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7th Annual Erie Biscuit Day Round-up

Matt — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:57:51 +0000

Erie Historical Society would like to thank everyone that participated and attended the Erie Biscuit Day Saturday, Sept. 19th!

Here are some of the Biscuit Day hightlights!!

Stew Contest Results

Congratulations to Lui’s Chinese Restaurant for their winning stew entry.
Thank you to all the other participants.. Rose Cafe, Miner’s Tavern, Zupa and KABBU
All the stews were fantastic!

Raffle Winners

1st Prize Handmade Quilt: Kim West
2nd Prize $100 Savings Bond: Kathy Edgerton
3rd Prize $50 Savings Bond: Jane Yamada

Thank you to al of our Sponsors and Supporters

Town of Erie, Encana, United Power and Republic Services for your generous cash donations to the Erie Historical Society.

Our Media Sponsors – How could we get the word out without with out them?! Camera – dailycamera.com, Yellow Scene, Carbon Valley Consumer Reporter

Food! What would Erie Biscuit Day be without Food and Drink?! Thank you Miner’s Tavern, Rose’s Cafe & Coffe Bar, Zupa Euromerican Café, KABBU, Colorado Coal Company, The Western Dairy Association, Costco, Intricate Icings, Indulge Bakery and Royal Crest Dairy

THANK YOU supporters and local businesses for helping to make this day a success for the community! Nite Ize, A Grand Finale, Town & Country, Couper Electric, Event Construction, The Flower Nook, Jeannie Hulse State Farm, A Grand Finale, Elevations CU, Safeway, Great Western Bank

Thank you Erie Historical Society, volunteers and all of you that shared Biscuit Day with us.

Raffle Winners

1st Prize Handmade Quilt

Kim West2nd Prize $100 Savings Bond

Kathy Edgerton

3rd Prize $50 Savings Bond

Jane Yamada

2009 Erie Biscuit Day – Cake Walk

Matt — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:56:10 +0000

Check out these great cake creations by Intricate Icings and Indulge Bakery that were given away during the Cake Walk at Erie Biscuit Day.

They are truly amazing. Be sure to remember Intricate Icings and Indulge Bakery the next time you need a specialty cake or baked good. Let them know that you heard about them from Erie Biscuit Day.

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6th Annual Erie Biscuit Day00

Matt — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:18:35 +0000

Mark your calendars and join the community for Erie Biscuit Day!!

September 20, 2008
8:00am until Noon
Historic Downtown Erie, CO on Briggs Street

Sausage Stew – Biscuits Gravy – Coffee – Juice – Water- Milk
Music – Cake Walk – Drawings- Craft Booths – Farmer’s Market
Historical Photos – Stew Contest with local business owners

THANK YOU 2008 Sponsors and Supporters

Town of Erie, United Power and Republic Services for your generous cash donations to the Erie Historical Society

Our Media Sponsors – How could we get the word out without with out them?!
Camera, Yellow Scene Magazine, Carbon Valley Consumer

Food! What would Erie Biscuit Day be without Food and Drink?!
Thank you Erie Café, Zupa Euromerican Café, KABBU, The Western Dairy Association,
Costco, Trina Cakes and Royal Crest Dairy

THANK YOU supporters and local businesses for helping to make this day a success for the community!
The Erie Chamber of Commerce, Raye Harris Photography, Life Song Church of Erie, Town and Country, Event Construction, Omni Productions.

All proceeds go to the Erie Historical Society and the Erie Wise Homestead Museum

Biscuit Day celebrates historic Erie

Matt — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:20:23 +0000

Sept. 20 is Erie’s sixth annual Biscuit Day. It’s the biggest fund-raiser of the year for the Erie Historical Society. EHS president Sarah Wise said last year’s event raised more than $6,000 for the organization.

The Biscuit Day tradition goes back to the 1870s. “It was going for a few years when Erie was formed,” Wise said.

Erie was incorporated as a town in 1874. At the original Biscuit Day, there were fresh-baked biscuits and bowls of mulligan stew. Ladies ate free. “There were three or four bakers in town and they made the biscuits,” Wise said. “The women made the stew.” There was also homemade apple-butter and a variety of homemade jams and jellies at the event.

Most likely, Biscuit Day was one of the final community gatherings before the men returned to work in the coal mines. In Erie, the mines were closed in the summers because the particular type of coal that was mined in the area would disintegrate in hot weather.

Looking for Volunteers for Biscuit Days

Matt — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:59:11 +0000

We Continue to Accept AND Welcome
Sponsors and Volunteers

Please Contact Stacey at Stacey.alexander32@gmail.com
or leave a message at 303-828-2870

Erie Historical Society Update 5/15/2008

sarahwise — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:12:16 +0000

The Erie Historical Society opened the Wise Homestead Museum for the summer on Saturdays from 10 to 2. With the help of many people including a couple of groups of Questers many new items have been added. If you would like a tour at any other time please call Sarah Allene Wise, 303.828.4561 for an appointment. The Erie Historical Society invites everyone to come see what a home might have had at the turn of the century.

The major fundraising activity of the Erie Historical Society is Biscuit Day on Downtown Briggs Street. This year it will be Saturday,Sept. 20, 8 to 12 noon. Come have biscuit, gravy (or stew) sausage, juice/milk/coffee and wonderful conversation with others and enjoy the music. You will have time for browsing through many booths of arts and crafts. Raffle tickets will be available for the beautiful quilt and savings bonds of $100 and $50. The drawing will be at 12 noon.

The Interfaith Quilters of Longmont made this beautiful quilt by hand and machine. Raffle tickets are available NOW. The cost is $2.00 each or 3 for $5.00–a small investment for a beautiful quilt. Beginning May 17th (at The Erie Fair) many members will have tickets for sale and if you want some, please call me 303.828.4561 and I will deliver them to you.

I invite you to join us as a member of the Erie Historical Society and become involved in the preservation of the past for the future.

Sarah Allene Wise, President.

2007 Erie Biscuit Days

Matt — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:24:06 +0000

Saturday, September 15 was the fifth annual celebration of Erie Biscuit Days. The Erie Historical Society raised approximately $6,000 on this event. Our handmade quilt was raffled off, and the lucky winner was julia Birgen. A savings bond in the amount of $100 went to Karen Raush, $50 to Dorothy Keefer. A total of 645 raffle tickets were sold, raising approximately $1,200.