Writing (Golden: Fulcrum Publishing, 2004) • Special Libraries Representative, Central • Author, article on advocacy for The Colorado Library System Alliance Review, newsletter of the Moya Hansen • Newspaper Project Advisory Board and National Alliance of Preservation • Project director and curator, Soldiers on CHS representative, Colorado Commissions Skis, Colorado History Museum Digitization Program • Board member, National Alliance of • Presenter, Association of Midwest Preservation Commissions Museums annual meeting Colleen Magorian • Judge, Colorado History Day • Board Member, Rocky Mountain Quilt • Member, Colorado Professional • Participant, session proposal evaluation Museum Researchers for Advancement committee, NTHP conference • Represented the 10th Mountain Division Paula Manini • Wrote two articles for the CPI newsletter Resource Center at the 10th Mountain • Coordinator, Museums of Trinidad Barbara Dey Division Alumni Association reunion brochure • Attendee, Museums and the Web Laura Henning • Member, Highway 12 Scenic and conference • Member, Rocky Mountain Direct Historic Byways Grants Committee • Author, “A Morning in Taos: The Chance Marketing Association • Honorary Board Member, Trinidad Historical Society Encounter of a Painter and a Susan Hoskinson Photographer,” Colorado Heritage, • Editor, Fort Collins First Water Works by Rick Manzanares Autumn 2003 Wayne Sundberg • Co-Chair, Steering Committee of the Deborah Espinosa • Board member, Poudre Landmarks proposed Sangre de Cristo National • Member, planning committee to host Foundation Heritage Area the 2005 CWAM Conference • Chair, Friends of the Water Works, • Board member, KRZA Radio FM • Chair, Grants Committee, Destination Poudre Landmarks Foundation • Chair, Costilla County Lodging Tax Board Pueblo Bobbe Hultin • Appointed preservation commissioner • President, Fort Garland Revitalization • Recipient, 2004 AASLH Award of Merit Committee by the Pueblo City Council for Old Stories, New Voices Intercultural • Member, Education Committee, Historic Youth Program Carolyn McArthur Pueblo, Inc. • Instructor, Denver: Snapshots of a Past • Represented CHS at a land transfer Ben Fogelberg that Shapes the Present, University of ceremony for the Cheyenne and • Author, “‘Papa bought some cattle’: The Denver Enrichment Program Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma Diary of Mary Davis Painter,” Colorado • Coordinator, Home of the Free, Alyson McGee Heritage, Summer 2003 Washington Mutual’s photojournalism • Board member, Historic Fort Collins • Co-editor, Western Voices: 125 Years of exhibit Development Corporation Colorado Writing (Golden, Fulcrum Jim Joy • Speaker, Rocky Mountain Masonry Publishing, 2004) • Board member, fundraising coordinator Institute Contractor and Supplier • Most Endangered Places Committee, for Front Rangers Cycling Club’s certification program, Government CPI program for at-risk youth Funders Panel, Rural Philanthropy Days • Advisory Board member, Zacatecas Todd McMahon Review magazine Karyl Klein • Awarded Master of Humanities degree, • Treasurer and Membership Chair, CCPA Patrick Fraker CU-Denver • Co-organizer, “Business of Archaeology” • Completed SHF grant project to rehouse session, CPI Conference and catalog the CHS map collection of Modupe Labode • Guest speaker for three community approximately 3,000 maps • Presented paper on child labor and the events sugar beet industry at the Organization Gheda Gayou of American Historians conference • Treasurer, Rocky Mountain regional • Panel participant, MPMA conference chapter, APTI

