Wise Museum 2010 Wish List

Wise Homestead Museum Period of Significance is from 1872 – 1920.
The museum needs your help. We are looking for the following items for the Wise Museum. Please contact Sarah or Alan Wise at 303-828-4561 to help or if you have any additional questions.
Boy’s Room – Upstairs
Washstand.
Wash Bowl and Pitcher/Set – Prefer Graniteware or Plain [...]

Erie Historic Fair at the Erie Community Center

Join the Erie Historical Preservation Commission this Saturday at 2:00 pm for the first ever Erie Historic Fair at the Erie Community Center.

7th Annual Erie Biscuit Day this Saturday

Come join us for Biscuits and Gravy on Saturday, September 19th, 2009 from 8:00 am to 12:00 noon for the 7th annual Erie Biscuit Day. We will be holding the festivities in Historic Downtown Erie, CO on Briggs Street.

Join us Thursday night at the Erie Community Library with Dr. Colorado

Join us for the third evening of Local History Series 2009, presented by Erie Community Library and the Erie Historical Society. We will be informed and entertained by award-winning Colorado history professor and author Tom Noel, also known as “Dr. Colorado.” Dr. Colorado is an expert on Colorado history and will present an engaging slide show about landmarks in the Erie area.

Wise Homestead enhancements

We have been busy working on the landscaping at the Erie-Wise Homestead Museum. This past weekend we planted some liliac bushes and 5 new trees around the museum.

Erie Community Garage Sale – June 20th

Erie United Methodist Church in Erie, CO is hosting the 2009 Erie Community Garage Sale on Saturday, June 20, 2009 from 8:00am to 12:00 noon at there Erie United Methodist Church.

Erie Community Library offering Online Genealogy Basics Class

This class will introduce participants to database resources such as HeritageQuest and Ancestry Library and other online resources.  Guest instructor Margaret Langley, librarian and genealogy expert, will lead the session.
Register:  Call 720-685-5224 or online at http://www.mylibrary.us

Online Genealogy Basics
Thursday, May 21, 1-2:30
Erie Community Library
400 Powers Street
Erie, CO 80516
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Museum is now open for the season

The Erie-Wise Homestead Museum is now open every Saturday 10am to 2pm. Stop by we look forward to seeing you.
The museum is also available by appointment.
Please call Sarah Wise to set up a day and time.
303.828.4561

FDR and the New Deal in Colorado : 2009 Local History Series

Erie Historical Society and the Erie Community Library are hosting entertaining and informative programs that take us back in time and reveal remarkable stories about the people who settled in our region of Colorado.
FDR and the New Deal in Colorado
with historian and re-enactor Richard Marold
Thursday, May 14 at 7:00
at the Erie Community Library
About the events: [...]

Erie Historical Society Update 2/15/2009

Wise Homestead Museum, Erie

–The Wiese Homestead Museum will re-open Saturday, May 2 , 10 to 2.  We have had several visits this winter by appointment.

–The roof is on the old peg  barn.  It is ready for small meetings and planned educational programs.

–Public lectures are planned in cooperation with the Erie Community Library begining March 19th.  [...]

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