Pikes Peak Regional History Symposium

Poets, Professors, and Provocateurs
​of the Pikes Peak Region
Sat., June 8, 2019, 
East Library
5550 N. Union Blvd.
Colorado Springs, CO 80918
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 8:30 a.m. Doors Open at East Library

9:00 a.m. Welcome & Opening Remarks

9:15 – 10:45 a.m. 
Ideas Made Manifest – Selling Colorado Springs
  • Steve Ruskin – Tribe & Jefferay’s Bookstore: Colorado Springs’ Original Purveyor of Poetry, Scholarship, and Provocative Ideas
  • Jane Bardal – Mrs. Captain Jack, "Mining Queen of the Rockies": Ellen E. Jack, miner and author 
  • Eric Metzger – Harry McAllister’s Pikes Peaker: A young journalist chronicles life in the bourgeoning Colorado Spring community. 
  • Barry Binder – Thomas MacLaren, Walter Farquhar Douglas, and Thompson Duncan Hetherington: The Continuity and Evolution of Arts & Crafts Architecture in Colorado Springs
  • Panel Q&A
 
10:45 – 11 a.m.
Break

11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Visions, Stories, & Yarns
  • John Nizalowski – From the Mountain’s Roots: Frank Waters and Colorado Springs
  •  ​Rick Sturdevant – Intersections:  Robert Heinlein and the Pikes Peak Region
  • Chris Nicholl – "Time Travel Is My Business": Lillian de la Torre Bueno McCue (1902 – 1993)
  • Kathy Sturdevant – Provocateur Marshall Sprague: “Supreme teller of fascinating tales about people and events in Colorado Springs history.”
  • Panel Q&A

12:30 – 1:15 p.m.
Light Complimentary Lunch

1:15 – 3:15 p.m.
Provocateurs & Prodigious Provenance
  • Matt Mayberry –"That They May Know the Story of their Town": Manly and Eleanor Ormes, The Book of Colorado Springs
  • Susan Leighnor – Botany Bay in the Shadow of Pikes Peak: Botanist Ruth Ashton Nelson
  •  Caleb Hall – A Recipe for Family History: The Bandhauer Family Cookbook
  • J Richards – Ellen T. Brinley: Social Worker and Philanthropist, Providing Nearly 100 Years of Community Service to Colorado Springs
  •  Panel Q&A

​3:15 – 4:30 p.m.
Reception & Special Presentation
Schedule and speakers subject to change.