May 4 – Loveland Historic Homes Tour

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April 27 – Loveland Historical Society Garage Sale

Location: 749 Cressa Drive, Loveland Time: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Proceeds to benefit the Virginia Dale Stage Station Restoration project.

Upcoming Program, March 11th – The Rocky Mountain Fur Trade: From Mountaineers to Buckskinners

Presentation: 7 p.m. Business meeting: 8:15 p.m.  Loveland Museum/Gallery Speaker, Scott Walker, will discuss mountaineers and buckskinners of the historic Rocky Mountain Fur Trade era. Presentation will include information on the founding of the mountain rendezvous between 1826-40 and how Colorado forts like Bent, Lupton, Sublette played a part in this history, along with stories of famous mountain man, Jedediah …Continue reading →

Upcoming Program – February 11th, 7 p.m.

Make your plans to attend the next program meeting on “Famous Battlefields of Europe: Places and Events That Changed the History of the World.”  Slide presentation by Don Runnels.  See calendar section for more details.

Valentines at Milner/Schwarz House

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Open Lands Farm Site

This next week we buckle down and reassess our proposal to the City on the Open-lands  farm-site  Hope to move this project forward. The Depot project is coming right along . We turn in a concept review plan to the city this week. This will enable us to know what City regulations we need to follow. The Milner/Schwarz project is off and …Continue reading →

Little House on the Prairie Christmas Program – December 10th

Reminisce with the Loveland Historical Society as “Little House on the Prairie” expert Connie Neumann shares Christmas memories of the famous 1880s homesteading family beloved by millions in the book series of the same name.  The program is at 7pm at the Loveland Museum & Gallery, 503 N. Lincoln Ave.  Donations support the LHS speaker program and are greatly appreciated.  Call …Continue reading →

Program date change

Due to a City holiday on our normal program date of Monday Nov. 12, our November program has been changed to Wednesday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m.  Our presentation will be by Mike Madigan, former editor of the Rocky Mountain News speaking on “Heroes, Villains, Dames and Disasters: 150 Years of Headlines from the Rocky Mountain News”.  We hope to see …Continue reading →

Historic Cemetery Along The Cherokee/Overland Trail Will Be Preserved

By Bill Meirath       Through the efforts of Loveland Historical Society members to promote awareness of the mostly forgotten Mariano Medina Family Cemetery, it will now be preserved as a shining testament to the early Colorado pioneer.  Jess Rodriguez, a real estate developer who had acquired the property several years ago as part of a larger tract, presented a deed …Continue reading →

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