February 2020

Castle Rock Historical
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February's Monthly Presentation

Gold Fever

Please join us on Monday, Feb. 10, 2019 for a presentation by Jim Hansmann on The Gold Fever that struck the nation and brought thousands of people to the wonderful territory of Colorado. Jim is the Collections Curator at The Castle Rock Museum and is author of a walking tour book of Castle Rock. Come hear as he describes the history of the search for gold in the nation and what eventually lead gold seekers to venture to Colorado.

Refreshments will be served at 6:45pm with the presentation beginning at 7:00pm at the Philip S. Miller Library 100 S. Wilcox St. Castle Rock, CO 80104. Please note this is on the 2^nd Monday not our usual 2^nd Thursday. For more information check out our website at www.castlerockhistoricalsociety.org or contact the Castle Rock Museum at 303-814-3164, museum@castlerockhistoricalsociety.org.

Calendar

This Month.......

Feb. 10, 2020 -THIS IS THE 2ND MONDAY - not our usual meeting day. Presentation by Jim Hansmann on the search for gold in the nation and Colorado.
Feb. 26, 2020 - Opening of our special exhibit by local artist, Cindy Welch show casing her paintings of historic Castle Rock.
Feb. 27, 2020 - Wine & Cheese reception at The Museum for Cindy Welch's exhibit; 5:00pm - 7:00pm.

Coming Up........

Mar. 19, 2020 - THIS IS THE 3RD THURSDAY - not our usual meeting day. Monthly Presentation by Marcia Goldstein on the women's sufferage. This presentation was rescheduled because of bad weather in October.
May 9, 2020 - 11th Annual Trolley Tour of Castle Rock. Details to come.
May 21, 2020 - THIS IS THE 3RD THURSDAY - not our usual meeting day. Monthly presentation by Phil Carson on the first climbers of Pike's Peak.
May 30, 2020 - 5th Annual Victoria's Tea. Details to come.

As presenters are scheduled, we will update everyone on our website and in the monthly Newsletters.

Check out our website to stay up to date on events as we schedule them - www.castlerockhistoricalsociety.org.

It's time to start thinking about our spring fundraiser........

Victoria's Tea

May 30, 2020
2:00pm - 4:00pm

We're always looking for people to help plan and work at the event.
Please contact the museum if you would like to get involved
and help us out.

Exhibits -

Check out our virtual exhibit

In honor of the CDR exhibit, we've created our first virtual exhibit on our website.

Continental Divide Raceways

Exhibit
The exhibit will be ending on Feb. 15th.

We always have a small exhibit of CDR memorabilia, but the large exhibit needs to go back into storage for now.

Be sure to stop in soon, before the exhibit has to end.

The next big exhibit will be on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway opening in May.

Check out our special exhibit on
"Castle Rock History in Watercolor" featuring local artist Cindy Welch.
Come see many of her paintings of historic sites in Castle Rock.
The exhibit will run from Feb. 26, 2020 - Mar. 28, 2020
Join us for a wine & cheese reception on Feb. 27, 2020 from 5:00 - 7:00.
This will be a treat for any art lover.

Past Events....

Thank you to Cindy Malone for presenting the PBS film "Sheep & Cattle Wars". It was a very interesting and well attended presentation.

History Corner

by Claudine Phibbs

Love is in the Air

The month of February usually brings to mind Valentine's Day and engagements. And, with those thoughts in mind I set out to find stories of love in the historic newspapers. This of course led me to the more comical side of love. In looking over many wedding announcements in The Castle Rock Journal during the early 1900's I found a recurring theme. They always list who the newly weds are, where the nuptials occurred, what the whole wedding party was wearing and how many wonderful gifts they received. They also had to include well wishes from all their friends and family. Every announcement gave glowing reports on the dresses, suits and flowers worn by all, except one that caught my eye from January 1900; "the bride was handsomely attired in white silk and carried brides roses. The bridesmaid was dressed in drab and carried pink roses". I guess the bridesmaid didn't want to outshine the bride.

It was very important at the time to mention that the couple did indeed receive many gifts. At times they even listed who gave what item. Imagine how we would like that now a days. One announcement stated " The popularity of the couple is shown by the many valuable presents sent them such as solid silver sets, cut glass pieces, chinaware and fine linen". Another wrote" Many costly presents were received, a list of which will be published next week". Yet another stated, "The happy couple were the recipients of a great number of valuable and useful presents, far too many to mention".

