by Admin 2 | Apr 28, 2022 | Local History, Oral History, Tidbits, Tribute
Joe Blake Made Highlands Ranch Into Hometown USA Article Written by Shirley Cavanaugh, Publicity Chair HR Historical Society Video Tribute and Oral History by Mark Stevenson, Special Projects, HR Historical Joseph B. Blake might not be known to most Highlands...
by Admin 2 | Aug 5, 2025 | Tidbits
July 21, 2025–a day to remember when UFOs visited Southridge! The July program of the HR Historical Society was very well attended by an enthusiastic group of UFO fans and friends and the just plain curious! Speaker Dr. Peter Van Arsdale kept the audience...
by Admin 2 | Jul 20, 2025 | Tidbits
Photo courtesy of HRMD. Forrest Dykstra and Highlands Ranch Metro District Board Chair Renee Anderson. Highlands Ranch Metro District Board Chair Renee Anderson recently accepted a ColoradoBiz Top Project award recognizing the Highlands Ranch Senior Center as one of...
by Admin 2 | Jul 20, 2025 | Tidbits
Highlands Ranch Historical Society had the privilege of participating in the HR Senior Center sponsored Senior Resource Fair on Thursday, July 17, 2025. Close to 100 people stopped at our table, chatted and / or left with Historical Society Information. HRHS Secretary...
by Admin 2 | Jul 12, 2025 | Event, Tidbits
The HR Historical Society will have a table Display at the upcoming Older Adult Health Resource Expo. Please stop by and say hello! Thursday, July 17 1-4 pm Highlands Ranch Senior Center 200 E. Highlands Ranch Parkway Picture from earlier Resource Fair. Thanks...
by Admin 2 | Jun 8, 2025 | Tidbits
Featured Photo above courtesy of Fred Cox, 2021 By Joyce Rovetta When you operate a dynamite factory, the unintended blast of your product is always of concern. So, the Du Pont Company had quite a few rules at the Louviers factory to prevent any such accident when...
by Marian Robinson | Jun 8, 2025 | Tidbits
Picket Wire Canyonlands in the Comanche National Grasslands. Home to the largest tracksite from dinosaurs in North America! The canyon descent provides stunning views of the Purgatoire River and the surrounding mesas. Visitors pass some colorful rock formations along...
by Admin 2 | Jun 8, 2025 | Photo Gallery, Tidbits
The September 16, 2024 program was “Rick Crandall and the Colorado Freedom Memorial –25 Years in the Making and More to Come” Rick, who is passionate about the Colorado Freedom Memorial, made it come alive as he described the Memorial and how it came abou:...
by Marian Robinson | Jun 8, 2025 | Tidbits
In 1888, Alfred Henry Gutheil of Gutheil Park Investment Company constructed Gutheil Park and Gutheil Gardens on what had been Arapahoe and Cheyenne ancestral land. This suburban park, where Generals Park is today, served as picnic grounds as well as a commercial...
by Marian Robinson | Oct 18, 2024 | Tidbits
Photo Above: The iconic feature from which Castle Rock gets its name. The Castle Rock Historical Society offers two options for walking through historic Castle Rock – a traditional paper map and descriptions or a QR alternative using markers at designated...
by Admin 2 | Oct 18, 2024 | Tidbits
Time Traveling Through Highlands Ranch Program Presented on Monday August 19, 2024 A photo gallery of the program can be accessed above, and the actual Video of the program can be accessed at the end of this article. Dr. Donna Anderson, Affiliate Faculty in Geology,...
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