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Fort Garland - Events for May
Memorial Day Living History Encampment25 May Saturday / 9 am - 5 pm25 May Sunday / 9 am - 1 pmFort Garland Museum will be holding its annual Living History Encampment on Memorial Day Weekend with a...
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Free admission for Veterans
Rio Grande County Museum is pleased to announce our participation in the nationwide Blue Star Program. The Blue Star program is a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star...
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RGCM research on military veterans continues
The Rio Grande County Museum is continuing the research on Rio Grande County’s military veterans starting with the Civil War veterans who helped to establish Rio Grande County in the 1870s and 1880s,...
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Call for Artists
Deadline: must be postmarked or received online by June 30th, 2019Project SummaryThe nation’s earliest and unheralded victory in the war against educational segregation took place in the San Luis...
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Fort Garland Museum Newsletter - June 1st, 2019
From Land to Hand: Fiber Arts Festival22 June Saturday / 9 am - 5 pm23 June Sunday / 9 am - 1 pmJoin us for two days of all things fiber, from "sheep to shawl." Learn about the tradition of sheep...
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What does a computer, a piano and a camera have in common?
From data processing to sound to phonographs to typewriters and calculators, they are forms of communication. The current exhibit now opening is simply called “Communications”. It has been arranged...
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Rio Grande County Museum events for July and August
The calendar of events for July and August at Rio Grande County Museum include a quilt show by the San Luis Valley Quilt Guild, the annual ice cream social with Covered Wagon Days and an art show by...
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Jack Dempsey 100 years later
Jack Dempsey's impact on the boxing world is still remembered and felt today 100 years later!So many articles were written in honor of the 100th anniversary of Jack Dempsey's title win fight. Lots of...
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Nancy Harris Art Exhibit
Nancy Harris is a mixed media artist from Alamosa who uses paper, paint and found objects to create her original abstract collages. Harris typically starts with a blank canvas or sheet of watercolor...
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Free admission for Veterans
Rio Grande County Museum is pleased to announce our participation in the nationwide Blue Star Program. The Blue Star program is a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star...
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RGCM research on military veterans continues
The Rio Grande County Museum is continuing the research on Rio Grande County’s military veterans starting with the Civil War veterans who helped to establish Rio Grande County in the 1870s and 1880s,...
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Call for Artists
Deadline: must be postmarked or received online by June 30th, 2019Project SummaryThe nation’s earliest and unheralded victory in the war against educational segregation took place in the San Luis...
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Fort Garland Museum Newsletter - June 1st, 2019
From Land to Hand: Fiber Arts Festival22 June Saturday / 9 am - 5 pm23 June Sunday / 9 am - 1 pmJoin us for two days of all things fiber, from "sheep to shawl." Learn about the tradition of sheep...
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What does a computer, a piano and a camera have in common?
From data processing to sound to phonographs to typewriters and calculators, they are forms of communication. The current exhibit now opening is simply called “Communications”. It has been arranged...
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Rio Grande County Museum events for July and August
The calendar of events for July and August at Rio Grande County Museum include a quilt show by the San Luis Valley Quilt Guild, the annual ice cream social with Covered Wagon Days and an art show by...
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Jack Dempsey 100 years later
Jack Dempsey's impact on the boxing world is still remembered and felt today 100 years later!So many articles were written in honor of the 100th anniversary of Jack Dempsey's title win fight. Lots of...
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Nancy Harris Art Exhibit
Nancy Harris is a mixed media artist from Alamosa who uses paper, paint and found objects to create her original abstract collages. Harris typically starts with a blank canvas or sheet of watercolor...
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Creede: The Last Boom Town
In so many ways, the story of Colorado is the story of mining. And Creede stands as one of the last mining towns of its kind. So many mines and their legacies were abandoned over the years – and...
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Where is the Oldest Town in Colorado?
As this map shows, before the Mexican-American War southern Colorado was part of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, a territory of Mexico. This included the San Luis Valley. Source: History Colorado OCT 15,...
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Lost Trail Ranch
"Lost Trail Ranch was established in 1877 as a way station and resupply spot along Stony Pass Road from the San Luis Valley to the mining camps of the San Juan Mountains. Located at an elevation of...
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