History in our own backyard

Upcoming Events​

Coming up next:
Riverside Cemetery Tour, Saturday, June 4, 1:30 p.m.
​Take a walk into the past and explore the beauty within Riverside Cemetery.
Tour: Distinguished Women of Riverside
Date: June 4, 2022, 1:30pm
Address: 5201 Brighton Boulevard (Denver)
Cost: $15 (Directly benefits the Fairmount Heritage Foundation Education and Preservation Programs at Riverside and Fairmount.)
Riverside Cemetery is Denver’s oldest operating cemetery and was founded in 1876 to replace the Denver City Cemetery (Mt. Prospect), now Cheesman Park. There are over 67,000 people buried at Riverside. Riverside was dedicated as a National Historic District in 1992.
Join the Roxborough Area Historical Society for a tour featuring Colorado History and some of the Famous Women who played a role in it, including Augusta Tabor, Elizabeth Ensley, Sarah Likens and Aunt Clara Brown.
To join us on this tour, please RSVP by Thursday, May 12, 2022 below or email your RSVP to roxboroughhistory@gmail.com and leave a check for $15 (payable to RAHS) in the Roxborough Park Foundation Office. Riverside requires confirmation of headcount by this date.
Please Note: The original entrance has been closed – The New Cemetery entrance is located off of York St , North of Brighton Blvd - NW of the Suncor Energy Office.
Step into Colorado’s past with a historic tour of Denver’s oldest cemetery and learn about the stories that didn’t make it into the history books.

    RSVP here for Riverside Cemetery Tour by May 15

 2022 Events 
We're busy planning events for 2022 -- Check back for more details!
Summer - Kiln Open House
Fall - Seven Stones and Audubon High Line Canal walking tour
​Fall - Schmidt Nature Park

​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 $25, family annual memberships are $30, lifetime memberships are $200 (includes immediate family) and business/corporate annual memberships are $100.

 Roxborough Historama Map

In January 2021, a historama map created by Gladine Fritz Imes of the Roxborough Park area was installed at the Roxborough Park Community Center.

Ms. Imes served as a professor of art education at Casper College in Casper, Wyoming. In about 1960, the Imes family moved to Denver. We believe Ms. Imes became associated with Roxborough Park resident, Paul Jones and his exhibit firm, Condit Exhibits in the 1970s. Although it is undated, we believe it was during this period that Ms. Imes created the Roxborough Historama Map. There is speculation that the historama map may have been used in early Roxborough Park promotional materials. The Roxborough Historama Map became the property of Paul Jones and was gifted to the Roxborough Park Foundation by his wife, Patricia Jones in 2019.

Visit the historama map in its new location during regular Roxborough Park Community Center hours.

A Special Thank You

At the 2021 Annual Meeting the Roxborough Area Historical Society honored Chad Bergman with a lifetime membership in honor of his efforts on our behalf.

Images of America: Roxborough
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. 

ROXBOROUGH  receives Metro recognition. Char Nauman and Flo Tonelli’s book ROXBOROUGH was listed as a Denver POST’s Local Best Sellers in the August 21, 2016 edition. ROXBOROUGH placed third in the Paperback Nonfiction section. You can purchase Flo and Char’s popular book by emailing roxboroughhistory@gmail.com.