Historical Happenings.

HR Then And Now: Early Residents And The Arapahoe Hunt Club

Speakers:  Lawrence Phipps III,  Marvin Beeman, HR Early Residents

Lord Dunraven: Colorado’s Most Controversial Aristorat

SPEAKER: Kurtis Kelly

Windham Thomas Wyndam-Quin, the 4th Earl of Dunraven, left a tremendous legacy in the American West. His name embellishes Mount Dunraven in Rocky Mountain National Park and Dunraven Pass in Yellowstone. He was one of Colorado’s most intriguing landowners—and one of the most controversial.

Palmer Lake is the location of the first Rocky Mountain Chautauqua in 1887 and was a premier destination site during the hay day of the steam locomotive.  

RAHS members and guests will take a guided walking tour with local historian, Jim Sawatzki, to learn the unique history of the area.  A visit to the museum, lunch at a local restaurant (on your own) and a free ice cream social on the Village Green will follow.   

A fee of $5 is payable at the event by either cash or check.  

July's Free Presentation by the Castle Rock Historical Society

The Civilian Conservation Corp Camp

Jim Hansmann, Curator at the Castle Rock Museum will present a program on the Depression Era Civilian Conservation Corp Camp which was located  here in Castle Rock. This was  a New Deal Program to put young men to work. Learn what the camp did and what evidence there remains of their work in Douglas County today. This talk coincides with the Exhibit on display at the museum.  The exhibit will close this Saturday 12 July.