Fireside Chat with Rudy Davidson “A Bizarre Murder at the Cashin Mine” | Mountain Village

Hotel Madeline 568 Mountain Village Blvd, Telluride, CO, United States

The Fireside Chats are an annual series of free lectures in which artists, authors, performers, and intellectuals discuss local and regional history. Rudy Davison presents “A Bizarre Murder at the Cashin Mine.” Unravel the mystery behind a gruesome and mysterious death at this copper mine located in the Southwest area adjacent to Paradox Valley. October […]

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Fireside Chat: Stories of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad – at Mountain Village Madeline Hotel

Hotel Madeline 568 Mountain Village Blvd, Telluride, CO, United States

The Fireside Chats are an annual series of free lectures in which artists, authors, performers, and intellectuals discuss local and regional history. Join Allen C. Harper, Chief Executive Officer of the American Heritage Railways, as he discusses the history of the narrow gauge railroad and its impact on the southwest Colorado.  h came to Norwood […]

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Fireside Chat with Steve Lee and L.L. Nunn | Mountain Village

Hotel Madeline 568 Mountain Village Blvd, Telluride, CO, United States

  The Fireside Chats are an annual series of free lectures in which artists, authors, performers, and intellectuals discuss local and regional history. Steve Lee as L.L Nunn A living history presentation with Steve Lee as L.L. Nunn who was the manager of the Gold King Mine and the first to successfully use long distance […]

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Fireside Chat – Mountain Village: Esther Greenfield

Hotel Madeline 568 Mountain Village Blvd, Telluride, CO, United States

"Tough Men in Hard Places: A Photographic Collection" The mines in southwestern Colorado were in trouble and needed cheap, reliable electric power to keep running. This is the story of innovative solutions to solve the problem using alternating current electricity and the incredible effort, tenacity, and toughness of the men who overcame formidable obstacles to […]

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Fireside Chat: Dr. Bonnie Clark (Mountain Village)

Hotel Madeline 568 Mountain Village Blvd, Telluride, CO, United States

Join Dr. Bonnie Clark, Associate Professor of anthropology at the University of Denver, and discover how archaeologists and historians unravel this history of Colorado's notorious Japanese Internment camps constructed during the Second World War. Bonnie Clark rediscovers this dark period by preserving the tangible history of the Amache internment camp, giving insight into the lives […]

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Fireside Chat: Flint Whitlock (Mountain Village)

Hotel Madeline 568 Mountain Village Blvd, Telluride, CO, United States

Join Flint Whitlock, military historian and author of "Soldiers on Skis: A Pictorial Memoir of the 10th Mountain Division," for an engaging Fireside Chat about the Colorado ski industry, World War II, and the surprising relationship between the two. A FREE program in conjunction with the Telluride Historical Museum’s exhibit: “Voices of Wartime: Telluride During […]

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Fireside Chat: Rosie the Riveter (Mountain Village)

Hotel Madeline 568 Mountain Village Blvd, Telluride, CO, United States

"We can no longer ignore that voice within women that says: 'I want something more than my husband and my children and my home.'" - Betty Friedan Part performance and part Q&A, this living history event features "Gail Murphy," one of millions of "Rosies" who went to work in industrial jobs to supply the front […]

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