LHS Summer 2022 Programs
June, July, August and September Details Click Here
Current Scheduled Events, Activities and Recognitions
2021 Events
2021 October 30th 1:00 pm “The History of Elitch Gardens ” Presentation by Kevin Snow. See Details
Kevin Snow: Working with new arrivals from more than seventy countries, Kevin Snow was an ESL teacher for many years. Showing them around their new homes as part of their English acquisition turned into a job in history instead of grammar. Kevin’s been out and about with folks since 2005, mostly around the West. With impeccable grammar and pronunciation, it’s Colorado history in its proper form, with some fun along the way. The ever-proper Lady of the Gardens, Mary Elitch, would approve!
2021 September 11th 1:00 pm “The Hungate Massacre. ” Presentation by Dr. Jeff Broome See Details
2020 LHS Events Canceled due to COVID-192019
2019 December Christmas Tree Lighting and LHS Christmas Luncheon (see Photos)
2019 October 16th 7:00 pm “Goodnight Legacies” Presentation by LHS president Larry Schlupp
Location: Phillip S Miller Library, 100 S Wilcox, Castle Rock CO 80104 – Free – Details
2019 August 17th Noon-4:00 pm “1874 Crull-Hammond Cabin Open House”
Location: “The Crull,” as it is affectionately known, is at 6225 Bear Dance Drive, Larkspur
-FREE- Details
2019 July 10th Noon – 4:00 pm “1824-1929 Orphan Train” Presenter Sharon Danhauer
* FREE* Details
2019 June 1, 10:00 Dedication DC Open Space-Town of Larkspur. Colorado Front Range Trail. Columbine Trail Head to Greenland Trail Head
2019 April 24th 7:00 pm “1918-1919 worldwide Flu Pandemic” Presenter Casandra Letkomiller
* FREE* Details References from the presentation
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Archives of Past LHS Events, Activities and Recognitions
2018 LHS Current Scheduled Events, Activities and Recognitions
2018 September 22nd 1:00 pm “Tours & Treks In Colorado” Presenters Kevin & Shawn Snow * FREE* Details
2018 July 14th 1:00 pm Buffalo Bill “A Life In The Wild West” Presenter Steve Friesen * FREE* Details
2018 Saturday April 14th “Guts and Glory” Civil War Medicine and Surgery by Dr. Bob Malin View Program
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Archives of Past LHS Events, Activities and Recognitions
2017 LHS Current Scheduled Events, Activities and Recognitions
2017 July 22nd “10th Mountain Division – Climb to Glory” by Dennis Haygen View Program
2017 June 17 “Walk into the History of Larkspur” by Danna Hamling View Tour Description
2017 March 25th “Ancient Douglas County: 10,000 Years of Culture History” by Gordon Tucker PHD
2016 LHS Current Scheduled Events, Activities and Recognitions
2016 October 12th “Your Media & Research Lab for the Future” by Adam Speirs DCHRC View Details
2016 LHS Open House Program at the Crull Cabin June 16 & July 18 and Greenland School House August 20 , September 17th. View Details
2016 June 4th Giant Ponderosas & the Black Forest Fire, by Terry Stokka View Details
2016 March 5th Trails To Interstate Lee Whiteley View Details
2015 LHS Current Scheduled Events, Activities and Recognitions
2015, June 13, 1:00 pm Penny Burdick Spring Valley School Memorial Dedication. To see more about Penny Click here
2015, July 11 “Where Do You Think You Are?” Larkspurs Area History Time 1pm
Click here to view details
2015 Exhibits
Window Displays of Historic Properties at the Douglas County Philip S Miller Building.
ONGOING Free Admission Normal Business at the Philip S Miller Building 2014 Frink House Celebrates its 100th Anniversary See Frink House Story
2015 Past Events, Activities and Recognitions
2015, Larkspur Elementary School Educational Railroad History of the Larkspur & Divide Country .
2015, June 6th Larkspur Settler Days LHS & Larkspur CoC See Picture and Report
2015, April 9th, 7:00 PM, PS Miller Library, Castle Rock, Colorado
A Successful History Joint Event! Click here for pictures and the Event report
A History Program jointly sponsored by three local Historical Societies of Castle Rock, Larkspur and Palmer Lake. The program is about the American Federation of Human Rights with it’s world head quarters located in Larkspur Colorado The book “On Holy Ground” Author Karen Kidd will give a detailed history of Co-Masonry and the America Federation of Human Rights..
2014 Past Events, Activities and Recognitions
December 13th, 2014 The annual LHS member only Christmas Party will be Saturday, December 13th, in the Leise Victorian home on Spruce Mountain Road. Cocktails at 5:00PM and dinner at sixish. Picture from LHS Christmas Dinner
December 6th, 2014
The annual tree lighting program will be held Saturday, December 6, 2014 in the Larkspur Area Town Park. Traditionally, LHS sponsors a tree to be decorated by Society members and then lit up the evening of the 6th. Tree stay decorated and lit until the end of January. Pictures from the 2014 Larkspur Tree Lighting Event
November 28th, 2014
LHS Decorates the Penny Tree for the Christmas Season November 3rd, 2014 The history program for the 4th grade children at Larkspur Elementary School wil be held on Monday, November 3, 2014. The program will begin at 1:00PM in the auditorium of the school.
September 13, 2014, 9 am to 4 pm, Larkspur Area 3rd Annual Fall Harvest & Craft Festival, FREE at the Larkspur Community Park Event Details Event Report
September 5th, 2014 10:00 am – Larkspur Park – LHS Members Meeting followed by a Picnic
August 9 2014 Douglas County Fair LHS Participation at the History Booth. See the participants
June 27, 2014 History Colorado Tour of Greenland and Spring Valley Cemetery
June 13, 2014 Shamrock Ranch Tour (LHS Members Only)
June 7, 2014 Spring into Summer Larkspur Park
May 17, 2014 Crull Cabin Open House Saturday, 11:00AM – 2:00PM
Highlands Ranch Mansion Tour January 21, 2014 Pictures & Story
For more information about the Highlands Ranch Mansion click here www.highlandsranchmansion.com
(In Work) Highlands Ranch Mansion Tour Information