FREMONT COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
What is the Fremont County Historical Society?
The Fremont County Historical Society is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization with tax deductible dues. The FCHS Board of Directors hold monthly meetings and publish newsletters every other month on heritage topics.
Meetings for members are programs presented with historical content at the Steeple Event Center, 7th and Macon, Cañon City, CO. These meetings are held at 2:00 PM six times a year on the third Sunday of January, March, May, July, September and November. Everyone is invited.
Board meetings are the second Monday of every month at the Steeple Event Center at 1pm. Everyone is welcome. The newsletter is published and sent to all members prior to the program.
The original collection of documents and artifacts that comprise the general resource in the Royal Gorge Regional Museum & History Center was donated by the Fremont/Custer Historical Society (now the Fremont County Historical Society) in early 1993. The history center has since expanded into a very extensive base of documents now available to the general public for research and reading. It is open Wednesday through Saturday from 10 AM to 4 PM.
Become a Fremont County Historical Society Member
Single: $15 | Family: $20 | Life: $150 | Business/Organization: $25
FCHS, P.O. Box 965, Cañon City, CO 81215
Historical Information
FCHS Newsletter – November 2024
In this issue: Caleb Richtner and Cinde McPhail "Heritage Apples"
FCHS Newsletter – September 2024
In this issue: Museum of Colorado Prisons with Stacy Cline
FCHS Newsletter – July 2024
In this issue: Ashley Sack will be giving a presentation on Eugenia Kennicott, an early pioneer living on a cattle ranch in Westcliffe and Canon City
FCHS Newsletter – May 2024
In this issue: Cattlewomen with Kathleen Shoemaker
FCHS Newsletter – February 2024
In this issue: Language of Flowers with Audri Garonson
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – January 2024
In this issue: Skye Stuart - Female Felons
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – November 2023
In this issue: Stacey Cline “Female Felons” Colorado museum of prisons
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – September 2023
In this issue: Victoria Miller: "16 Tons: The Colorado Fuel and Iron Company Mines"
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – July 2023
In this issue : July Program - Wesley Brown Program - How the 1959 Gold Rush Put Colorado on the Map
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – May 2023
In this issue: "Silent Movie Era in Canon City" presented by David Emrich
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – March 2023
In this issue: Storyteller Gregory Howell, Anson Rudd Poetry, FCHS Upcoming Programs & Dates and History Books
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – January 2023
In this issue: Draper Ranch History & Movie Making, A Newspaper Article, Upcoming Programs
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – November 2022
In this issue: Presentation by John Wesley Anderson, Florence Historical Archive Quilt Presentation, Preserving History, Membership Drive.
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – July 2022
In this issue: University of Kansas - 100 years of Field Camp with Doug Walker, History of FCHS, Community Events, Books
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – May 2022
In this issue: Porland Cement, Portland - A Company Town, Millie Wintz 2022 Doc Little Award, Community Events, Books
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – March 2022
Topics include: Carol McNew, 150 Years Canon City Program, Oak Creek Cemetery, Books
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – November 2021
Topics include: Wesley Brown, Presenter, Cartographic Roots of Colorado, Pike National Trail Assoc. Spanish Territory; Oak Creek Cemetery
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – September 2021
Topics include: Larry Green, Presenter, The Iron Bridge at Milepost 166.5, Society Information and Books, Florence Archive Inc. Info.
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – July 2021
In this issue: Stacey Cline, Presenter, Big House on the Corner, Florence Historical Archive Inc. Information
Fremont Historical Society Newsletter – May 2021
In this issue: Ashlee Sack presents Guy U. Hardy, Heritage Guide Books, FCHS News, Blast from the Pat - Spirits at Work
Fremont County Historical Society – March 2021
In this issue: Kathleen Eaton-Presenter Talks About Prohibition, Doc Little Historian of the Year Award Display @ Florence Museum
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – January 2021
In this issue: Map of Area Grape Creek, Organizations of Note, Royal Gorge Regional Museum Info, Oak Creek Cemetery
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – November 2020
In this issue: Larry Green presents Echo & her sisters, Synopsis of the program, Business notices & events, more about Larry Green
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – September 2020
In this issue: 19th Amendment stories & pictures, Louise Ewing Burg - Suffragette Grandmother stories, Code of the West, Fremont Peak, The Legend of the Star Watcher
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – July 2020
In this issue: Don Moon portrays Mayor Stockbridge of Old Colorado City, Windshield Heritage Tours, A puzzle for you to solve, History they forgot to teach us,
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – May 2020
In this issue: Kathleen Eaton program cancelled. Flu epidemic of 1918, Royal Gorge Rodeo Memories, Soda Springs
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – March 2020
In this issue: Geoff Clothier "Mining in Arkansas Valley and Fremont County"; Kathy Uhland, Doc Little Historian Award, Mining; Future Programs, Pike Trunk at Lincoln School
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – January 2020
In this issue: Eve Nagode presents "After the Fire, Rebuilding the Royal Gorge Bridge & Park", Pictures of Interest, Doc Little Award.
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – November 2019
In this issue: Quarries, Minerals & Kilns of Western Fremont County, Howard and Calcite Remains, Copperfield and Prison Quarries & Mine Florence Historical Archive Diorama
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – September 2019
In this issue: Teddy Roosevelt - the man, The cowboy Code, St. Scholastica, Teddy Roosevelt in Canon City 1900.
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – July 2019
In this issue: Florence Historical Archive, Inc. , What - When - Where and Who, Moon Walk, Archive Moments
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – May 2019
In this issue: Betsy Denney presents The Grangers, Posters, stamps and meeting room layout, The story of the Patrons of Husbandry, Remember When?