A NNUAL R EPORT 2003–2004 37 Mary Ann McNair Heather Peterson Todd Topper • Conducted class on museum media • Member, Secretary/Treasurer, Board of • Exhibits Coordinator, MPMA annual design for the Art Institute of Colorado Directors, Friends of 17-Mile House meeting • Conducted workshop, “How to Read a • Presenter, NTHP conference • Vice President, Association of Northern Photograph,” for Colorado Academy; • Speaker, Elbert County Historical Front Range Museums the “Teach American History” program Society, Denver Posse of Westerners and • Board member, Rocky Mountain Quilt in Jefferson County; and the Colorado Boulder Community School of Museum Digitization Project Integrated Studies Josette van der Koogh • Attendee, Museums and the Web Elisa Phelps • Board member, Humphrey Memorial conference • Board Member, AAM Curators Park and Museum, Evergreen Lyle Miller Committee Margaret Van Ness • Member, Lakewood Landmarks Nan Rickey • Chair, Golden Planning Commission Committee • Speaker, Devil's Gate History Club, • Board of Directors, Rocky Flats Cold War • Speaker, NTHP conference, Boulder Georgetown Museum County Historic Preservation workshop, • Presentations or workshops for 17 Grand Lake Historical Society, Emily Salazar • Completed the ESRI ArcGIS 9.0 seminar community or educational Englewood Historical Society, Lakewood organizations Historical Society, Golden Triangle Joe Saldibar special event • Member, CU-Boulder Historic Resources Julie Wedding • Participant, CPI Endangered Places Advisory Committee • Member, Public Relations Society of program • Presenter, CPI conference America (PRSA) • Presenter, NTHP conference • Co-chair, Membership Committee, PRSA Vicki Morton Colorado • Board member, Golden Triangle Arts Keith Schrum • Rookie of the Year 2003, PRSA Colorado District • Curator, U.S.S. Colorado, Colorado • Co-chair, Public Relations and David L. Newell History Museum Marketing Committee, Young Nonprofit • Co-chair, Nominating Committee, CSA • Adjunct Instructor, Library and Professionals Network • Committee member, Richard Martin Information Services Program, University of Denver David N. Wetzel Award, CSA • Presented paper, “‘I Made It Up’: • Committee member, CSA Series, CSA Brian Shaw Reflections on Memory, Baby Doe, and • Presenter, slide lectures to the Costume • Received certification in Section 106 Public History,” Western History Club of Historic Georgetown, Inc., and Administration Association conference the Colorado Society of Hispanic • Participant, Historic Structures Genealogy Assessment Workshop Carol Whitley • Consultant with Graduate School of • Member, CPI Public Policy Committee • Board Member, Development and Social Work, University of Denver, • Invited to join CPI Conference Planning Membership Standing Professional regarding a permanent exhibit Committee Committee, AAM documenting the school's history • Chair, Scholarship Committee, Judy Steiner DAM/AAM Eric Paddock • Curator and project director, Vance • Project Director, Icons and Oddities, Kirkland: A Colorado Painters Life, The Mark Wolfe Colorado History Museum Early Works and Beyond, Colorado • Board member, CPI • Project Director, Capture the Moment History Museum • Board member, Colorado Community THE PULITZER PRIZE PHOTOGRAPHS, • Co-curator, Colorado Aviation and Soldiers Revitalization Association Colorado History Museum on Skis • Board member, Society for Commercial Archaeology • Visiting artist, University of Akron, Andy Stine Akron, Ohio • Speaker, CPI conference, Colorado • Attendee, Joint Annual Conference of Community Revitalization conference, • Photography and art history instructor, American Society for Environmental Arapahoe Community College study NTHP conference, Colorado Association History and the National Council on of Foundations abroad program, Aix-en-Provence, Public History France • Author, “Suffering from Want,” Colorado Alisa Zahller • Lecturer on history of photography and Heritage, Autumn 