Video Archive
Definition Explanation
An HRHS event that was recorded onsite at a location of interest and pertinent to Highlands Ranch history.
A lengthy exchange between multiple people in a formal session with the intent of revealing important and relevant facts pertinent to Highlands Ranch history. The people who were chosen for these clips were heavily involved in some aspect of Highlands Ranch’s activity.
An event where a speaker (not necessarily an HRHS member or officer) expounds on a topic pertinent to Highlands Ranch history.
Usually a lengthy exchange between two people in a formal session with the intent of revealing important and relevant facts pertinent to Highlands Ranch history. The people who were chosen for these events were heavily involved in some aspect of Highlands Ranch’s activity, formation or governance.
Short clips taken from an ORAL HISTORY which are focused on a specific topic. These are made available to save a time-constrained viewer from having to watch an entire ORAL HISTORY in order to learn more about something specific to their interest.
A video essay describing the life and times of an important Highlands Ranch resident.
Summary of Videos
HR Local History and Field Trips
- Failing/Douglas Homestead – 20140814 – FIELD TRIP (5:17) – YouTube Link
- Grigs Homestead – 20140814 – FIELD TRIP (3:59) – YouTube Link
- Cheese Ranch 2016 – 20160616 – FIELD TRIP (51:57) – YouTube Link
- Cheese Ranch 2017 – 20170915 – FIELD TRIP (49:54) – YouTube Link
- 20160426 – LOCAL HISTORY Jeff Case HR Mansion 1st Floor Revision (2Hrs.03Min.27Sec)(link is external)
- HR Mansion Renovation by Jeff Case (1 of 4) (58:55) – YouTube Link
- HR Mansion Renovation by Jeff Case (2 of 4) (1:04:42) – YouTube Link
- HR Mansion Renovation by Jeff Case (3 of 4) (58:56) – YouTube Link
- HR Mansion Renovation by Jeff Case (4 of 4) (22:05) – YouTube Link
- First Home In Highlands Ranch Plaque Presentation (40th Anniversary) – 20210621 – HR AWARD (3:12) – YouTube Link
- History of the Highlands Ranch Herald, Community Newspaper – 202103 – LOCAL HISTORY (32:28) – YouTube Link
- Sculptor Larry Perkins and Pronghorn TAH KEEN CHA – 20220126 – LOCAL HISTORY (17:38) – YouTube Link
- Where do you Think You Are by DCL – 20150726 – LOCAL HISTORY (1:13:38) – YouTube Link
- 20160620 – LOCAL HISTORY James Michner – A Geographer’s View (0Hrs.08Min.26Sec)(link is external)
- Drag Racing – 20160809 – FIELD TRIP (13:51) – YouTube Link
- Tattered Cover – Images Of America: Highlands Ranch Discussion – 20160816 – LOCAL HISTORY (52:19) – YouTube Link
HRHS Oral Histories and Interviews
- Art Cook – 20150922 – ORAL HISTORY (1:02:00) – YouTube Link
- 20200320 – ORAL_HISTORY Roy Dixon (1Hrs.07Min.20Sec)(link is external)
- Cole Family – 20170918 – ORAL HISTORY (1:06:15) – YouTube Link
- 20180418 – INTERVIEW Diane Vanderhoeven – Pack Burro Racer (Don Bruno)(0Hrs.23Min.45Sec)(link is external)
- Gary Dani – 20180217 – ORAL HISTORY (1:11:51) – YouTube Link
