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2008-09 Lecture Series - Anniversaries and Milestones
 March 17: Ski Style: Landscapes and Culture of Colorado Skiing
Skiing came to Colorado with the miners 150 years ago, and it eventually transformed the economic, social, physical, and cultural landscape of the Rockies. In recent times, the sport has been promoted with paradoxical imagery: it’s convenient and remote, modern and rustic, European and authentically western, exclusive and diverse. Historian Annie Gilbert Coleman traces the consequences of these images.
April 21: 150 Years of LoDo: Denver's Newest Old Neighborhood
Historian Judy Morley will celebrate Denver’s 150th anniversary by examining the city’s birthplace: Lower Downtown. Find out how the district started as a community of saloons, churches, hotels, and fine homes; fell on hard times during the Depression, and reemerged as a trendy, 24-hour residential neighborhood in recent times.
May 19: Orphan Trains and Western Settlement
Between 1853 and 1930, “orphan trains” removed thousands of children from eastern cities to rural communities throughout the U.S. Using stories told by the children themselves, author Marilyn Irvin Holt will explain how the program transformed the children and the communities that accepted them.
Coutesy Kansas State Historical Society
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