One of Breck’s favorite traditions: Kingdom Days.
Filled with fun for everyone, a multitude of options of activities, special events and more, there is much to choose from. As part of the team for the Breckenridge Heritage Alliance, you get an inside look as to how the event really manages to incorporate so many facets of our history, and we all enjoy it in our own ways.
Here’s just a taste of what I was able to experience…
Today was the first day of two for summer training of our amazing staff here at the Breckenridge Heritage Alliance.
We were able to spend time at the Edwin Carter Discovery Center, the Barney Ford Victorian Home, the Summit Ski Exhibit, High Line Railroad Park, Washington Gold & Silver Mine site and Lomax Placer Mine site. Thankfully under beautiful blue Breckenridge skies, we were able to learn quite a lot from our best resource: each other.
Enjoy a…
If you are looking for a unique historical experience – for the entire family – than you need to read more about the Washington Gold & Silver Mine in Breckenridge.
One of the area’s largest producers of gold, the site has five main shafts and over 10,000 feet of underground workings.
At one time, it employed 30 men, and although the mine experienced times of idleness and delay, it was worked until the 1960s, when the industry…
Kingdom Days.
The true start to summer in Breckenridge. Do you know the story?
It was 1936. Breckenridge, along with the rest of Summit County and the nation, was suffering under the effects of The Depression. It was the first time residents celebrated “No Man’s Land.”
The details are a bit murky, and that’s probably ok. A group of local ladies determined that town land was left out of the Louisiana Purchase, and therefore, Breckenridge…
Historical publications of the exploration and life of early Summit County are numerous. Some are very well known, such as Summit: A Gold Rush History of Summit County, Colorado by Mary Ellen Gilliland (Aplenrose Press, 2006); or the Chasing the Dream series by Bill Fountain and Sandra Mather, PhD. (Breckenridge Heritage Alliance, 2012-2013).
Other’s, however, are more obscure, and that bring us to the “Reading Roundup” here on the BHA Blog. We will occasionally post reviews of some of these lesser known historical…
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