2003 • Curator, Music Makers, Colorado History theory and criticism of 20th century Museum photography, CU-Denver James Stratis • Presenter, “Branching Out: Researching • Speaker, CPI conference Your Family Tree” CHS Oral History Amy Pallante • Member, Denver Chapter of AIA’s • Presenter on cell tower issues to Historic Workshop Historic Preservation Committee and • Presenter, “Stitching Up an Exhibit: Denver and historic Denver churches the Rocky Mountain regional chapter of • Attendee, CPI conference Using Textiles to Warm and Educate the APTI Soul,” MPMA annual meeting • Attendee, workshops on Sections 4(f) • Manuscript peer reviewer, APTI Bulletin and 106 coordination • Presenter, “Textile Documentation,” publication. Sampler Guild of the Rockies • Presenter, “La Prima Domenica,” Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Denver

38 C OLORADO H ISTORICAL S OCIETY Volunteers

Ms. Joan E. Palmer Ms. Judy Atwater Miss Charise M. Boomsma KEY: Ms. Jennifer M. Robbins Ms. Linda R. Aumiller Mrs. Doris Boorman Volunteers who contributed Miss Ren Roob Mr. Johnny Baca Mrs. Norma J. Bovee over 100 hours of service at the Mr. John S. Russell Mrs. Anne P. Bailey Ms. Kate Bowman Colorado Historical Society are Mrs. Kaye L. Schmitt Ms. LouRae Baker Ms. Marcy Bowman listed in blue Mrs. Janet L. Smola Mrs. Arleda Ballard Les Boyer • Deceased Mrs. Jean Stuck Dr. Jack S. Ballard Pat Boyer Executive Board Miss Judith E. Sullivan Ms. Delores Ballejo Mrs. Gloria P. Bradfield Mrs. Lola J. Williams Mr. Floyd Barela Mrs. Camille Bradford Mrs. Gloria Rosener, President Mr. Mitch Bart Ms. Ruth M. Breashears Mrs. Pat Nading-Amman, Vice Volunteers Mrs. Lila Mae Bartlo Mrs. Catharine S. Brooks President Mrs. Joanne L. Abbott Ms. Jennifer C. Barton Ms. Diane V. Brotemarkle Mr. Lonnie L. Farmer, Treasurer Dr. Heraldo Acosta Mr. Glen T. Bean Mrs. Em Broughton Mrs. Mary M. Flowers, Recording Ms. Margot Acosta Ms. Eva M. Bechtold Mr. Robert L. Brown Secretary Ms. Leigh E. Akiyama Ms. Analee Beck Mrs. Jodie Buczak Mrs. Sybil W. Binder, Ms. Donna D. Alber Mrs. Ellie Beckley Ms. Marian B. Bullis Corresponding Secretary Archie Aldred Mrs. Doreen E. Beenck Robin Burchardt Mrs. Mae McGregor, Past Ms. Rosemary Aldred Mr. Andy Bell Leon Burlew President Mr. John K. Aldrich Ms. Anni M. Bengtson Lacy Burrows Mrs. Wilma N. Allen Committee Chairs Mr. Bob Benner Mrs. Susan H. Burrows Mr. Joseph Allen Mrs. Barbara J. Bushacher Ms. Nancy J. Bennett Torey Burrows Mr. Larry Ambrose Mrs. Susan Chambers Mr. Jay Biggs Mr. Edwin J. Busch Ms. Barbara Amett Mrs. Kathleen Cook Mr. Timm Biggs Mrs. Eleanor Busch Mr. Larry H. Amman Ms. Nancy J. Dafni Mr. Bruce Biggs-Gregory Mrs. Corrine M. Bush Mrs. Lelia I. Anderson Mr. Edward E. Ellis Mrs. Smokie Bischoff Mr. Larry Buter Ms. Ariana Andreatta Mrs. Mary M. Fast Ms. Alison Blackburn Mrs. Nancy Buter Ms. Ashley Andreatta Mrs. Marianne A. Galbreath Mrs. Iris L. Blancett Ms. Kathleen Byers Mrs. Carol R. Andrews Mrs. Margaret Greivel Mr. Walt Blankenship Cahill Family Reverend John J. Andrews Mrs. Arlene R. Hansen Mr. Dennis M. Bogard Ms. Joanne Caldwell Ms. Stacey A. Angus Ms. Elizabeth A. Heid Mrs. Martha M. Bohlmann Mrs. Nancy A. Campbell Mr. Philip D. Antonelli Mrs. Sharon R. Jarrett Mrs. Maralyn S. Boland Mrs. Peggy G. Campbell Mrs. Janet C. Anzlovar Mrs. Linda L. Jensen Miss Kate E. Boling Mrs. Elizabeth J. Candelario Ms. Liz Aragon Mrs. Patricia Krupa Mr. Rooster Bonner Mrs. Tracey Cantrell Mr. Lupe Aragon Mrs. Kathleen Marrs Ms. Alice Aranda Mrs. Joyce C. Mast Mr. Lonnie Arment A group of volunteers takes time out from the festivities at Mrs. Katherine A. Miller Ms. Violet Armour • Ms. Marilyn A. Nelson the USO dance, sponsored by radio station KEZW to Mrs. Verna Ash coincide with the 2004 Soldiers on Skis exhibit.

