Local History Series 2009 : Someone’s Daughter: In Search of Justice for Jane Doe

Join us for the final event in our series. Who was Jane Doe? Historian Silvia Pettem will share highlights from her fascinating 10-year pursuit to resolve a 1954 Boulder County cold case homicide.

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.

A Fireside Chat at Erie Community Library

A group of twenty-four gathered in the Living Room at Erie Community Library for a visit from Franklin Delano Roosevelt.  Historian Richard Marold arrived in a period wheelchair, sporting a bow tie and vintage FDR campaign button on his lapel.  We learned about some of the New Deal projects in Colorado including as Red Rocks [...]

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
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Isabella Bird featuring Lynne Swanson : 1st of the 2009 Local history Series

Mark your calendars. The first in a series of six evenings of history begins March 19th.
Isabella Bird: A Chautauqua evening, celebrating Women’s History Month, featuring Lynne Swanson as the Englishwoman who explored around Long’s Peak in 1873
Sign up below. Admission is free.

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Anne Dyni coming to the Erie Community Library on Nov. 12 at 6:30 p.m.

Anne Dyni, Boulder County historian and author, will present historic images and captivating stories of the early Colorado pioneers who came here in covered wagons. Their stories will amaze and inspire you.
Homesteading Along the Front Range
November 12th   6:30pm
Erie Community Library
400 Powers Street
Erie, CO 80516
720-685-5200

Free talk on mining and its effects on community – Greg Sherman

Greg Sherman has the answers to many questions people have asked recently:  What is a Coal Mine?  What is subsidence?  Why should I be concerned about subsidence?  Why are developers concerned?

Greg is a certified gerologist who has been studying the effects of coal mining on the landscape and development.  Among his many publications are “Geology [...]

Historical Talk: Underground Railroad – Bonnie Carmody

Please join us Tuesday, February 26th at 7:00pm at the Erie Middle School Auditorium for a Historical Talk. Bonnie Carmody will be talking about the Underground Railroad. The talk will cover the reason for the underground railroad and the symbols used by the slaves to negoiate safe travel to the north. Ms. Carmody will have [...]