Experiences, Museums
Walsenburg was called the “City Built on Coal” during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and nowhere else in Spanish Peaks County will give you as much opportunity to learn why than the Walsenburg Mining Museum. Follow the battles between the coal miners and mine operators, examine artifacts associated with the mining industry, and [...] Tags: history, mining, mother jones, museum, walsenburg
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Art, Music, Theater, Experiences, Museums
Manhattan expat artists Brendt Berger and Maria Cocchiarelli Berger opened the Museum of Friends in 2006 in a 6,000-square-foot building in the heart of downtown Walsenburg. While they wished to bring art and culture to Walsenburg, they also believed there was more meaning to collecting art than as an investment. For them, art was to [...] Tags: art, berger, culture, museum, pacific art
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Experiences, Featured Posts on Homepage, Museums
Colonel John M. Francisco founded a trading post at the foot of the Spanish Peaks in Colorado Territory in 1862, around which the small town of La Veta grew. Legend tells us that upon reaching the verdant Upper Cuchara Valley in present-day Huerfano County, he declared, “This is paradise enough for me,” and settled down. [...] Tags: bob ford, francisco fort, historic buildings, history, museum, projectile points
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