A NNUAL R EPORT 2003–2004 39 Mrs. Arna Caplan Mrs. Lou Duvall Pat Carleton Ms. Melanie A. Eber Sam Carleton Mrs. Anne B. Edwards Ms. Gracey M. Carter Mrs. Edith E. Ellison Mr. Jerry Carter Ms. April M. Emge Mrs. Lynn Castelo Ms. Bonnie Emge Mr. Jay M. Caudill Mr. Eric England Mrs. Nancy Chamberlin Ms. Virginia Eppinger • Mrs. Pam Chambers Eriksen Family Mr. John Chase Ms. Linda Escobabo Mrs. Shirley Chase Ms. Cholly M. Eskridge Mr. Eric M. Childers Ms. Marie Espanoza Ms. Leslie Chomic Mr. Juan Espinosa Mrs. Mary Ruth Church Ms. Judi Espinosa • Mrs. Edna C. Clark Ms. Lucy Espinosa Ms. Marilynn Clark Ms. Ginny Ethridge Mrs. Maryellen B. Clifford Mrs. Frances Evans Dr. Nathan J. Clifford Mr. Martin C. Everitt Lee Coffee Mrs. Martha W. Ewald Ms. Heather Cole Mrs. Janis Falkenberg Mrs. Marie E. Cole Mrs. Pam A. Fassione Mr. Jim Colson Ms. Debra B. Faulkner Ms. Karen Comeau Ms. Diane Fay Ms. Margaret A. Conable Ms. Barb Fenton Fashion show volunteers show off some military, medical, and Ms. Sharon Condor Mrs. Barbara Ferguson scouting uniforms from the past at a 2004 event. Ms. Patricia A. Conly Mr. Jim Fern Mrs. Lucille L. Conners Ms. Jan Ferrero Mr. Neal D. Gilmore Eunice Harris Mr. Donald L. Cook Ms. Susan Finzel-Aldred Mrs. Kristina D. Givens Harold Harris Ms. Pat Cook Ms. Eva Fisher Mrs. Dorothy Glaros Ms. Linda L. Harris Ms. Geneva Cordova Ms. Barbara A. Ford Ms. Rose Mary Glista Susan Harris Mr. John Cornella Mrs. Shirley S. Fowler Ms. Rachel Goldberg Mr. Earl Harris Mr. Richard L. Cornwell Pat Fox Mr. Henry Gonzalez Ms. Carolyn Hartl Mr. Ralph Crawford Mr. Kyle Francis Mrs. Ilene M. Good Mrs. Mary C. Hartley Ms. Caitlin Cress Ms. JoAnn Franke Ms. Meriam Good Mr. Robert E. Hartley Ms. Georgiann Crickett Miss Royce Freeman Mrs. JoAn M. Goodman Mrs. Julie Hartman Ms. B.J. Croall Mr. John Frey Ms. Dana Gower Mrs. Mary T. Hartman Ms. Marguerite Cullen Ms. Joyce Frey Mrs. Jan Graham Ms. Christine Hartness Mr. Harry Cummins Ms. Joyce E. Fresques Mr. Weldon Graham Ms. Rachel Hawthorn Mrs. Helen Cummins Ms. Jennifer Fugita Ms. Corine Gray-Koffman Mrs. Eleanor C. Hayden Mrs. Jo Anne Curran Mr. Dennis L. Gahagen Ms. Phyllis Greb Mr. Erwin R. Hayes Mr. Thomas E. Curran Mrs. Charlene L. Gail Mrs. Mary Ellen Greene Ms. Elizabeth Heacock • Mr. Rick Dalrymple Mr. Gary Galbreath Miss Stephanie E. Grewe Mrs. Kathleen M. Hendricks Mr. Luke Daniels Mr. Lawrence A. Galindo Ms. Vivian Griego Ms. Judy Henning Janet M. Dawson Mr. Brandon Gallegos Ms. Elena M. Griffith Mrs. Linda Henry Ms. Dawn M. DeAno Mrs. Anjelica Gamboa Mrs. Sophie B. Griffith Mrs. Dorothy Herbertson Ms. Claudia Deasy Ms. Rene Gamboa Mr. John T. Gross Mrs. Marjorie L. Hill Dr. James Delaney Ms. Yolanda Gamboa Ms. Bernita Grove Mr. Ralph D. Hill Ms. Emma DelFrate Mrs. Deanna E. Ganskow Mr. Ben Guerrero Mrs. Mary Ann Hire Ms. Elizabeth Dietz Mr. George Garcia Mr. Lloyd W. Gundy Mr. Robert W. Hirsch Ms. Connie A. Dineen Mr. Michael Garcia Mrs. Joy Gyurman Mrs. Rosalyn A. Hirsch Miss Celesta DiPinto Mr. Stanley Gardenswartz Mrs. Marjorie M. Haagenson Ms. Eleanor M. Hixon Mr. Delbert Dixon Mrs. Charlene Gardner Mr. Paul Haberman Mrs. Mary E. Hobbs Mrs. Jean Dochter Ms. Jeanne Gardner Mr. David Hadad Mrs. Shirley M. Hobson Ms. Annella Dove