Supporting awareness and preservation of Denver’s oldest cemetery
This year’s annual Colorado Vintage Base Ball Association game at Riverside Cemetery has been set for Saturday, August 6th, 2016. Click here to read a Broomfield Enterprise article about this year’s games and click here to learn more about the CVBBA.
Click here to review the March 2016 RTD North Light Rail update. The update provides lots of great information about progress and upcoming work.
The girders are starting to go in on the RTD North light rail Skyway Bridge. This is the bridge near Riverside. Click here to read about the bridge and to see pictures of the girder installation.
Major progress is expected during the entirety of 2016. Click here to learn more about the overall project and plans for 2016.
Please join us and our friends with Concerned Citizens for Roselawn Cemetery as we congratulate Pueblo’s Roselawn Cemetery on its 125th anniversary!
To celebrate there is an exhibit on the third floor the Rawlings Library in Pueblo until February 10th. Included in the exhibit are displays about Daniel P. Predovich and Mary Babnik Brown, along with other information about the cemetery and its history.
You may visit the Rawlings Library at 100 E. Abriendo Ave. in Pueblo.
Hours are Mon -Thu 9 am – 9 pm, Fri-Sat 9 am – 6 pm, Sun 1pm – 5 pm.
The new light rail project is progressing quickly!
Click here to read the latest update from RTD about the North Light Rail line project.
It’s been a great year for the Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery! We’d like to thank everyone for their hard work and dedication in keeping this group together. That dedication is now paying off with renewed and strengthened ties to Fairmount Cemetery and the completion of our first project. We’re looking forward to building this relationship and doing great work for the cemetery in 2016!
Keep an eye here for updated information about upcoming meetings, opportunities to volunteer for projects and work days and doc-a-block information. We’ll also be posting updates about the RTD light rail progress and the changes it will bring to Riverside. It’s going to be an exciting year for the cemetery!
The next FOHRC board meeting is scheduled for Monday, March 14th, 2016 at 7:00 PM in the TAXI II conference room located at 3457 Ringsby Court in Denver. Click here for a map to the meeting location.
Things are progressing quickly along the RTD FasTracks North Rail line. Click here to read the latest update.
We’ve repainted the walls in front of the office building. This was a large effort but well worth the work.
A great Thank You to everyone who put in time and effort to help with this project. We had a total of 6 work days with 11 volunteers providing a total of 144 work hours.
Additionally, we’re preparing to restart the doc-a-block project. Keep an eye out for notices of upcoming training sessions and group work days. We’re excited to completely document the cemetery!
The dates have been set for the Friends 2016 meetings. The schedule is:
All meetings will take place at 7:00 PM in the TAXI II conference room at 3461 Ringsby Court in Denver. Click here for a map to the meeting location.
The annual meeting is scheduled for Saturday, July 23rd, 2016. Time and location TBD.
Please check back here for further updates as activities are scheduled – information will be posted here for all upcoming events.
The caissons that will support the Skyway Bridge are being constructed and things around Riverside are changing fast. Click here to learn more about what is happening in the August RTD North Line newsletter.