Monday, March 03, 2008

Pueblo’s May Preservation Month Activity Calendar

May is National Historic Preservation Month and, as usual, Pueblo historical and preservation organizations have outdone themselves!  The list is long and interesting.

MAY PRESERVATION MONTH ACTIVITIES FOR PUEBLO, COLORADO

Saturday, April 26th – El Pueblo History Museum’s “On the Road to Denver’s Little Italy,” includes a tour of the Colorado Historical Society’s exhibit, “The Italians of Denver,” and a tour of the Italian District.  A box lunch is provided. The bus will leave EPHM at 9:00 a.m. and return to the Museum at 5:30 p.m. Cost per person is $50 for members and $55 for non-members. Reservations are required.  Please call 583-0453.

Saturday, May 3rd – El Pueblo History Museum’s “On the Road to A Victorian Mother’s Day.” Tour the McAllister House in Colorado Springs and Miramount Castle.  Enjoy High Tea at Miramount. The bus will leave EPHM at 11:00 a.m. and return to the Museum at 5:45 p.m. Cost per person is $50 for members and $55 for non-members. Reservations are required.  Please call 583-0453.

Saturday, May 3rd, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sunday, May 4th,  10 a.m.-4 p.m.- Hose Co. No 3 Fire Museum, 116 Broadway Ave. The Pueblo Firefighters Historical Society will sponsor two open house weekends at the Hose Co. No. 3 Fire Museum during May’s Historic Preservation Month festivities. In addition to the exhibits at the museum, they will have several historic fire trucks on display, including the 1928 American LaFrance Aerial Ladder Truck.  Admission is free.
Saturday, May 3, 2008- Rosemount Museum presents “A Peak into the Past” will be held at Rosemount Museum in celebration of Historic Preservation Month.  The museum will offer half price tours for all visitors throughout the day.  The museum opens at 10 a.m. and the last tour of the day is at 3:30 p.m.  Groups of 10 or more people need to make reservations in advance.  Tentatively, there will be other activities available on the grounds that day.  Regular museum prices are $6 for adults, $5 for seniors (60 yrs. and above) and $4 for children 6 - 18 yrs.  Prices will be half that on May 3.

May 2, 3 and 4 - The Pueblo Archaeological and Historical Society will be assisting the Colorado Rock Art chapter of the Colorado Archaeological Society with the Rock Art Symposium that is being held in La Junta on the weekend of May 2,3,4. In connection with the symposium, Larry Loendorf, a well-known archaeologist who has done extensive work in Southeastern Colorado, will be giving a presentation on rock art at the main library on Thursday, May 1st at 7p.m. with the presentation at about 7:30p.m.  For more information, please contact Charles Booms, President PAHS at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Sunday, May 4th, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.  (Reservations & payment by Thurs May 1st)
Historic Pueblo, Inc. presents “The Thatcher’s Historic North Side Neighborhood Walking Tour”
Come take a stroll through the streets of Pueblo’s historic North Side.  We begin at the site of the once Mineral Palace at the north end of Mineral Palace Park.  Learn about the palace, why it was built and what happened to it.  We’ll walk along the streets that were scraped out of the prairie lying to the north of the down town business district.  The hill at 15th and Greenwood gave Mahlon Thatcher’s Hillcrest a grand view of the surrounding area.  Many of the earliest houses were the residences of Pueblo’s upper class who sought to remove themselves from more developed neighborhoods that lay closer to the down town area. 
The tour begins at the north end of Mineral Palace Park; cost includes light refreshments provided at the end of the tour.
Cost is $10.00 per person, make checks payable to HPI. Reservations should be mailed to:  Historic Pueblo, Inc., 201 West B Street, Pueblo, CO 81003, OR taken to the Heritage Center at the above address. Tour Guides are Susan Adamich and Laurel Campbell. For information please call 719-406-0785

Thursday, May 8th, Dinner, 6:00 p.m., program, 7:00 p.m. The Pueblo County Historical Society will hold its annual Historical Preservation Awards banquet and program at the Elks Club, 6th & Santa Fe; dinner will be followed by the award presentations at 7:00 P.M..  Reservations are necessary, please call 543-6772.  The PCHS annually honors individuals and businesses with their prestigious award that signifies exceptional effort in preserving, promoting and protecting Pueblo’s history.

Saturday, May 10th 10:00 a.m.– 12:30 p.m. (Reservations and payment by Thurs, May 8)
Historic Pueblo, Inc. presents “The Historic South Pueblo Walking Tour”
Walk the streets beyond the bluff of the Mesa Junction.  General William Jackson Palmer laid out South Pueblo in the 1870’s and homes began appearing in the early 1880’s.  See the original street names and the enchanting homes built by entrepreneurs and emigrants alike.  The tour will take us past the Walter’s Mansion (of Walter’s Beer), the homes of Pitkin Place, and on to the Orman/Adams mansion.  Hear stories of rags to riches, and back again; a passenger on the Titanic who once lived here and a home lost in a wager! 
The tour begins and ends at the corner of Abriendo and Jackson near the Abriendo Inn, cost includes light refreshment provided at the end of the tour.
Cost is $10.00 per person, make checks payable to HPI. Reservations should be mailed to: Historic Pueblo, Inc., 201 West B Street, Pueblo, CO 81003, OR taken to the Heritage Center at the above address.  Tour guides are Susan Adamich and Laurel Campbell. For information please call 719-406-0785