Mr. Stanley Gardner Mrs. Mary E. Hadad Mr. Shawn Hoefer Mr. E. Frank Dowling III Ms. Mary T. Garner Ms. Dana Hagengruber Mrs. Catherine M. Hoerter Mrs. Margaret Driggs Mrs. Bonnie J. Garramone Mr. John E. Hanna Ms. Sharon Hoffman Mrs. Anne Dubousky Miss Patricia A. Garrity Mr. Lyle D. Hansen Mrs. Faith Hofstader Mr. Roland X. DuCote Mr. Donald A. Gaylord Mr. Ernie Hara Ms. Helen Q. Holden Mr. Dennis A. DuFresne Ms. Ginny D. Gelbach Mrs. Patricia A. Harding Mrs. Barbara J. Hon Mrs. Michelle Dunn Ms. Estella Genova Mrs. Elisabet Harms Mrs. Lisa Hoots Mr. Ken Dusenberr Ms. Marjorie Gerson Mrs. Peggy Harper Mr. Robert Hopkins Ms. Marilyn Dusenberry Ms. Lisa M. Giannascoli Mr. Charles Harris Mr. Chester Horber

40 C OLORADO H ISTORICAL S OCIETY Mr. Bill Horton Mrs. Mary A. Kroneberger Mrs. Kelly McCarthy Ms. Linda Mishkin Mrs. Dee Hosea Mrs. Lillian M. La Fleur Coen Family Mrs. Marianne Mishmash Mr. Jon Hostager Ms. Mona M. Lambrecht Mrs. Angelia K. McCrea Ms. Annette Moltrer Mr. Dave Houghton Mrs. Lois Lana Mr. Alan McFadden Ms. Karin Montague Mr. Sam C. Houser Mr. William Lane Ms. Marie McFadden Mr. Sam Moore Mrs. Jayne Howard Mr. Ronald J. Landberg Mr. Colin McFee Ms. Sharon Moore Mr. Jim B. Howard Ms. Jean M. Larrick Mr. Leo McGinnis Ms. Dana Morris Ms. Margaret Howe Miss Harriet J. Latham Ms. Pamela A. McGivern Mr. Gene Morton Mr. Wesley M. Howe Mrs. Aurora Law Mrs. Trish McIntyre Mrs. Shirley Moschetti Ms. Cindy Howell Ms. Peggy Y. Law Mr. Jack C. McKee Dr. John P. Moyer Ms. Corinne V. Hunt Lawlor Family Mrs. Maxine McKee Mrs. Margaret Moyer Miss Holly Hunt Mr. Jerry Leitschuh Mrs. Jean McLaughlin Mrs. Marge Mueller Ms. Jennifer Hunter Ms. Judy Leitschuh Ms. Clara McNair Ms. Mary D. Muir Ms. Dora Hyder Mr. Barney Leon Mr. Daniel L. McNamara Ms. Ann Mulford Ms. Glori Hyder Mrs. Harriet Leon Samantha McNeil Mr. Steve Muller Ms. Alice Inzel Mrs. Barbara S. Levin Thomas McNeil Ms. Vicky Muller Ms. Maureen Jackson Mr. Steven L. Leyba Mrs. Lovella J. McNutt Mrs. Dixie Myers Ms. Pamela Jacobson Mr. Allan Linder Ralph & Mary McPherson Mr. Ronald S. Nagy Mrs. Jennifer James Mrs. Mary Linder Ms. Bonita Medina Mrs. Eileen Naiman Mr. Charles W. Jansch Ms. Marjorie O. Lindskog Mr. John Medina Mr. Herb Nakaya Miss Dawn Jaros Ms. Belinda Lipsey Mr. Mario Medina Mrs. Carol Nakaya Heather Jarrett Ms. Ginnie Logan Mr. Earl Meeks Ms. Marilyn G. Naper Nathaniel Jarrett Mr. Rick Lohsen Mrs. Jean S. Meeks Mrs. Zoya Nazari Sabastian Jarrett Mrs. Sally Longwell Ms. Annika Melde Mr. Braxton Neely Mr. Fredrick O. Jeffries Mr. Philip C. Lovato Mrs. Marge Melle Mrs. Marilyn Neely Mrs. Dottie Jeltema Ms. Barbara Lovell-Reid Mr. Curtis Menefee Mrs. Carol Neiswonger Mr. Valedemar Jiminez Miss Caroline J. Lowsma Ms. Jonna M. Meyer Ms. Andrea L. Nelson Ms. Amberle Johnson Ms. Heidi Lucas Ms. Linda L. Meyer Mrs. Brittney Nelson Mr. Charlie Johnson Mrs. Paula Lucas Ms. Janet Miller Mrs. Mathilde Nelson Ms. Crystal Johnson Ms. Priscilla Lucero Mrs. Jeanette A. Millar Ms. Nancy A. Nelson Mrs. Dorothy Mae Johnson Mrs. Alvera Ludwig Ms. Marcella T. Miller Mr. Robert D. Nelson Ms. Tracey Johnson Cullin Lumpkins Mr. Marti Miller Mrs. Sharon L. Newman Mr. Bradford C. Jones Kim Lumpkins Ms. Mary Ellen Miller Mr. Cecile Newton