Discover the places, industries, culture and people in existence in the Roxborough area long ago. The objective of the Roxborough Area Historical Society is to bring together people interested in the history of northwest Douglas County, Colorado and the Roxborough area.
Upcoming Events: Riverside Cemetery field trip, September 24, meet at 8:45 a.m. at the Roxborough Marketplace Back in 1876, most citizens made the difficult trip west for a better life and finally settled down in Denver. But in the year Colorado became the 38th state, life in the small western town was anything but easy. A cemetery was needed. Those early pioneers’ resting place may not be in Denver’s trendy LoDo, but many of the 66,000 occupants who dwell in Riverside knew Lo-Do before it was called Lower Downtown.
Garry O’Hara has been walking through Riverside Cemetery--- the “pioneer cemetery”---for 15 years. He knows where their bodies are buried and the stories their graves conceal. As a volunteer tour guide with the Fairmount Heritage Foundation, O’Hara will escort Roxborough Area Historical Society members and other interested folks through the oldest areas of Riverside cemetery.
Since the cemetery is located in Denver at 5201 Brighton Blvd, is an hours drive from Roxborough, and according to O’Hara, is difficult to find, RAHS suggests that participants carpool from the Roxborough Marketplace located at Rampart Range and Waterton roads. If interested, meet in the parking lot on the east side of the Sonic Drive-In at 8:45 on Saturday, September 24.
The charge for the tour is $7 for non-members and $5 for members. Funds will go toward preserving and disseminating the history and heritage of Riverside and Fairmount Cemeteries.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:
The Arcadia Publishing Company announced that the book Roxborough is here! The Roxborough Area Historical Society was chosen as the organization to launch the history book.
Longtime Roxborough Park residents and co-authors Flo Tonelli and Char Nauman spent months collecting information and images to recount Roxborough’s historical past. Both are founding members of the Roxborough Area Historical Society.
Flo and Char will be available at future events to speak about the book and Roxborough’s history. Watch for local postings about when these events will take place.
2016 Events Check back for 2016 events coming soon! Dates and times to be confirmed. Here's what we're working on:
Ghost Stories, October 20 Audubon at Waterton Canyon, November 12
More information to come! Membership reminder: Become a member of RAHS and you'll assist in bringing information about history in our own backyard to others. Please consider renewing your membership if you are already a member! Annual memberships begin on January 1 of each year and remain active until the following December 31. Individual annual memberships are $15, family annual memberships are $20, lifetime memberships are $100 and business/corporate annual memberships are $50.
*Donations are always appreciated to help defray program costs.
2016 Past Events Thursday, January 28,Annual Meeting and special guest "Abe Lincoln" presenter, John Voehl Thursday, March 17,In the Beginning, Jim Weglarz, Larry Schlupp, Tim Weber, and Blake Graham Saturday, May 14, Lamb Spring/Miksch-Helmer cabin tour Saturday, June 18, Slocum Cabin tour Saturday, July 16, Miksch-Helmer Cabin tour Saturday, August 13, Fly'n B picnic
2015 Past Events Thursday, January 29, Annual Meeting and Guest Speaker Jack Warner on "Lamb Spring" Wednesday, March 18, History of Lockheed Martin with Ralph Dergance Thursday, April 23, Buffalo Bill Experience with "Gunny" Jeff Norman Friday, July 17, Melanie Grothe on Mountain Jeannie Saturday, August 22, Tour of Miksch-Helmer cabin and Lamb Spring Thursday, September 24, Exploring Douglas County History with the Castle Rock Writers Thursday, October 22, Roxborough Geology with Roxborough State Park Naturalist Roger Dowell
2014 Past Events Thursday, January 30, Annual Meeting and Guest Speaker Jeff Broome Saturday April 12, Living on the Rocks, Guest Speaker Archaeologist Todd McMahon Saturday May 3, Tour of HISTORY COLORADO CENTER Friday, June 27, History of Douglas County Law Enforcement 1859-2014, Guest speaker Attila Denes Saturday, July 19, Miksch-Helmer Cabin Tour Saturday, August 2, Palmer Lake historical bus tour and ice cream social with the Palmer lake Historical Society Saturday, September 20, Miksch-Helmer Cabin Tour Tuesday, September 23, Margaret Coel, "My Journey with the Arapahos Through History and Mystery" Thursday, October 23, Author Gail Beaton, Historical Women of Colorado
2013 Past Events Past events: Saturday August 24, 2013 Clean-up and Tour of the Miksch-Helmer Cabin - Members Only Saturday, September 14, 2013 Tour of the Miksch-Helmer Cabin Saturday, September 28, 2013 Tour of the Miksch-Helmer Cabin Saturday, September 21, 2013 - Field Trip to visit the Larkspur Historical Society's Crull - Hammond Cabin