- Gary Dani – 20180217 – SNIPPET – Centennial Filming (2:48) – YouTube Link
- Walter Dennis – 20160811 – SNIPPET – Helps with the Arapahoe Hunt Club (2:19) – YouTube Link
- Mike O’Malley – 20160812 – SNIPPET – Interaction with Mansion residents (1:08) – YouTube Link
- Phipps Ranch Hands – 20160815 – SNIPPET – 1965 Flood Memories (2:30) – YouTube Link
- Mike O’Malley – 20160816 – SNIPPET – Mansion Memories (2:02) – YouTube Link
- Phipps Ranch Hands – 20160816 – SNIPPET – Other Ranches and Pastures (3:33) – YouTube Link
- Phipps Ranch Hands – 20160822 – SNIPPET – Blakeland (3:42) – YouTube Link
- Phipps Ranch Hands – 20160826 – ORAL HISTORY (1:34:37) – YouTube Link
- Phipps Ranch Hands – 20160826 – SNIPPET – Seasonal work at the Phipps Ranch (5:44) – YouTube
- Walter Dennis – 20160828 – SNIPPET – Mansion Memories (5:35) – YouTube Link
- Walter Dennis – 20160907 – SNIPPET – Branding at Phipps Ranch in the 1960s (3:38) – YouTube Link
- Mike O’Malley – 20160921 – SNIPPET – Compensation at the Ranch (3:09) – YouTube Link
- Phipps Ranch Hands – 20160921 – SNIPPET – Douglas Pasture Story (3:42) – YouTube Link
- Phipps Ranch Hands – 20160921 – SNIPPET – Features of the Phipps Ranch (6:54) – YouTube Link
- Jim Toepfer – 20150504 – SNIPPET – Early Stories of Community (4:56) – YouTube Link
- Jim Toepfer – 20150504 – SNIPPET – Relationship with Tweet Kimball (6:37) – YouTube Link
- Jim Toepfer – 20150505 – SNIPPET – Development Philosophy (2:24) – YouTube Link
- 20150513 – ORAL HISTORY Jim Toepfer COMPLETE (01Hrs.46Min.30Sec)(link is external)
- Jim Toepfer – 20150513 – SNIPPET – Answers What He was Most Proud (3:03) – YouTube Link
- Jim Toepfer – 20150513 – SNIPPET – Art Cook Hired – Early Ranching Days (2:54) – YouTube Link
- Jim Toepfer – 20150513 – SNIPPET – Filming Centennial at the Ranch (3:21) – YouTube Link
- Jim Toepfer – 20150513 – SNIPPET – First Schools in Highlands Ranch (2:05) – YouTube Link
- Jim Toepfer – 20150513 – SNIPPET – Highlands Ranch Soils (2:49) – YouTube Link
- Jim Toepfer – 20150513 – SNIPPET – Mission Viejo DRCOG & Romer stories (2:17) – YouTube Link
- Jim Toepfer – 20150513 – SNIPPET – Mission Viejo Mansion Condition (2:35) – YouTube Link
- Jim Toepfer – 20150513 – SNIPPET – Street Naming in Highlands Ranch (1:52) – YouTube Link
- Jim Toepfer – 20150513 – SNIPPET – Water (3:32) – YouTube Link
- Jim Toepfer – 20150513 – SNIPPET – Would have liked to have in HR (5:24) – YouTube Link
- Jim Toepfer –20150517 – SNIPPET – Mission Viejo buys the Phipps Ranch in Colorado 1978 (2:24) – YouTube Link
- Jim Toepfer – 20150702 – SNIPPET – Corporate Parties Events (3:50) – YouTube Link
- Jim Toepfer – 20150702 – SNIPPET – Homeowner Covenants (4:24) – YouTube Link
- Lawrence Phipps III – 20151008 – ORAL HISTORY (1:21:47) – YouTube Link
- Lawrence Phipps III – 20160917 – TRIBUTE (6:43) – YouYube Link
- Lawrence Phipps III – 20160923 – SNIPPET – HR Mansion Clock (2:13) – YouTube Link
- Loeffler – 20240819 – ORAL HISTORY – History of Highlands Ranch Golf Courses (45:27) – YouTube Link
