Archive for September, 2009
Friday, September 18th, 2009
Please note: This Event was in 2009. For a 2010 tour, visit the Colorado History Website.
October 2009 is Riverside Month
[caption id="attachment_160" align="alignright" width="211" caption="Governor John Evans Memorial at Riverside. Photo courtesy of Denver Public Library, Western History Dept."][/caption]Celebrate Denver's oldest, most historical, and most interesting cemetery during the month of ...
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Friday, September 18th, 2009
Celebrate Riverside through Art (and Beer) at the Wynkoop Brewing Company
The Wynkoop Brewing Company, in conjunction with the Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery, is hosting an exhibition of exceptional artwork inspired by the landscape at Riverside. The show will be presented on the second floor of Denver's oldest brewpub ...
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Friday, September 18th, 2009
On October 2nd and 3rd 2009, the Fairmount Heritage Foundation will be hosting evening tours to "unravel the history and mystery of Riverside Cemetery under the October full moon."
[caption id="attachment_143" align="alignright" width="300" caption="The Clifton and Lizzie Bell Children Monuments at Riverside"][/caption]
There will be four tours each night, at 4:30, 5:30, ...
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Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="180" caption="A unique monument at Riverside"][/caption]The Doc-A-Block program is moving forward with two new training sessions, on Saturday September 19th and Saturday October 17th. Both sessions will last from 10 am to noon.
Our group of volunteers are making great progress documenting the more than 35,000 monuments ...
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