March 10th Historical Society Dinner & Presentation

Park County Historical Society Dinner and History Presentation

The Park County Historical Society is hosting a Dinner and History Presentation on Saturday, March 10th from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at the Platte Canyon Community Center in Shawnee. This $5.00 dinner is open to the public. It will be a St. Patty’s Day theme with Irish Stew, corned beef and cabbage, coffee and dessert. Water and soda will be available for a small fee.

There will be a history presentation and slide show by long time resident Kenn Hicks. He will educate us on the construction of the Roberts tunnel and the 16 years he spent working on the tunnel.

As always, those with historical knowledge are more than welcome to give a presentation.

Donations are gratefully accepted as is becoming a member.

Contact (303) 838-6025 or (303) 838-8241 for more information.

Don't forget to mark your calendars! $5.00 dinner and history presentation - Saturday, March 10th from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at the Platte Canyon Community Center in Shawnee.

There will be a history presentation and a fabulous slide show on the construction of the Roberts tunnel.

FYI - Local author and photographer Bernie Nagy will be attending the fundraiser on March 10th. He will have his books available for $29.95 each. If you purchase both, the price is $56.00 (includes taxes). He will donate $10.00 from each purchase to the Park County Historical Society.

For now it looks like the weather is going to permit so we hope to see many of you there!

Hello 285Bound viewers!

Last nights fundraiser was the best ever! Nearly 80 people attended and we ran out of food! The Rustic Station contributed a crock pot of elk stew and there were 3 others. Corned beef and cabbage, lots of veggies, zucchini bread, Irish scones, cookies, jello, fruit salad, cake, pie, coffee, soda and water.

Bernie and Linda Nagy, who as of last night are now PC Historical Society members, were there selling and autographing their books. We sold two. We also sold one Engine #9 Train video.

The best of the best was the presentation by Kenn Hicks. He did an awesome job! The building of the Robert's tunnel is truly amazing! Two people video taped it so it will also be on a DVD soon. There will be a second presentation on the Roberts tunnel in the near future. With our attendance growing we are going to need a bigger facility to accommodate these events.

The next event is scheduled for Sunday, April 15. YUP...TAX day! Same place...same time. I'll let everyone know soon what our topic will be. It will be an Easter theme.

Go to: [url=http://www.parkcountyhistory.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;]www.parkcountyhistory.com[/url] for upcoming events.

Thank you!

Roger Christenson and Craig Christenson (not related) both video taped the event. Roger edited his version and yup - he did a marvelous job on what he put on YouTube! Kudo's to Roger!