Programs in July

"Treasures from the Vault" is the theme of the July 2024 series of free programs hosted by the Estes Park Archives at 240 Moraine Avenue.
Every week, we will examine another recently acquired postcard or pamphlet or booklet or book related to early Estes Park history, including a first-edition (London) Isabella Bird "A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains" and a first-edition S. Anna Gordon "Camping in Colorado" which both became available to readers in book form in October 1879, a rare early postcard or advertising insert from 1905 that pushes back W.G. Edward's management of the "Rustic" (now the H-Bar-G Ranch) to two years earlier than the H-Bar-G website would have you believe, and a fascinating comical "Longs Peak Inn" postcard from 1947, one year after Mrs. Enos Mills retired and sold the near 75-year-old establishment to Fellton Enterprises. The programs begin every Saturday evening at 7:00 p.m., to avoid parking charges and some of the downtown traffic. No reservations are required, and everyone is invited. Call 586-4889 for directions or additional information. Scheduled topics as follows: Saturday, July 6 - First 1879 London edition of "A Lady's Life" Saturday, July 13 - First 1879 American edition of "Camping in Colorado" Saturday, July 20 - Incredibly rare 1905 Rustic Hotel postcard/printed advertising insert Saturday, July 27 - Longs Peak Inn, post Mills era

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