- 20150525 – ORAL HISTORY Marvin Beeman COMPLETE (01Hrs.58Min.23Sec)(link is external)
- Dr Marvin Beeman – 20150525 – SNIPPET – Arapahoe Hunt Club (3:52) – YouTube Link
- Dr Marvin Beeman – 20150525 – SNIPPET – Favorite Horses (4:59) – YouTube Link
- Dr Marvin Beeman – 20150525 – SNIPPET – Highlands Ranch & Family Influences (3:34) – YouTube Link
- Dr Marvin Beeman – 20150525 – SNIPPET – Hounds and Coyotes (4:36) – YouTube Link
- Dr Marvin Beeman – 20150525 – SNIPPET – Memorable Professional Accomplishment (12:54) – YouTube Link
- Dr Marvin Beeman – 20150525 – SNIPPET – Notable Ranch Vet Jobs (3:38) – YouTube Link
- Dr Marvin Beeman – 20150525 – SNIPPET – Roundup Riders (4:38) – YouTube Link
- Dr Marvin Beeman – 20150525 – SNIPPET – Stock Show involvement (1:58) – YouTube Link
- Dr Marvin Beeman – 20150525 – SNIPPET – The Thrill of the Hunt (2:26) – YouTube Link
- 20180604 – ORAL HISTORY Mary Elliott (0Hrs.40Min.45Sec)(link is external)
- Steve Zotos – 20180122 – ORAL HISTORY (1:22:42) – YouTube Link
- 20180314 – ORAL HISTORY Kathi Brock (0Hrs.39Min.36Sec)(link is external)
- 20180320 – ORAL HISTORY Roy Dixon (01Hrs.10Min.07Secs)(link is external)
- 20180713 – ORAL HISTORY Sue Ewing – Arapahoe Hunt Memories (0Hrs.51Min.12Sec)(link is external)
- Suzanna Ray – 20140819 – ORAL HISTORY (1:34:02) – YouTube Link
- 20190403 – ORAL HISTORY Terry Nolan (0Hrs.58Min.06Sec)(link is external)
- Joe Blake – 20190416 – ORAL HISTORY (1:24:51) – YouTube Link
- Joe Blake – 20220326 -TRIBUTE (23:39) – YouTube Link
- Gary Debus – 20200620 – ORAL HISTORY – HRCA General Manager (50:26) – YouTube Link
- Jeff Kappes – 20221120 – ORAL HISTORY – Shea VP and Chair Centennial Water (1:22:53) – YouTube Link
- Steve Ormiston – 20230311 – ORAL HISTORY – Shea VP of Planning (1:22:55) – YouTube Link
- John Beeman – 20230311 – ORAL HISTORY – Experience about Arapahoe Hunt Club (57:56) – YouTube Link
- Compilation- 20170809 – ORAL COMPILATION – Memories of the Mansion and Ranch (55:46) – YouTube Link
- Forrest Dykstra – 20230828 – ORAL HISTORY – HR Metro District Manager of Engineering (1:06:42) – YouTube Link
- John Kilrow – 20240320 – ORAL HISTORY – Mission Viejo and Shea Properties Manager (48:21) – YouTube Link
HRHS Programs
- 2014-09-15 – PROGRAM HR Then and Now -70s Decade of Change 00 (2) (0Hrs.45Min.01Sec)
- 2014-09-15 – PROGRAM HR Then and Now – 70s Decade of Change(1:34:02) – YouTube Link
- 2014-09-15 – PROGRAM HR Then and Now -70s Decade of Change 01 (2) (0Hrs.32Min.02Sec)
- 2014-09-15 – PROGRAM HR Then and Now -70s Decade of Change 02 (2) SHORTENED VERSION (0Hrs.48Min.59Sec)
- 2015-09-21 – PROGRAM HR Then and Now – Cattle Ranching at Highland Ranch During the 80s (1:18:20) – YouTube Link
- 2016-03-21 – PROGRAM HR Then and Now – Birth Of The Master Planned Community (1:21:38) – YouTube Link
- 2016-09-16 – PROGRAM HRHS Discussion of Images of America: Highlands Ranch Book (1:02:33) – YouTube Link
