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Community Support

Community Support

The support of numerous organizations, businesses and individuals is gratefully acknowledged!

Newsletters

Newsletters

Full listing of Newsletters for the Fremont County Historical Society and Friend of the Museum & History Center.

Crinoids Get Framed

Crinoids Get Framed

In an effort to raise awareness of the remarkable beauty and ancient fossil creatures preserved in the locally-quarried walls of our County building, several fossils have been framed with explanatory information.

Morton Gneiss

Morton Gneiss

Morton Gneiss is a rock with a long story to tell. Some very old rocks can tell us how much oxygen there was (or wasn’t) in the atmosphere or oceans at a particular time in Earth’s history

Crestone Conglomerate

Crestone Conglomerate

With its fascinating geologic history, this rock can only be found in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains near Crestone (south of Poncha Springs). It’s uniqueness is due to two unusual characteristics: color and size of inclusions.

Self Guided Heritage Tours

Self Guided Heritage Tours

These Fremont County Self-Guided Heritage Tours are intended to provide enjoyable and authentic heritage experiences for families, residents, retirees and visitors of all ages in a free, easy-to-understand, self-guided format that can be followed at your convenience. We hope to introduce the range of things to do and places to see with historic, geologic, paleontological or agri-tourism appeal; and compliment other activities, such as skiing, rafting, fishing, biking and sightseeing.

Fremont County Stones n Bones

Fremont County Stones n Bones

Fremont County Stones ‘n Bones is an all-volunteer organization of geology and paleontology enthusiasts with a passion for studying Fremont County’s rich landscape and sharing knowledge and experiences.

Friends of the Museum and History Center

Friends of the Museum and History Center

The Friends of the Museum is a 501(c)-3 non-profit organization that supports the Heritage Center by raising funds for educational programs, conservation and preservation projects for the museum. It was formed in 2004 as the successor to the DeWeese Rudd Museum Group, which had been created in 1993 to manage the museum after separating from the Fine Arts Council and Center for the Arts. Due to limited funding options, the group turned over operational responsibility of the Museum and History Center to the City of Cañon City and the Friends of the Museum and History Center was established as support organization.

Crossroads Through Time Heritage Park

Crossroads Through Time Heritage Park

Crossroads Through Time Heritage Park provides a quality educational experience for all ages by encouraging an understanding and appreciation for Fremont County’s rich geological, paleontological and historical heritage. Its location is literally a crossroads where the stories of the planet and its inhabitants intersect – tying together the deep-time geological past to the history of the region’s people and places.

Fremont County Heritage Commission

Fremont County Heritage Commission

What is the Fremont County Heritage Commission? We were originally seven members appointed to the Fremont county heritage commission established by resolution #54, 2008. We now have approval to have nine members by resolution of May 2011

Fremont County Historical Society

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.

Fremont County Colorado

Fremont County Colorado

The Arkansas River comes rushing out of the Rocky Mountains onto the Great Plains through Fremont County. The river’s course was the route followed by a host of early explorers, trappers and mountain men including Zebulon Pike in 1806 and the County’s namesake John C. Fremont in several expeditions during the 1840s. Located 30 miles southwest of Pikes Peak, notable dinosaur fossil discoveries have been made here since the 1870s as well as some of the earliest vertebrate fossils known to science. Wide-ranging geologic sites provide examples of numerous eras in earth history and processes that shaped our planet, as well as a rich assortment of minerals.

Identifying Trilobites

Identifying Trilobites

The Pioche Formation of eastern Nevada is world famous for its amazing preservation of trilobites. Very old trilobites, from the Lower Cambrian (542 – 521 million years old), almost the oldest on record.

Fremont County Quarry Exhibit

Fremont County Quarry Exhibit

Two of Fremont County’s historic quarries are featured in a new display at the Fremont County Administration Building in Cañon City. Loretta Bailey and her daughter Kimberly developed a delightful exhibit focusing on the Mica Lode Quarry.

Libraries Rock!

Libraries Rock!

Thirty eight young, would-be paleontologists between the ages of 3 and 11 years old gathered at the Penrose Community Library in June to learn about and examine fossils, many found beneath our feet in Fremont County.

2018 – Fossil Boot Camp 101

2018 – Fossil Boot Camp 101

2018 - Fossil Boot Camp 101Stones ‘n Bones reached more than 40 community members interested in the introductory Fossil Boot Camp classes offered to the Cañon City Geology Club (CCGC) and to the PCC Mini-College in March of 2018. Students with no familiarity with...

Fossil Study Group

Fossil Study Group

Today we were treated to an excellent Training Session on Corals by Loretta Bailey, who has been a long-time ammonite and baculite fossil collector on Spud Hill, north of Central & Orchard in Cañon City.

BBC Provides International Exposure

BBC Provides International Exposure

BBC Provides International Exposure for the Royal Gorge Dinosaur Experience MuseumFremont County Stones ‘n Bones, was delighted to be part of a British Broadcasting Company (BBC) filming experience on August 7, 2016 at Royal Gorge Dinosaur Experience, the new dinosaur...

Fossil Boot Camp Program

Fossil Boot Camp Program

FCSnB has developed the fossil box program to tie in with Colorado curriculum standards.  We hope to include field trips in the future. Younger students in Pueblo and Cañon City are treated to scaled down versions of Boot Camp

Dino Digger Tools

Dino Digger Tools

This is a powerpoint type presentation with some supportive hands on materials and is geared toward the 4th or 5th grade level utilizing document camera type equipment available in most Fremont County classrooms.

Bones & Beasts

Bones & Beasts

This presentation geared for 4th graders will use modern skulls and bones to help us understand fossil bones.  A wide range of modern skulls and bones will provide a basic understanding

Fremont County Historical Society – January 2016

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 Women’s Hall of Fame