Saturday, May 10th, 8 a.m. to 12 Noon – Pueblo Pioneer Cemetery’s Annual Cemetery Clean-up Day

Saturday May 17th, 10:00 a.m.- 12 Noon (Reservations & payment by Thurs May 15th)

Historic Pueblo, Inc. presents “The Thatcher’s Historic North Side Neighborhood Walking Tour”
Come take a stroll through the streets of Pueblo’s historic North Side.  We begin at the site of the once Mineral Palace at the north end of Mineral Palace Park.  Learn about the palace, why it was built and what happened to it.  We’ll walk along the streets that were scraped out of the prairie lying to the north of the down town business district.  The hill at 15th and Greenwood gave Mahlon Thatcher’s Hillcrest a grand view of the surrounding area.  Many of the earliest houses were the residences of Pueblo’s upper class who sought to remove themselves from more developed neighborhoods that lay closer to the down town area. 
The tour begins at the north end of Mineral Palace Park; cost includes light refreshments provided at the end of the tour.
Cost is $10.00 per person, make checks payable to HPI. Reservations should be mailed to:  Historic Pueblo, Inc., 201 West B Street, Pueblo, CO 81003, OR taken to the Heritage Center at the above address. Tour Guides are Susan Adamich and Laurel Campbell. For information please call 719-406-0785

Saturday, May 17th,  9 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sunday, May 18th,  10 a.m.-4 p.m.- Hose Co. No 3 Fire Museum, 116 Broadway Ave. The Pueblo Firefighters Historical Society will sponsor two open house weekends at the Hose Co. No. 3 Fire Museum during May’s Historic Preservation Month festivities. In addition to the exhibits at the museum, they will have several historic fire trucks on display, including the 1928 American LaFrance Aerial Ladder Truck.  Admission is free.
Saturday, May 17th, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m -Pueblo County Historical Society’s “Pueblo New Deal Bus Tour.” Enjoy a bus ride around town to the various New Deal project sites in Pueblo.  Your tour guide, George Williams will tell you about the history of these projects which were carried out throughout the Pueblo area.  The tour includes admission to Pueblo Zoo and a catered Lunch. Cost is $20 per person.
Meet at the Pueblo Zoo, City Park, Pueblo CO by 9:30 a.m.  Enrollment is limited.  For reservations please call Bill Crain at 546-1443.  Payment must be received by Thursday, May 15th and should be mailed to PCHS, 201 B St., Pueblo, CO 81003.

Saturday, May 17th,  2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. -The First United Methodist Church of Pueblo, 310 W. 11th Street, Pueblo, CO, was designated as a City of Pueblo Historic Landmark in 2007.  The Church will host tours of the sanctuary. Light refreshments will be served and some members will be in historic costume. 

Sunday, May 18th – “On the Road to Denver’s Tribal Paths.”  Tour the Tesoro Indian Market and Powwow. A box lunch is provided.  Tour the Colorado History Museum’s Tribal Paths exhibit. The bus will leave EPHM at 8:30 a.m. and return to the Museum at 6:00 p.m. Cost per person is $50 for members and $55 for non-members. Reservations are required.  Please call 583-0453.

Saturday, May 24th -  Bessemer Historical Society’s The Fourth Annual Coal Camp Excursion will hit the road for an in-depth look at the mine and campsites located in Huerfano County.

This very popular program of the Bessemer Historical Society (BHS) has visited the sites of company coal camps in Florence, Huerfano and Las Animas Counties in the past. This year’s return to Huerfano County will highlight not only the physical sites, but also look into the lives of the people who lived in the camps (towns). Many of these individuals were first generation Americans from a variety of countries. They faced
hardships and happiness. They endured strife and strikes, and many went on to economic prosperity. Their descendants now populate the cities and towns of Colorado and are from every socio-economic level of society.

There are over 90 mine sites in Huerfano County including: Pictou, Walsen, Cameron, Ideal, Rouse and Solar. Some of these sites are only depressions in the earth, while other feature the remains of structures,
or perhaps only foundations.

Due to weather the tour route is tentative, but will include a side trip to the screening plant at Rocky Mountain Steel Mills’ Reservoir #3 at Stem Beach. This reservoir, along with Reservoir #2, has supplied the Pueblo steel plant with water for over 100 years. Lunch will be in Walsenburg following a tour of the Walsenburg Mining Museum.

Excursionists will meet at 8 a.m. Saturday morning at the Steelworks Museum of Industry and Culture, 215 Canal Street, Pueblo. Cost for the tour is yet to be determined, but includes a continental breakfast, guided tour, companion tour book, lunch, and refreshments on the bus. Seating is limited and reservations are on a first-come, first-served basis.

For more information call the Bessemer Historical Society at 719-564-9086 or visit http://www.cfisteel.org.