I also found a few snippets from articles on the subject of marriage that can make one giggle:

As a matter of fact, it is obvious that more crimes are committed by married men than by single men.....one such crime is wife murder (1908).
Young married women are amongst the worst sufferers from female diseases.Unaccustomed as they are to the cares of married life, these weak women all need "Wine of Cardui" women's relief. (1906 - you really couldn't say that now a days).
An Atlanta man was arrested a few days ago for kissing his wife in public. This should be a lesson to married men everywhere. Let the married man limit his public demonstrations of affection to calling her "Pet" or "Baby" (1906 - seriously?).

I will end with a joke I found from 1902, " Are you married or unmarried?" asked the theatrical manager of an applicant for engagement. "Unmarried' replied she. "I've been unmarried four times".

Shop at our Gift Shop......

We have just what you're looking for. We've got toys, books, prints, Castle Rock T-Shirts, Railroad items and more.

You can even shop online here.

Stop in Wed - Fri 12:00pm - 5:00pm or Sat. 11:00am - 4:00pm. and check us out.

Help Support CRHSM.......

King Soopers Community Rewards

We have a new and easy way to raise money for the Castle Rock Museum. Every time you shop at King Soopers and use your loyalty card, King Soopers will donate a percentage of your purchase to the Castle Rock Historical Society and Museum.

All you have to do is log into your loyalty account and designate CRHSM as your beneficiary. Just click the link below.

Create an account if you haven't signed in before - or just sign in.
Click on Community Rewards in the left side column.
Search for Castle Rock Historical Society and Museum.
Click on it and you're done.

Shopping on Amazon?

If you're doing shopping with Amazon - we have an easy way for you to help the CRHSM. Use Amazon Smile for your purchase and the CRHSM will receive a donation from Amazon based on your purchase.

Be sure to designate Castle Rock Historical Society as the entity you want to receive the donation.

Every penny counts, so the more people use Smile, the more CRHSM will receive. It doesn't cost you anything - Amazon is actually giving us the money.

Just go to smile.amazon.com for all your shopping!

Thank You To.....

Thank you to Bill Conz and Kirk Kaefer for painting the interior of the museum. They did a wonderful job of painting while working around all the exhibits.

Thank you to Area Newsletters and Debbie Davis for always publicizing our events, check it out to find out about happenings in Castle Rock.

Thank you to Magnum Edge, Inc. for becoming a corporate member of the CRHSM.

HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING

- Historic Marker Walk

Check out our video about the Historic Markers around town

https://youtu.be/qQTuT-dMhAg

Or come by The Castle Rock Museum to pick up a list of the buildings with the markers around town. Go to all 20 and you'll get a certificate for your accomplishment.

Recycle - Save those aluminum cans!!

The museum collects and recycles aluminum cans to raise money for matching grants. Bring those cans to the museum and use the green container next to the bathroom. Aluminum cans only please. Anything else will be removed by the recycling company. Help the environment and raise a little money for the museum.
Many thanks to those who have already contributed!

Castle Rock Historical Society Board

The CRHSM Board meets the first Monday of each month. The meetings are held at the Masonic Lodge on Wilcox at 6:00pm. All Historical Society members are welcome to attend.

President - Staci McCormack
Vice President -
Secretary - Cindy Redfern
Treasurer - Katie Neth
Corres. Secretary -
Cindy Malone - Speaker Coordinator
Marsha Shaikhly - Event organizer
Bill Conz - Restoration Supervisor
Sandy Kelly - Director of Education
Kay Livingstone - Membershiip Coord.

Mission: The Castle Rock Historical Society operates the Castle Rock museum, celebrates, educates, and brings together people interested in the preservation of the heritage of the Castle Rock, Colorado area.

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Opportunities to Volunteer and Contribute

You know we need you!! Thank you to those who help with hands, time and money. Whatever your skill is, it can help the community in your historic town of Castle Rock.

To find out how you can help email museum@castlerockhistoricalsociety.org.

Castle Rock Museum Hours
Wed. - Fri 12:00p.m. to 5:00p.m.
Sat. 11:00a.m. to 4:00p.m.

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