The Boer War and America Moore will speak on a little discussed aspect of world history – America and the Boer War. Around 1900 the British had wars going throughout their Empire. The major action was in southern Africa, the Boer War. Of course, the Boers, farmers of...
Cultural Legacies of Folk Music in Colorado History In this presentation, Bri will share her research on popular attitudes towards the banjo throughout Colorado state history and document how folk music became popular during the “American Folk Revival” (1940-1970). In...
The Molly Maguires and Colorado The infamous Molly Maguires, a secret society of Irish coal miners, met their demise in the late 1870s after decades of activity in the coalfields of Pennsylvania. After being infiltrated by the Pinkerton Detective Agency, some Mollies...
Time Traveling through Golden: A Geologic Journey through Deep Time! Join us in traveling through Deep Geologic Time across the Golden area. You will learn about landscape changes over the last 300+ million years, as continents came together and split apart several...
Icon of the American West – the Western Horse Join us for an evening celebrating the Western Horse and the indelible mark they’ve made on the West. There’s a reason why horse theft was considered on par with murder! Horse thieves, stock detectives,...