- 2018-01-15 – PROGRAM El Passo Sheriff Kelly (0Hrs.45Min.40Sec)
- 2018-04-16 – PROGRAM Centennial Filming at the Mansion (1:29:06) – YouTube Link
- 2018-06-18 – PROGRAM Circle Tour Through Rocky Mountain National Park 2 (0Hrs.36Min.40Sec)
- 2018-07-16 – PROGRAM UFOs, Bigfoot and The Paranormal 0 (0Hrs.28Min.31Sec)
- 2018-07-16 – PROGRAM UFOs, Bigfoot and The Paranormal 1 (1Hrs.05Min.05Sec)
- 2019-03-18 – PROGRAM This is Your Life – John Springer (1Hrs.04Min.03Sec)
- 2019-04-15 – PROGRAM Ancient Douglas County Telling the Story of a Special Place and its People_1 (0Hrs.59Min.53Sec)
- 2019-05-20 – PROGRAM Colorado/Utah Slideshow – Don Bruno, HRHS Speaker (1Hrs.5Min.2Sec)
- 2020-04-20 – PROGRAM Highlands Ranch, The First Decade (1:03:39) – YouTube Link
- 2020-05-18 – PROGRAM Tour of Ancient and present Israel-Tel Shimron (34:49) – YouTube Link
- 2020-06-15 – PROGRAM Florence Martin, An Unbelievable Life (Daniels Park/Daniels Fisher Store)(35:10) – YouTube Link
- 2020-07-20 – PROGRAM Dinosaur Discovery in Highlands Ranch (25:15) – YouTube Link
- 2020-08-17 – PROGRAM Gary Debus, HRCA General Manager (50Min.38Sec)
- 2020-09-21 – PROGRAM Colorado Castles (57:40) – YouTube Link
- 2020-10-19 – PROGRAM Historical Hauntings (1:08:22) – YouTube Link
- 2020-11-16 – PROGRAM Louviers Colorado Was Dynamite (1:18:40) – YouTube Link
- 2021-01-18 – PROGRAM Highlands Ranch History- Then and Now (1:55:16) – YouTube Link
- 2021-02-15 – PROGRAM Highlands Ranch Mission Viejo 1976-1997 (45:12) – YouTube Link
- 2021-02-07 – APPRECIATION Jim Toepfer Appreciation Award (10:45) – YouTube Link
- 2021-03-15 – PROGRAM Centennial Water Then and Now (1:21:00) – YouTube Link
- 2021-04-19 – PROGRAM Art in Highlands Ranch (1:11) – YouTube Link
- 2021-05-17 – PROGRAM Resident Memories of HR (1:08:07) – YouTube Link
- 2021-05-19 – TRIBUTE VIDEO Art Cook (17:48) – YouTube Link
- 2021-06-21 – PROGRAM Highlands Ranch Shea Years 1997-2021 (45:13) – YouTube Link
- 2021-08-23 – PROGRAM HR Then and Now of Law Enforcement and Fire Services in Highlands Ranch (1:20:45) – YouTube Link
- 2021-09-20 – PROGRAM Highlands Ranch Mansion Modern Era 1981-2021 (55:41) – YouTube Link
- 2021-11-15 – PROGRAM History of the HRCA and Metro District (1:12:49) – YouTube Link
- 2022-01-17 – PROGRAM Disasters in History: the October 1871 Fires with Connections to the Marshall Fire (58:44) – YouTube Link
- 2022-02-21 – PROGRAM Disasters in History: The South Platte River Flood of 1965 (1:09:35) – YouTube Link
- 2022-10-17 – PROGRAM Colorado Gold Rush Sparked by Local Creek (49:29) – YouTube Link
- 2022-11-21 – PROGRAM Mile Houses along Cherry Creek (46:19) – YouTube Link
- 2023-03-20 – PROGRAM Cattle, Ranch Hands and Hard Work on the Phipps Ranch 1960s (1:35:25) – YouTube Link
- 2023-09-18 – PROGRAM Fun Facts and Stories of Highlands Ranch (1:19:13) – YouTube Link
- 2024-03-18 – PROGRAM Samuel Allen Long by DCL (33:23) – YouTube Link
- 2024-08-19 – PROGRAM Highlands Ranch Geology (1:03:07) – YouTube Link