Exploring Our Home: Colorado

03/05/2025

Join us next Monday, March 10th, for our March Homeschool Day! Discover the inspiring stories of women who helped shape Colorado’s history! Students will explore the lives of trailblazers like Margaret Brown, suffragists, homesteaders, and entrepreneurs through hands-on activities, interactive storytelling, and crafts celebrating their incredible contributions to the state. Register at https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/historicdenver/items/606665/calendar/2025/03/?flow=1327117&full-items=yes



Image Description: An image of Margaret Brown with a large feather hat next to text that reads "Homeschool Day. Women in Colorado. March 10, 2025. 9:30am"

01/02/2025

Sorry everyone!! I have been MIA for a while. We have been taking a little break from our adventures awaiting our new adventure that will be here soon! We are so excited for this new chapter in our lives. Can't wait to get back into exploring with this new little one! I hope everyone has a great new year!

09/01/2024

The Windsor Harvest Festival did not disappoint! We were only able to make it to the Sunday launch, but we did stay for the vendors. If you had a chance to get out, post your favorite photos!
Windsor Harvest Festival
Picture The Sky Balloons at Windsor Harvest Festival

08/30/2024

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07/22/2024

Tabor Opera House

This is the first of many post that I will do about the historic Tabor Opera House. This amazing place has so much history that is can only be explained by the photos! As I go through these photos, we will be looking at the many things that made this historic place one that you have to see for yourself.

07/21/2024

Here is a video I found that talks about the ghosts haunting the Silver Dollar Saloon.

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07/21/2024

The Silver Dollar Saloon!

Unfortunately, at the time we got to Leadville, the Saloon was closed and we were not able to go in. Hopefully next time, we are able to go in. The saloon seems to have quite the lineup of legendary visitors, each with their own intriguing stories. Doc Holiday, known both as a dentist and a gunslinger, certainly left his mark on the Old West. His time spent playing cards and the piano in the saloon adds to the allure of the place. And Margaret "Molly" Brown, famous for surviving the sinking of the Titanic, also frequented the saloon, making it a notable spot in her early days in Leadville.

With such historical figures crossing paths there, it's no wonder the saloon is said to be haunted—there must be countless tales echoing through its walls!

If you have ever visited this historic site and/or seen some of the paranormal events some people have experienced, pleased feel free to share!

https://legendarysilverdollarsaloon.com/history

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06/23/2024

Down the street from the House with the Eye museum is a beautiful Jewish synagogue. When silver was discovered in Leadville, 30,000 people moved to see if they could get their riches from mining. Among these, 1 percent of them were Jewish in the early 1880s. These Jewish people can trace their roots back to Germany. There was a large congregation of Jewish people that met in this church until 1912. After that time, the synagogue was restored and turned into a museum. It is amazing to see the wonderful photos and the amazing people who moved here for a better life.



https://www.leadvilletwinlakes.com/things-to-do-detail/temple-israel/

06/20/2024

The first stop on our walking tour in Leadville took us to the House with the Eye! This house was built in 1879 and is home to many things including an electric piano and Baby Doe Tabor's shoe! We loved to be able to see the many items that were part of home living back in the late 1800s. Be careful of the stairs though, they are steep!

P.S. the eye glass was not made to scare people and the house isn't haunted... At least, I don't think so...

https://leadville.com/the-house-with-the-eye-museum/

03/20/2024

The mountains and valleys along Highway 91 towards Leadville, Colorado are so beautiful! When silver deposits were discovered in 1877 in Leadville, the town of Kokomo, Colorado started to boom with mines. The population grew to 10,000 in the year 1881. Just like many mining towns, a fire broke out and the town became a ghost town along with the surrounding towns of Recen and Robinson. In Summit Country there is a mile marker commemorating the highest Masonic lodge in Colorado at over 10,000 feet. There was a lot to see along the road to Leadville where people lived and prospered.


The first photo is what the lodge looked like in its heyday. https://www.thesquaremagazine.com/mag/article/202212a-lodge-raised-from-ashes/
More about the ghost towns of Recen and Kokomo. https://ghosttowns.com/states/co/kokomo.html
https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=107969
https://westernmininghistory.com/towns/colorado/kokomo/

03/08/2024

As you drive past the border of Colorado and Utah, you come upon Thompson Springs. Just North is Sego Canyon. This canyon leads to an old coal mining camp, petroglyphs, and an old cemetary. The Petroglyphs date as far back as 600 AD. There is also rock art that dates back to 7000 BC. Sego is considered a ghost town because of the structures that were left by these miners. There are remnants of the company store and houses in Sego and along the canyon. Sego was discovered by Harry Ballard and eventually housed 500 people and began mining coal. Once the coal powered things started to fade and more oil was being used, the town started to lose money. Of course, people move to make money elsewhere and the town fell to ruin. If you have a chance to make your way out there, please show some other photos that you may have! Have a great day and happy exploring!

Side note, the cemetery had so many names of immigrants that came there for a better life that worked in the mining camp.

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ut-segocanyon/

01/12/2024

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12/27/2023

Hello everyone!
I hope that everyone has had an amazing Holiday season and is looking forward to an even better New Year! I have been taking a little bit of a break from posting since I have been in school but, starting in the new year, we will be back up and running! Starting with a trip that we took to Leadville, Colorado!
Post any photos of places you have visited and enjoyed!