Thanks to Bryan May Architects for donating this drone footage of the Holden/Marolt Mining & Ranching Museum, recorded in October of 2018.

History Lessons with Larry
February 20, 2020
Community Gallery, Aspen Historical Society

Explore the popular sports and recreational activities of mining-era Aspen, CO with longtime AHS volunteer Larry Fredrick. A mining expert, Larry’s breadth of knowledge and enthusiasm for stories from the past will entertain budding historians of all ages and interest!

Thanks to Bryan May Architects for donating this drone footage of Ashcroft Ghost Town, recorded in October of 2018.

History Lessons with Larry
January 16, 2020
Community Gallery, Aspen Historical Society

Examine the unsolved mystery of Aspen's legendary Silver Queen statue with longtime AHS volunteer Larry Fredrick in this in-depth but timely lesson. A mining expert, Larry’s breadth of knowledge and enthusiasm for stories from the past will entertain budding historians of all ages and interest!

History Lessons with Larry
March 21, 2019
Community Gallery, Aspen Historical Society

Explore the past and present of familiar sites and buildings around Aspen, CO with longtime AHS volunteer Larry Fredrick. A mining expert, Larry’s breadth of knowledge and enthusiasm for stories from the past will entertain budding historians of all ages and interest!

History Lessons with Larry
February 21, 2019
Community Gallery, Aspen Historical Society

Transport through time as while investigating technology, innovation and invention in early mining towns like Aspen with longtime AHS volunteer Larry Fredrick. A mining expert, Larry’s breadth of knowledge and enthusiasm for stories from the past will entertain budding historians of all ages and interest!

History Lessons with Larry
January 17. 2019
Community Gallery, Aspen Historical Society

Longtime Aspen Historical Society volunteer Larry Fredrick traces historic fires and the history behind the area's fire departments, including the origins of the volunteer fire crews. A mining expert, Larry’s breadth of knowledge and enthusiasm for stories from the past will entertain budding historians of all ages and interest!

Meet two of Aspen’s noteworthy former citizens in Chautauqua-style character presentations performed by Kimberly Rehfuss and Nina Gabianelli. Molly Ross, one of the area’s finest mining-era Madames, will share her trade secrets about the oldest profession in the world (and Aspen’s first “tax-paying” industry). Ellen E. “Captain” Jack, an early feminist and shrewd entrepreneur, will offer a window into the vivid imagination and great exaggerations of arguably the most unusual woman of her day. These researched museum theatre presentations will shed light on two women who survived and thrived independently in the masculine world of early Colorado.

Nina Gabianelli in an Aspen Historical Society Aspen Character Presentation
Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at the Wheeler Opera House

Meet one Aspen’s noteworthy former citizens in a Chautauqua-style character presentation performed by Nina Gabianelli. Ellen E. “Captain” Jack, an early feminist and creative entrepreneur, will shed light on women who survived and thrived independently in the masculine world of early Colorado.