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Adult Programs |
First Fridays |
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Food for your mind! The First Friday of every month, join the Colorado Historical Society for a lunchtime program on a variety of topics. Programs are from 12:15 until 1 p.m. Bring a lunch or purchase food at Neusteters Museum Store—drinks and cookies will be provided. The cost is $4 for members, $5 for nonmembers. Reservations are not necessary but can be made by calling 303/866-4686.
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, brass bands abounded. Most towns, no matter how small, had at least one. Companies had them too, as did schools, prisons, benevolent societies, and other organizations. In 1907 there were around 20,000 brass bands in the U.S. alone. The Highline Silver Cornet band keeps tradition alive with lively, fun “pop music” from the turn of the century.
In 1910, O. T. Jackson founded an agricultural colony for African Americans thirty miles east of Greeley. By 1921, the town had attracted seven hundred people. But the colony’s prospects faded during the Great Depression and by 1940 only twelve residents remained. Film producer Donnie L. Betts will screen Dearfield: The Road Less Traveled before portraying O. T. Jackson himself Have you attended a program at the Colorado History Museum recently? |
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