Community Calendar

The Pine River Library will host the Chautauqua Presentation: "Lincoln Tales - Tall and True, with Austin Gollaher" at 11:30 on Thursday, September 4th.
Details are at prlibrary.org.

Austin Gollaher was born in Kentucky in 1807, making him two years older than his childhood friend, Abraham Lincoln. Gollaher saved Lincoln’s life when Lincoln was seven, so if not for him, Lincoln would have never been president! The Gollaher family also settled in New Salem, Illinois just a few years before Abraham arrived. Tracing his youth in Kentucky through his education in Indiana and early days in Illinois this blend of history and storytelling will give the audience a “best friend’s” view on Lincoln’s youth.

The 12th annual "Dining With the Dead" historical re-enactment and dinner takes place in Farmington's Greenlawn Cemetery at 4PM on Saturday, September 6th. More information is at riodelsolkiwanis.com.

Reenactors will stand near the gravesites of historical figures from the late 1800s and early 1900s, sharing fascinating — and sometimes humorous — stories of their lives and adventures. Many came to this region when it was still part of the Northwest New Mexico Territory and the untamed Wild West.

Guests will enjoy a delicious BBQ dinner and a tour with a costumed Guide.

The History Live series at the Durango Public Library presents; "History of the San Juan Cutthroat Trout" at 6PM on Friday, September 12th.

Jim White, Aquatic Biologist with Colorado Parks and Wildlife, was a part of the team that "rediscovered" what was thought to be the extinct lineage of native cutthroat trout in the San Juan River Basin. The story links the past with the present, revolving around a native trout beloved by many anglers, naturalists, and conservationists.

The Durango Public Library will host "Living With Bears" at 6PM on Monday, September 15th. This program is a part of the “Living with Wildlife” Series presented by Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

Learn how to reduce negative human-bear interactions.

The Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College presents "Chasing Ghosts: A Ride with the American West’s Most Notorious Outlaws." The talk takes place at 6:30 on Wednesday, September 17th in the Lyceum, room 120.

A modern-day crew of adventurers goes back in time to the age of the western outlaw seeking to find the ghosts of Butch Cassidy and his Wild Bunch by visiting their old haunts. Along the way, they explore both the real and imagined lore of this age in hopes of understanding the allure such times continue to have on the American psyche.

Free and open to all

The Pine River Library will host the talk: Why Are Some Southwest Native Groups Pueblos and Others Are Not?" at 1PM on Thursday, September 18th.

The US Government recognizes more that 500 different Indigenous in United States. Colorado has 2 federally recognized tribes, none that are Pueblo. The scientific community acknowledges the predecessors of these present-day Pueblo communities inhabited large portions of what is now referred to as the US Southwest. The presentation explains why the term 'Pueblo' is used and its significance to those groups which the term is applied.

The Durango Public Library presents "History Live: Photographing the Dominguez-Escalante Trail of 1776" at 6PM on Tuesday, September 23rd.

Kathy Myrick, former executive director of the San Juan Symphony, spent her non-concert weekends for 15 years photographing the 1,700-mile trail blazed by the first white men to explore the Four Corners area.

The Durango Public Library presents "History Live: An Evening with Sarah Platt Decker," in which Chautauqua speaker Gail Beaton will perform as the historical Colorado suffragist. The event takes place at 6PM on Friday, September 26th.

Mrs. Decker was responsible for many of the legal reforms affecting women and children in this state.