VIRTUAL History Happy Hour
Tuesday 3/2/2021 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Tuesday 4/6/2021 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
History Happy Hours are back this fall and winter! This year's socially distanced events will take place virtually/online, and will include highlights from the previous four years, plus new live events! Tune in to our
Facebook page or our
Youtube Channel the first Tuesday of each month at 5:30pm for the rowdy and raucous side of Routt County and Colorado History! if you miss it, the recordings will live in both of those places permanently!
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Dates and Topics:
Oct. 6 – "Ann Bassett: Colorado’s Cattle Queen" with author Linda Wommack
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Nov. 3 – “Outlaws Tom Horn and the Bassett Family” with Dan Davidson of the Museum of Northwest Colorado
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Dec. 1 – LIVE ZOOM EVENT! “The Bad Old Days of Colorado: Untold Stories of the Wild West” with author Randi Samuelson-Brown
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Jan. 5 – “Rowdy Routt County” with Laurel Watson, Curator of the Hayden Heritage Center
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Feb. 2 – “Crimes and Conflicts in Routt County” with local historian, Paul Bonnifield
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Mar. 2 – “The KKK in Routt County” with Nita Naugle, Curator of the Tracks and Trails Museum in Oak Creek
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Apr. 6 – “The Death of Joseph Hahn and the History of Hahns Peak” with Becky Hicks of the Hahns Peak Historical Society
What do we mean by rowdy and raucous history? The focus of the talks will be the mysteries, legends, lore, debauchery, conflicts, wars, crimes, lawless, and lawmen of the Wild West.
The Covid-19 virus is a serious risk. Those visiting the Tread of Pioneers Museum voluntarily assume that risk and expressly waive any and all claims against the Tread of Pioneers Museum in any way related to any illnesses possibly contracted at this venue or any of our events.
Tribal Lands Acknowledgement
The Board and Staff of the Tread of Pioneers Museum respectfully acknowledge the Ute people, the original inhabitants of Northwest Colorado, and other Indigenous Nations of this area where we now reside. We recognize that the establishment of this region impacted the lifeways of Native peoples and their communities. In accepting this, we are called to utilize this educational institution to teach stewardship of the land and continuing commitment to the inclusion and respect of these Nations and their traditional values for their homelands.