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – March 2019
In this issue: Garden Park School Fund, Dall DeWeese quarry; Garden Park School History, Pictures of the school, Heritage Commission request for local landmark applications, Doc Little Award recipient Margaret Stiles Storm
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – January 2019
In this issue: Detectives of History, History of the museum and Rudd House, Augustus Macon 1315 River Street and the well, Pictures of the well and the surround, Doc Little Award and the Garden Park School Grant
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – November 2018
In this issue: Sandy Dexter - Paranormal Activity at the Prison Museum. Ghost Walk Investigations. Territorial Daughters of Colorado Archival Records
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – September 2018
In this issue: Teddy Roosevelt - Monuments and the Antiquities Act of 1906. National Monuments close to Fremont County. If walls could speak.
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – July 2018
In this issue: Crossroads Through Time Heritage Park. The story of our past - Geology & history. Pre-history of the Fremont County area. Exploring our Heritage Park
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – May 2018
In this issue: Playwright August Mergelman - Bird Millman, international star of the high wire. Bird Millman, her life and achievements. Spirits, history and Cotopaxi School burns - 1938
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – March 2018
In this issue: Wet Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary. Colorado Women's Hall of Fame Candidate. This day in history and more March facts. Prospect Heights Jail renovation progress
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – January 2018
In this issue: Jennifer Moore Lowe - Cotopaxi Jewish Colony. Doc Little Award, Crossroads Through Time Trail at PCC Campus
Fremont Historical Society Newsletter – November 2017
In this issue: Kathryn Herrin. Medicine Show. Camps and Calendar.
Fremont Historical Society Newsletter – September 2017
In this issue: "Fast Eddie" presented by Don Moon. Prospect Heights Jail History.
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – May 2017
In this issue: Desperados, Outlaws and Shysters of Western Fremont County. Betsy Denney's Biological info. Harvey Logan was a local?. Territorial Daughters of Colorado. Look back at Texas Creek History. Denver Gem and Mineral Show in Denver.
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – March 2017
In this issue: "Reel California Girls and the Vista Lodge" presentation by Loretta Bailey. The Vista Lodge before the Royal Gorge fire. Long gone: the Hot Springs Hotel & Pool.
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – January 2017
In this issue: Dianne Dudley and saving the history of the Griffin Ranch. Griffin Ranch; Florence Museum and Research Center. Griffin Ranch History. Doc Little Award history.
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – November 2016
In this issue: Paulette Stewart and her story of the Mineral Palace, King Coal and Queen Silver.
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – September 2016
In this issue: BLM Archaeologist Mike Troyer; Dinosaur Experiences. Electric Railways and Trolleys. BBC and Stones 'n' Bones with Dinosaur Experiences. Hirleman Vintage Fremont County Map.
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – July 2016
In this issue: John B. Russell Memorial Event at the Florence Museum and Research Center. Exhibit at RGR Museum & History Center. Carlsbad Pool and Natatorium.
Fremont County Historical Society – May 2016
In this issue: Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site by Jennifer Kolise. Oak Creek Grade Cemetery. Griffin Ranch. FCHS Field Trips.
Fremont County Historical Society – January 2016
In this issue: Dave Walker; Finding where one of the Espinosa brothers was killed. Bio of Dave Walker; Fremont County Heritage Commission Local Landmark Sites. Minnie Harding Story. The Bloody Espinosas Story as told by a relative and others. Minnie Harding to be inducted into Colorado
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – November 2015
In this issue: Dr.Mark Gose presents Colonel Benjamin Grierson and his Buffalo Soldiers. 1915 - 100 Years Prohibition was voted in by Colorado Legislators. Charles Walcott and the Spirits of the past.
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – September 2015
In this issue: Larry Black, Presenter. Prospect Jail Open House. Geology Club and Wayfinding kiosks. Mary McNamaa Educational Fund Award. American Zinc-Lead Smelter story.
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – July 2015
In this issue: Mike Troyer, Presenter. Ride the Rockies pictures. Western Fremont Historical Society Event; Canon City Geology Club, Cara Fisher, National Day of the American Cowboy. Bents Fort Stockade. Captain John B. Russell.
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – May 2015
In this issue: Jeff Broome, Presenter Heritage Commission News. Cheyenne War Book Review. Fremont County Hospital & Farm - 1865.
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – March 2015
In this issue: Earl S. Mead and Chaco Canyon. Southern Sympathizers in Fremont County.
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – January 2015
In this issue: Mildred M. Wintz presents "Fraud Broads". Canon City to Western Fremont County - Health Spa.
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – November 2014
In this issue: Gene Johnson presents Buffalo Bill Cody. Ute Indians of Fremont County.
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – September 2014
In this issue: Professor Jonathan Reese - Representation and Rebellion. History of Square Dance
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – July 2014
In this issue: Nancy Oswald presents the Cotopaxi Jewish Colony.
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – May 2014
In this Issue: Biography of Marlowe Cassetti. Prospect Heights Jail. Apollo Moon Shot
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – January 2014
Speaker Sue Cochran - Genealogical Specialist at the Royal Gorge Regional Museum & History Center
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – November 2013
In this issue: Don Moon as President Theodore Roosevelt with the "Rest of the Story". Barnes City. East Fremont County. Fruitmere School - 1940. Elks Lodge No, 610.
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – September 2013
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Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – July 2013
In this issue: Wellsville, Colorado. Biological information about William Shrader - Presenter. The Garden Park Fossil Area.
Fremont County Historical Society Newsletter – March 2013
In this issue: The Legacy Trunk Program. Fremont County History - Claims Club 1860. Mining Disasters - Ludlow Massacre