Events

The Valentine’s of the Victorian Era paved the way for our modern day traditions of Valentine’s Day celebrations. Join Samantha for a history talk on these origins and then make your own Victorian Valentine’s! This event is open to all ages and crafting abilities.

Saturday February 11th
Cozens Ranch Museum
2-4pm
$3 per participant

Join us for the historic crafting. Learn the skill of tin punching, all supplies are provided!

Recommended age is 8+, parent supervision required.
$5 Members, $10 Non-Members

Please RSVP so we can prepare the supplies!

RSVP to samantha@grandcountyhistory.org or call 970-726-5488

GCHA hosts information and book table Saturday May 13, 2023 8 to 11AM at Mountain Parks Electric Annual meeting at Middle Park High School in Granby.

Meet Martha Maxwell – Pioneer Naturalist

Nicknamed the “Colorado huntress” in the mid-nineteenth century, Martha Maxwell was Colorado’s first taxidermist. This shy, petite woman made a major impact on natural history as we know it today. Storyteller Linda Batlin presents a lively one-woman program of how this woman’s love of animals and the natural world along with her artistic abilities led her to create displays we now call dioramas, establish a natural history museum in Boulder, CO immortalizing animals, and represent Colorado at the 1876 Centennial Exposition. She is credited with discovering a new species of owl, the Rocky Mountain screech owl.

Cozens Ranch Museum
5pm
$5 for Members, $10 for non-members
RSVP to samantha@grandcountyhistory.org or 970-726-5488

About the Presenter: Linda Batlin
Linda Batlin is a storyteller and author from Boulder, Colorado where she has lived for over half of her life. She enjoys sharing her love of the mountains and of Colorado with audiences. She tells stories filled with wisdom and mirth for all ages in schools, libraries, festivals, museums, senior centers, campfires and other events. Her living history presentations of important women characters from Colorado history bring them to life. Her repertoire is also filled with multicultural folktales from around the world such as nature stories, Asian stories, animal stories, ghost stories, Jewish folktales, puppets, etc.

The Emily Warner Field Aviation Museum is officially open for the summer!
This Free, Family-friendly museum is open all summer every Friday and Saturday from 11AM to 2PM in the historic Rocky Mountain Airlines terminal on Granby/Grand County Airport.
The museum opens Friday June 2, 2023 and closes Saturday August 26, 2022.
On Saturday, July 1, 2022 museum hours are 8 to 11AM because of the annual community pancake breakfast and aviation silent auction.

GCHA host information and book table Saturday July 1 8 to 11AM at Emily Warner Field Aviation Museum at Granby/Grand County Airport