The Leadville Heritage Series
presents:
Explore Historic Leadville!
September 14 - 16, 2012
The Delaware Hotel - celebrating its 125th year!
Mark your calendars so you don't miss this fun and educational weekend for history buffs and those curious about Leadville and Lake County's colorful and wild past!
Below is the approximate schedule.
Click here for a more detailed agenda!
Friday afternoon
Official Welcome by Leadville Mayor Bud Elliot
Tour of CMC campus and slide show of the Old Stage Road
Tour of Hayden Ranch by two Hayden Ranch experts
Trip to the Old Stage Road interpretive signs along Arkansas River
Saturday
Tour Mining District
Picnic lunch at National Hall of Fame and Mining Museum
Tour of Evergreen Cemetery
Tour of Delaware Hotel or Healy House and Dexter Cabin
Performance by "Madams of Central Colorado" and dinner at The Delaware Hotel
Sunday
Tour of Hopemore Mine (600 feet down!)
Rockhounding in Mining District
Grab and Go lunch
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The weekend in pictures:
FRIDAY
Welcome by Mayor Bud Elliott
Tour of CMC campus and slideshow/PowerPoint of the Old Stage Road
"Overland Mail Company" on Old Stage Road between
Buena Vista and Leadvile, above
One of 3 intrepretive signs says "Stagecoach Road to Riches" and another asks "Whoever said getting there was half the fun?" across river from the Old Stage Road. You can see the hand-chinked trail from the west side of the Arkansas River.
Below, the Historic Hayden Ranch, 8.5 miles south of Leadville is a Historic Preservtion project of CMC. Tour buildings, corrals, and learn how its hay fed the animals that made
mining at Climax possible, and whose water power was harnessed to build most of the furniture for the town. A tour of the Hayden Ranch is set for Friday afternoon.
Hayden Ranch expert, Steve Harris, 2011 Enjoying the peace of the Hayden Ranch, 2011.
(Two photos above by Jon Tripp.)
SATURDAY
Below, the Tour of the Mining District, a fascinating up-close look at the region that produced so much wealth for so many, below.
Picnic Lunch at the spectacular National Hall of Fame and
Mining Museum, above.
"Texas Jack" Omohundro is one of many colorful
characters buried in the Evergreen Cemetery.
The tour of the cemetery will be given by
Judge Neil Reynolds, above. For more informatmion
about Judge Reynolds, one of Leadville's most
interesting residents, click here.
Afterwards, you may choose to tour the gorgeous Delaware Hotel
(above) or the Healy House & Dexter Cabin (below) Saturday afternoon.
Healy House Museum, recently "remodeled" for even more authenticity.
Dexter Cabin is a "real" log cabin moved from its original location near Twin Lakes.
The Madams of Central Colorado will customize 
a performance just for this group Saturday
evening, at the Delaware Hotel. *
Satisfied customer, right.
To read an interesting article from "Colorado Central" magazine about "The Madams, " click here.
To read an interesting article from "The Denver Post" about "The Madams, " click here.
Photo by Brenda Hooper.
SUNDAY
Start your day with a tour of the Hopemore gold mine,
which reaches 600 feet underground, below. For more
about the famous mine go to www.hopemoreminetour.com.
Explore the surrounding area for semi-precious
gemstones witih rock hounding expert, Joe Nachtrieb.
For more information on Joe's background, click here.
Grab and Go lunches will be available after the morning activities to eat
while you visit or hit the road!
To register using a credit card, call 719-486-4292.
Please refer to "Synonym Number" (to come) and
Course Code HIS-901
Cost is $199, which includes all tours and presentations, lunch and dinner on Saturday, and lunch on Sunday.
It does not include lodging.
For generously discounted lodging rates, click here.
Note: For liability purposes, we ask that you use your own vehicle when transportation is necessary.
For more information, Call Judy Green at 719-221-9842.
*Photo of The Madams of Central Colorado by Baby Doe Studios.