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
Click here to reserve your seats for this free event!
of the Pikes Peak Region
Sat., June 8, 2019,
East Library
5550 N. Union Blvd.
Colorado Springs, CO 80918
Click here to reserve your seats for this free event!
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.