Ms. Mary Lou Jones Ms. Allison Luppa Mrs. Merdith L. Miller Mr. Milton Newton Mrs. Frances M. Jorgenson Mrs. Florence O. Lyons Fletch & Michal Millon Mrs. Jane Nichols Ms. Marjorie Joseph Ms. Dory Macaluso Ms. Martha Milne Mr. Robert Nichols Mr. Vince Juliano Ms. Elizabeth MacDougall Mr. Roy Miltner Ms. M. Bernice Nielsen Mrs. Marion E. Jump Mrs. Marjorie E. MacLachlan Ms. Lorraine A. Kahler Ms. Virginia Madrill Ms. Avia Kallage Ms. Colleen Magorian Mr. Milt S. Kanzaki Mr. Gideon Mailer Mr. Michael E. Kary Mr. Josh T. Mangiagli Miss Phyllis E. Kauffman Mr. Jim C. Mangus Ms. Sondra Kaye Mr. George B. Marshall Ms. Angela Kelly Mrs. Jean Marshall Ms. Barbara Kelly Ms. Priscilla Marshall Mr. Darryl Kelly Mr. Bryce Martin Mr. Roy Kelly Ms. Carmen Martin Mrs. Paula J. Kendrick Mr. Ernest Martin Ms. Evelyn Kennedy Miss Jennifer Martin Mr. Ron Kessler Ms. Catherine J. Martinez Miss Emily R. Kestenbaum Mrs. Kathy M. Martinez Mrs. Gail L. Khasawneh Ms. Leticia Martinez Mrs. Sharon Kiefer Mr. Michael Martinez Mr. Keith E. Kirby Ms. Natasha Martinez Ms. Sandi A. Klatt Pat Martinez Ms. Jennifer Klein Ms. Rosemary Martinez Ms. Helen Kneib Ms. Deborah Martinez Martinez Mrs. Janet W. Kraus Ms. Elle Martling Mr. Paul Kraus Mr. Tanner McCall Mr. Bob Krieskhouse Ms. Denise L. McCammon Volunteer Joan Palmer hamming it up at the June 2004 Miss Viola M. Kriz Mrs. Jean-Carol McCammon Volunteer Garage Sale fundraiser.

A NNUAL R EPORT 2003–2004 41 Mrs. Marilyn Nold Ms. Carol Rivera Ms. Regina L. Srajer Mrs. Virginia D. Warner Mr. John Norton Mrs. Lynn V. Roberts Mrs. Suzanne Staab Mrs. Shirley O. Waters Miss Elizabeth A. Nunan Mr. Denise Roberts Mr. Ron Steger Ms. Mizmor Watzman Ms. Joann O’Hagan Ms. Teresa Romero Ms. Grace Stephens Dr. John F. Webb Ms. Naoma O’Neill Mrs. Rebecca L. Root Mr. Daniel W. Sterns Mr. Brian Weber Ms. Maxine Obleski Mr. Arthur Rosener Mr. Doug Steward Mrs. Margaret B. Weiland Ms. Peggy Obrey Mr. Dick Ross Ms. Maxie Steward Mrs. Marcie Weiler Ms. Joanne Ogren Mary Roth Mr. Frank C. Stewart, Sr. Mrs. Rachel R. Weinberg Mr. Stan Oliner Mr. Theodore L. Rousses Mrs. Shirley Stewart Mr. John Wendelburg Mrs. Priscilla Opper Mrs. Charlotte G. Rubin Ms. Marie Stinchcomb Mrs. Jacqueline Wenger Mr. Ray Opper Mr. Jack Rudder Jerry Stokes Ms. Lisa D. Werdel Ms. Ann Orr Mrs. Theresa Rudder Mr. Jack Stone Ms. Alta A. West Mr. Sean Page “Big Mike” Ruether Mr. Orrin J. Stransky Mr. Mike West Mr. Donald H. Palmer Ms. Jeannie Russell Mrs. Phyllis W. Stransky • Ms. Shermita West Mr. Frank J. Palmeri Mrs. Mary Russell Mr. Bill J. Stroud Mrs. Nancy J. Westman Mrs. Elizabeth Papp Mrs. Alberta A. Ryan Mr. Russell W. Struckman Miss Wendy J. Wham Mrs. Margaret Anne Parker Miss Jennifer Ryan Ms. Cecilia G. Sullivan Ms. Rose Marie Wheeler Mr. Samuel Parks Mrs. Mary Nelle Ryan Mrs. Jane M. Swanson Ms. Mary C. Wheelock Ms. Nancy M. Parma Mrs. Bonnie Sajbel Steve Swanson Ms. Candace S. Whitaker Mrs. Marlene L. Parrish Mr. Ed Sajbel Terry Swanson Mrs. Dorothy S. Whitaker Mrs. Bonnie Pastor Mr. Christopher Sall Miss Elsie E. Swensen Mrs. Paulette S. Whitcomb Ms. Ashley Patterson Mrs. Kathleen Sanders Mrs. Roberta C. Swenson Mr. Flint Whitlock Ms. Megan S. Patton Ms. Cristine Sandoval Mr. Vincent Szafranko Mrs. Barbara