Events

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Apr
15
Sat
Historic Crafting: Dip Candles @ Cozens Ranch Museum
Apr 15 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Learn to make your own dip candle! All supplies included for 2 candles.
$5 Members, $10 Non-members
Recommended age 8+
Please RSVP for supplies!
RSVP to samantha@grandcountyhistory.org
May
20
Sat
Meet Martha Maxwell: Costumed Interpretation @ Cozens Ranch Museum
May 20 @ 8:54 pm

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.

 

May
27
Sat
Historic Crafting: Flower Pounding @ Cozens Ranch Museum
May 27 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Learn how to make decorative cloth from the natural dyes in flowers!

All supplies included!
$5 for members, $10 for non-members

RSVP to samantha@grandcountyhistory.org