First Lutheran Church
4th Winter Lecture of 2024: The Legacy of Fannie Mae Duncan and the Cotton Club
First Lutheran Church 1515 North Cascade Ave, Colorado Springs, CO, United StatesGuest Lecturer: Kathleen Esmiol In the 1870s, Black families were drawn to Colorado Springs, where the city’s visionary founder General William Jackson Palmer established integrated public schools and job opportunities that offered equal pay for equal work. Black businesses prospered. Sadly, the tide turned with Palmer’s death in 1909, and Blacks struggled against the shifting […]
3rd Winter Lecture of 2024: It Ain’t There No More
First Lutheran Church 1515 North Cascade Ave, Colorado Springs, CO, United StatesGuest Lecturer: Patrick Casey It Ain’t There No More is a look at many of the things that Colorado Springs has lost and how the Casey Family interacted with and was affected by Colorado Springs. The presentation looks at things from the Antlers Hotel to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Free for members and $10 for […]
2nd Winter Lecture of 2024: Ice, Fish, Elephant, Water Slide, and Philanthropy
First Lutheran Church 1515 North Cascade Ave, Colorado Springs, CO, United StatesGuest Lecturer: Eric Swab The title of this month’s talk suggests the layers of history that have taken place on the 160 acres immediately east of the Harlan Wolfe House. Eric’s talk will illustrate the ice harvesting, fish farming, fish smoking and canning, the zoo, amusement park, baseball team, autocamp, residential development, and the Sachs […]
1st Winter Lecture of 2024 – Winfield Scott Stratton’s Lost Park
First Lutheran Church 1515 North Cascade Ave, Colorado Springs, CO, United StatesAt the same time Mr. Stratton purchased the City’s Trolley Line he decided to create place where the town’s folk could get away, relax and recreate. At the beginning of the 1900s he purchased the Dixon Park Place subdivision at the mouth of North Cheyenne Canon and there he built a park. Eric’s illustrated talk […]
3rd Lecture of the 2023 Winter Series
First Lutheran Church 1515 North Cascade Ave, Colorado Springs, CO, United StatesA Reminiscence of Kathleen Fox Collins and a history of Western Jubilee Recording Co. Presenter: Local historian and photographer Don Kallaus Don Kallaus will present a program illustrating Kathleen's years in the cowboy music world at Western Jubilee Recording Company and Ride for the Brand Ranch Rodeo. With photography, music, and a little cowboy poetry […]
3rd Lecture of the 2023 Winter Series
First Lutheran Church 1515 North Cascade Ave, Colorado Springs, CO, United StatesA Reminiscence of Kathleen Fox Collins and a history of Western Jubilee Recording Co. Presenter: Local historian and photographer Don Kallaus Don Kallaus will present a program illustrating Kathleen's years in the cowboy music world at Western Jubilee Recording Company and Ride for the Brand Ranch Rodeo. With photography, music, and a little cowboy poetry […]
2nd Lecture of the 2023 Winter Series
First Lutheran Church 1515 North Cascade Ave, Colorado Springs, CO, United StatesIn his presentation, "More Than Simply a Garden; The Significance of Early Horticulture on the McAllister's North Cascade Grounds," Mr. Metzger will show how the McAllister's experimental garden functioned as an example to others about what could be grown on the high plains of Southern Colorado and how they might participate in the local […]
2nd Lecture of the 2023 Winter Series
First Lutheran Church 1515 North Cascade Ave, Colorado Springs, CO, United StatesIn his presentation, "More Than Simply a Garden; The Significance of Early Horticulture on the McAllister's North Cascade Grounds," Mr. Metzger will show how the McAllister's experimental garden functioned as an example to others about what could be grown on the high plains of Southern Colorado and how they might participate in the local […]
1st Lecture of the 2023 Winter Series
First Lutheran Church 1515 North Cascade Ave, Colorado Springs, CO, United StatesColonel Tom Duhs USMC (Retired) will share the story of the 10th Mountain Division. The unique nature of the only U.S. Army Mountain Division, its recruitment. training, employment and work after WWII is a fascinating story of the "Ski Troops". 6:00 Registration check in. 6:30 - Presentation begins. Location: First Lutheran Church, Fellowship […]
1st Lecture of the 2023 Winter Series
First Lutheran Church 1515 North Cascade Ave, Colorado Springs, CO, United StatesColonel Tom Duhs USMC (Retired) will share the story of the 10th Mountain Division. The unique nature of the only U.S. Army Mountain Division, its recruitment. training, employment and work after WWII is a fascinating story of the "Ski Troops". 6:00 Registration check in. 6:30 - Presentation begins. Location: First Lutheran Church, Fellowship […]
