March 2020

Castle Rock Historical
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March's Monthly Presentation

Women's Suffrage

Join us on Thursday, Mar. 19, 2020 as Dr. Marcia Goldstein tells the story of the Colorado Women’s Struggle for Suffrage.

Nearly 125 years ago, Colorado women won the battle for the ballot in November, 1893. In the midst of severe economic depression, the rallying cry of “Let the Women Vote!”; was heard from Denver to Durango. Colorado’s astute male voters gained national attention when they approved equal suffrage by popular election for the first time in history. Many people do not know that Colorado women voted and ran for office a quarter-century before the 19th Amendment made women’s suffrage the law of the land in 1920!

Please note this is the 3^rd Thursday, not our usual 2^nd Thursday.

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. 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.......

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.

Coming Up........

Apr. 9, 2020 - Monthly Presentation by Barb Spagnuolo from the Parks & Rec. department about the local blue bird project.
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 special exhibit
"Castle Rock History in Watercolor"
featuring local artist, "Cindy Welch"

The exhibit will only be around for the month of March, so don't miss out.

Coming Soon: The Santa Fe Railroad in Douglas County

Our new exhibit will highlight The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad and the depot that was (and still is) here in Castle Rock.

Check out our virtual exhibit

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

CDR Virtual Exhibit

Now you can enjoy pictures from the Continental Divide Raceways from the comfort of your own home. Not all our pictures are on the website, so stop in at the museum to see more.

Past Events....

Thank you to Jim Hansmann for teaching us about the Gold Rush and it's affects in Colorado.

Eric Heger, Jeff Lunn and Maria Lunn were recipients of our thanks and personalized mugs in February. Eric is a new corporate member and filled in as Santa Claus at our December meeting. Jeff helped the museum by providing us with a computer and setting up our network. Maria was the tour guide for one of the cemetery tours last year and helps us with our walking tours in the summers. We appreciate everything they have all done for us.

A fun time was had by all who came to the reception on Feb. 27th for the opening of our special exhibit featuring paintings by Cindy Welch. Thanks to everyone that came. Thanks to Art Morales for being our bartender.

History Corner

by Claudine Phibbs

The Legends of St. Patrick

It's March, so we must talk about good ole' St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. St. Patrick's Day started as a religious celebration in the 17th century to commemorate the life of Saint Patrick and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland. This “Feast Day” always took place on the anniversary of Patrick's death, which was believed to be March 17, 461 A.D. This leads us to the first legend of St. Patrick - his
age. It is said that he was 120 years old at the time of his death which is remarkable considering it was the 400's and people were lucky to live to their 30's.

There are many other legends surrounding St. Patrick and I found a few in an article in the Record Journal of Douglas County, March 15, 1918. The article mentions his most well know accomplishment, the expulsion of snakes from Ireland. Most people know the legend to be that he chased all the snakes into the sea after they began attacking him during a 40 day fast on top of a hill. But, the article states that his method was novel at least - he simply called all the serpents together to the top of a mountain and compelled them to swallow one another until there was none left, but as the Englishman said, that seems improbable.

One lesser known legend is how the saint became connected with the shamrock. The article states, " When St. Patrick first began to talk to the heathen Irish of the the Trinity they did not believe him until he picked a shamrock and illustrated the doctrine by three leaves growing on one stem. This concrete analogy appealed to the druids and most of them became Christians.

On the lighter side another legend mentioned is on a trip to England St. Patrick saw a leper who wanted to make a voyage in a certain ship, but the captain would not let him. St. Patrick took a stone altar which had been consecrated by the pope and threw it into the water. He then made the leper sit on the altar, which floated and kept up with the ship for the whole voyage.

Believe it or not - Happy St. Patrick's Day.

Shop at our Gift Shop......

We've got new books for sale in the gift shop.
We have a great selection of books for any history buff.

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

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.

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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 for providing cookies for the presentation meeting.

Thank you to Art Morales for being the bartender at the Meet The Artisit reception.

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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