The original resolution calling for the Continental Congress to declare the United States free from British rule was introduced by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia on June 7, 1776. Three days later, a committee headed by Thomas Jefferson was appointed to prepare a document appropriate...
[caption id="attachment_57680" align="alignleft" width="451"] Louise & Joern receiving one of their 1st "big" checks[/caption] The first time I set eyes on Telluride was in the summer after I graduated high school, 1970. The town was so small and funky, and far away! But a ski area...
There are lots of ripples in the water across the pond and Brits are split about whether to stay or go in the European Union. Check out Cleo Abram’s summary of the issue in her weekly blog, "The Short Version." [caption id="attachment_57415" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Cleo Constantine Abram of the “The Short Version,”...
Join the Telluride Historical Museum at its 12th Annual “Feasting on History,” featuring Flint Whitlock. Event is Saturday, August 29, 6:30– 10 p.m. at La Piazza del Villaggio in Mountain Village. Ticket prices are $275 for the Museum Lover; $200 for a Museum Friend. Both options...
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) announced that the Telluride Historical Museum’s 2014 exhibit Voices of Wartime: Telluride During WWII was selected as a 70th annual Leadership in History Award winner, the most prestigious recognition for achievement in the preservation and interpretation...
In conjunction with the 2015 annual exhibit: Forces of Nature: Telluride's Prehistoric Journey, the Telluride Historical Museum presents a series of free monthly lectures featuring experts in the local and regional natural history of Telluride, as follows: “The Electric Edge of Academe: The Saga of Lucien L....
The 20th anniversary of Gage & Gage award-winning documentary celebrated. Collaborative event includes live auction and Q&A with 10th Mountain Division veterans. Friday, February 6. During the last weeks of World War II, an elite division of mountain soldiers, America’s 10th Mountain Division, fought a decisive...
Telluride Historical Museum & Pinhead Institute unveil local contribution to groundbreaking, collaborative Smithsonian exhibition [caption id="attachment_47780" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Pinheads on Hydroelectric Generator at Ames Power Plant. THM 2005-01-189.[/caption] If you’ve been in the area for a while, you have undoubtedly heard the names L.L. Nunn, George Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla...
Holding hands is a sign you are a “fast” girl. Really? Well yes, in virgin pin, poodle skirt days of the 1950s. This article offering “10 Hilariously Bad Pieces of Retro Sex Advice for Teens” from the Huff Post had me laughing out loud. Sex ed is pretty...
[caption id="attachment_46306" align="aligncenter" width="600"] VMF 251 F8, landing on USS Lexington, 1963[/caption] Tradition has it that there are no ex-Marines. With that in mind, I would like to salute The Marine Corps, my fellow Marines, past and present, and especially the two units in which I...