R. Whitney Mrs. Mabel Pattridge Mr. Isaac Sandoval Ms. Earlene Taggart • Katrice Whitney Mrs. Sally Peck Ms. Frances Santos Mr. David S. Taylor Jennifer Whitney Mrs. Edna L. Pelzmann Ms. Gretchen Scanlon Mr. David Templeton Mrs. Lois M. Whitney Ms. Marian R. Pennington Miss Theresa Marie Schaefer Mrs. Jane R. Temple Mrs. Helen Wiedenfeld Mrs. Vivian R. Pereboom Mr. Scott Schermer Ms. Mary E. Tenantry Mrs. Jeannine A. Wilkinson Mrs. Jeanne Perman Mrs. Sandra Schmauderer Ms. Margot Terry Ms. Carol M. Williams Ms. Annie Pershin Ms. Betty J. Schmidt Ms. Amy S. Theodore Mr. Perry Williams Mrs. Joanne Peters Bob Schmidt Ms. Darlene R. Toomey Ms. Karen L. Willis Mr. Ted W. Peters Donna Schmidt Miss Katharine L. Trojan Mrs. Fern S. Wilson Ms. Debbie Pettigreir Mr. Curtis Schramm Mr. Matthew Trujillo Mr. Jack S. Winter Ms. Hazel Petty Mr. Doug Schramm Ms. Marcia Turman • Mrs. Rae S. Wiseman Mr. George Peyton Ms. Jean Schrum Ms. Marcy Turner Mr. George R. Wolf Mrs. Christy C. Pickett Ms. LeAnn Schuster Ms. Jayne Uhlir Mrs. Verna M. Wolf Ms. Gail L. Pitts Miss Dorothy Schutz Dr. Ted A. Ulrich Mrs. Phyllis Woodard Ms. Elizabeth Platt Ms. Barbara R. Seidel Ms. Helen Van Orman Ms. Jean Woytek Mr. Truman Pooler Mr. Don E. Settle Dr. Julie Van Valen Mr. Shanti Zaid Mrs. Nancy Potak Mrs. Katie Settle Mrs. Marjorie J. Van Wyk Ms. Gloria E. Zakus Mrs. Mary Anne Potts Mr. Charles E. Sharrock Ms. Valerie Varco Ms. Karen K. Zayaz Mr. Dick Power Mrs. Marie Shaw Ms. Eleanor Velasquez Mrs. Fran Zepin Mr. John C. Pringle Miss Hannah Shepherd Mrs. Jan Vest Ms. Amy B. Zimmer Mrs. Susan M. Purcell Mrs. Wanda M. Shipman Mrs. Melissa A. Victorine Ms. Barbara Zimmerman Mrs. Ernie Pyle Ms. Phyllis E. Shotkoski Mr. Richard Vigil, Jr. Ms. Belinda Zink Mrs. Patricia R. Quade Mrs. Cheryl Siebert-Waite Ms. Theresa Vigil Ms. Audrey Quick Mrs. Carol A. Singer Mrs. Clair E. Villano Volunteer Groups Ms. Marhta Rael Cheyenne Sinn Mrs. Eleanor V. Vincent Altrusa International of Pueblo Mr. Jim Ramsey Mr. Greg Sinn Mrs. Sally A. 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A NNUAL R EPORT 2003–2004 43 Ms. Cynthia G. Daniels Ms. Claudia B. Merthan Donations Dr. & Mrs. Richard Bakemeier Mr. & Mrs. John C. Davis IV Ms. Susan M. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Ballantine Dr. & Mrs. Steven O. Davis Mr. John C. Mitchell III Settlers—$100,000+ Caroline Bancroft Trust Mrs. Laurayne B. Davison Mr. Robert N. Morehead Gates Family Foundation Mr. S. Rutt Bridges Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Deane Reverend & Mrs. Kenneth G. Schlessman Foundation Mr. Grover L. Cleveland Arthur & Nancy Delaney Moreland State Historical Fund Construction Design Associates Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Deline Dr. & Mrs. Michael J. Moynihan Trailblazers— Dr. & Mrs. S. Robert Contiguglia Ms. Terri M. Dickerson Mr. Richard L. Munoz Mrs. Mary Ann G. Davis Mr. Frank J. Dolinsek Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Nichols $50,000–$99,999 Dr. William E. Davis Mr. & Mrs. Tim Drago Dr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Noel Adolph Coors Foundation Delta Kappa Gamma (Beta Mr. & Mrs. H. Benjamin Duke III Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Norton Estate of