Saturday, May 24th and May 31st – El Pueblo History Museum’s “On the Road to Pueblo’s Historic Cemeteries.”  Continental breakfast at EPHM, with a tour of the Museum’s Descansos exhibit.  The bus will tour Pioneer Cemetery (with possible costumed interpreters) and Roselawn Cemetery with guide.  A box lunch will be served at Roselawn’s Hall with a lecture.  Meet at EPHM at 9 a.m. Bus will return at 4:15 p.m.  Cost per person is $40 for members and $45 for non-members. Reservations are required.  Please call 583-0453.

Sunday May 25th 1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. (Reservations & payment by Thurs. May 22)
Historic Pueblo, Inc. presents “The Historic South Pueblo Walking Tour”
Walk the streets beyond the bluff of the Mesa Junction.  General William Jackson Palmer laid out South Pueblo in the 1870’s and homes began appearing in the early 1880’s.  See the original street names and the enchanting homes built by entrepreneurs and emigrants alike.  The tour will take us past the Walter’s Mansion (Walter’s Beer), the homes of Pitkin Place, and on to the Orman/Adams mansion.  Hear stories of rags to riches, and back again; a passenger on the Titanic who once lived here and a home lost in a wager! 
The tour begins and ends at the corner of Abriendo and Jackson near the Abriendo Inn, cost includes light refreshment provided at the end of the tour.
Cost is $10.00 per person, make checks payable to HPI. Reservations should be mailed to: Historic Pueblo, Inc., 201 West B Street, Pueblo, CO 81003, OR taken to the Heritage Center at the above address.  Tour guides are Susan Adamich and Laurel Campbell. For information please call 719-406-0785.

May 26, 2008, 9:00 a.m. Pueblo Pioneer Cemetery - Memorial Services will be held at the Cemetery, including posting of the colors, a memorial prayer and music.  The public is invited.

Info Zone - Pueblo City-County Library – Exhibits on Walter’s Brewery.  For information on dates and times, please contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Saturday, June 14th - Roselawn Cemetery Walking Tour, 10:00 a.m.- 12:00 Noon
This walking tour through the park-like setting of Roselawn Cemetery, will take you past the final resting places of many of Pueblo’s finest.  The grand monuments remind us of a time when the size of your success can be shown in the size of your family marker.  There are governors, doctors, bankers and businessmen, women, children and immigrants, with stories that will impress and amaze.  Meet in the parking lot at Roselawn.  Tour guide Susan Adamich
Event Location - Roselawn Cemetery, 1706 Roselawn Rd., Pueblo 81006
COST is $10.00 per person 12 years and older, under 12 no charge.
Reservations or information call 719-406-0785
PARTICIPANTS: Anyone interested in local history, children welcome, strollers suggested for young children.
RESTRICTIONS:
· These are one and a half to two hour walks, which may not be suitable for all children.  Parents must supervise their children, if they are disruptive you may be ask to leave the tour.
· Wheelchairs are welcome, please note however that some streets are paved and some are gravel, some travel on grass that is uneven.

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Part 1: So What Was Going with that Historic District and Council?

I apologize for any errors in the following narration. I have been patiently waiting for the minutes of the January 14, 2008, Pueblo City Council meeting to be posted on the City’s web site, but they are still not there.

Monday, January 14, 2008, Pueblo City Council was presented with a proposed historic district to be called the North Side Historic District. It has approximately 35 properties. The district boundaries had already been redrawn to accommodate people who protested being included.

After “testimony” was heard, Council then discussed the issue and decided that before the District could be finalized, every property owner had to agree to be included with an affidavit. This is not in Pueblo’s Historic Preservation Ordinance.  This goes way beyond the noticing that the City was required to do and did do. This is called “changing the rules so your opponent can’t score.”

Personally, I think the whole thing was quite likely manipulated by parties with other agendas. I won’t say it was exactly pre-planned or orchestrated, but under the circumstances, it would be very easy to manipulate.

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Thursday, January 10, 2008

Historic Pueblo, Inc. Schedule of Meetings for 2008

Schedule of Events for Historic Pueblo, Inc.

Historic Pueblo, Inc. is a non-profit preservation organization that works closely with the City of Pueblo’s Historic Preservation Commission.  Historic Pueblo, Inc was established in 2002 with a vision to become a complete resource for guidance, and for understanding the complexities and challenges of preserving Pueblo’s history in the midst of our community’s growth.  HPI is commited to the concept that community pride and an atmosphere for prosperous economic development must include the preservation of our historic structures and cultural heritage.
HPI is a fun and involved organization that helps to keep preservation in focus for our citizens, city and city officials.  HPI assists in purchasing National Historic Registry Plaques, purchases Pueblo Landmark Plaques, and sponsors the Historic Resource of Pueblo Plaque Program.  We sponsor educational forums, receptions at historic homes, walking tours of the Northside and Southside of Pueblo, an annual October Historic Pueblo Home Tour and our December Orman-Adams tour membership drive To see Schedule of Events, click “more”

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Friday, November 16, 2007

HPI Minutes — 071107

Minutes of Historic Pueblo, Inc., meeting of 7 November 2007.

What transpired….

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