Adult Programs

2008-09 Lecture Series - Anniversaries and Milestones

History Colorado is pleased to introduce the 2008-09 Series:

Convenient schedule: We will present each lecture at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Where: All lectures will be held in the Colorado History Museum’s Boettcher Auditorium at 1300 Broadway, and will be followed by a reception in the museum lobby. Tickets: The cost for the eight-part series is $45 for Society members, $60 for nonmembers. Individual lecture tickets are $7 for members; $8.50 for nonmembers. To sign up/ Information: call 303/866-4686.

September 16: Teddy Roosevelt: Mind, Body and Spirit

Actor and author Ted Zalewski brings one of America’s greatest presidents to life and celebrates his 150th birthday. Combining history, drama and fun, Zalewskigives voice to many of TR’s own words,writings, and beliefs. Cowboy, soldier, naturalist, historian, father, statesman, andwinner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Roosevelt lived a life that inspires us still.

October 21: Great Moments in Colorado’s Economic History

Former Colorado Governor Richard Lamm looks at the state’s defining events, including the discovery of gold 150 years ago, the 1893 silver crash, and the Great Depression.

November 18: FDR and the New Deal in Colorado

Enjoy a candid visit with our 32nd president, a man who led the nation through two of its greatest challenges—the Great Depression and World War II. Historian and re-enactor Richard Marold will bring FDR to life, focusing on the New Deal and Dust Bowl–era Colorado. 

January 20: Urbanized Water: How Gilpin's Impossible Dream Came True

Booster William Gilpin predicted that a great city would rise at the foot of the Rockies, despite a scarcity of water. Over the past 150 years, human ingenuity and determination made that dream come true. Renowned historian Patty Limerick tells how the enormous enterprise of claiming, capturing, diverting, storing, and transporting water to Denver and other Western cities occurred—and why that work is the West’s most important story.

The 2008-09 Lecture Series schedule is continued HERE.

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