Charlotte E. DeHarport Chapter) Mr. Stephen S. Dunham Mr. & Mrs. Laurence T. Paddock Gold Barons— Mr. & Mrs. Stuart P. Dodge Mr. & Mrs. Walter C. Emery Dr. Frederick R. Paquette $25,000–$49,999 Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Downing Mr. Ron Emrich Mr. Monte Pascoe & Senator Pat Mr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Drumm Denver Newspaper Agency Mr. & Mrs. Clark B. Ewald Pascoe Mr. & Mrs. William S. Falkenberg Estate of Leonard V. B. Sutton Mr. & Mrs. Dale Fitting Mrs. Arlene H. Payne Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Fisher Vance Kirkland Foundation Dr. Charles Fuenzalida & Mrs. Joan P. Pechman Friends of Historical Trinidad, Koncilja & Koncilja Dr. Susan Savage Mr. & Mrs. Perry C. Peine Inc. Tenth Mountain Division Ms. Cynthia J. Garnier & Mr. & Mrs. Joseph J. Perry Mr. Charles C. Gates Foundation, Inc. Mr. Kenneth Hisamoto Mrs. Clara V. S. Phipps Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Gibson Wagner Equipment Co. Mr. Merle J. Gast & Mr. Bruce Plomondon Ms. Cecily M. Grant Ms. Beverly S. 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s the Colorado Historical Society • Ancient Voices: Stories of Colorado’s Distant begins its next 125 years, the Past, a look at the ancient peoples who A 2004–2005 fiscal year holds many inhabited Colorado, some as long as more exciting projects, including: 12,000 years ago, will open in January 2005. Multi-media interactives, authentic • Western Voices: 125 environments and the Society’s extraordi- Years of Colorado nary collection of artifacts will take visitors Writing will be back in time to explore the origins of released in Sep- Colorado’s first American Indians, the tember. Featuring Paleoindian hunters of the eastern plains, some of the best the Apishapa of southeastern Colorado, the writing published cliff dwellers of the Mesa Verde region, and by the Society in the archaeological the last 80 years, evidence and oral this 400-page traditions that illustrated vol- teach us ume will highlight work by Wallace Stegner, about these Louis L’Amour, and Patricia Nelson cultures. Limerick, among other well-known authors and historians. • Colorado TimeScape, an 8’ x 10’ topograph- ical map of Colorado, will be installed • Capture the Moment THE in March. This large scale map will PULITZER PRIZE PHO- give a truly unique perspective on the TOGRAPHS will be at the state, with laser images that will move Colorado History Museum across the map and coordinate with September 2–December 12. video presentations to tell the Capture the Moment is the stories that define our state. largest and most compre- Five laser programs will depict hensive exhibition of Colorado’s general geography; the Pulitzer Prize-winning lifeways of people who lived here photographs ever shown from 10,000 years ago to AD in the United States, with 1300; the interactions between nearly 130 winning photo- Native Americans and others graphs representing instant- who came to the area from the ly recognizable historic mid-1500s to the mid-1800s; the moments from around Gold Rush era to WWI; and WWI to the world. the present. Colorado Historical Society 1300 Broadway Denver, CO 80203 303/866-3682 • www.coloradohistory.org