Honky-Tonk Night at the Museum September 7

The Eagle County Historical Museum gained a couple of notable artifacts over the past year: a 1911
player piano from the Nottingham family and a whiskey still from a homestead in West Vail.
Good time to have a party, right?

Welcome to “Honky-Tonk Night at the Museum” on Friday, Sept. 7, 5:30 – 8 p.m., at the history
museum in Eagle’s Chambers Park. The Eagle County Historical Society will be celebrating its new
possessions. Expect an interesting evening. Piano restoration expert Jere DeBacker will discuss the history and
workings of player pianos. Visitors will have an opportunity to “play” the piano like an expert … using their feet. Local pianist Linda Carr will also entertain with piano music and a sing-a-long of some old-fashioned tunes.

Refreshments, cash bar. Period clothing encouraged.
Tickets: $10 at the door ($5 for ECHS members)

Gypsum Saloon Tent

 

Red Cliff Cemetery Tour

On Saturday, August 18th the Eagle County Historical Society presented a tour of the Greenwood Cemetery in Red Cliff, Colorado. A rainy day turned sunny and some of the most notable pioneers were around to tell their stories.

Mark Vodopich – Ben Hart
Jamie Harrison – Oscar Meyer
Janice Tonz- Lydia Tague
Taelia Jones – Tilly Strand
Coot Overcash – Doc Gilpin
Aiden (Nottingham) Woodworth – William Nottingham
Rich Perske, author – Fulford expert
Sarah Pounder – “Iris Meadows,” mining camp working girl …