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VOLUME 117 Issue
History Colorado is inviting the community to celebrate Colorado’s 145th birthday with a carnivalesque event and free entry to the History Colorado Center at 1200 N. Broadway in downtown Denver.
The Colorado Day celebration takes place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 1.
The carnivalesque event will include srts and crafts, balloons, ice cream, popcorn, face painting, trivia, chalk artists and an alpaca petting zoo.
Denver’s sports mascots — Bernie the Avs mascot, Dinger the Rockies mascot and Miles the Broncos mascot — will be making appearances and musical guests will include traditional taiko drummers, classical guitarist Flint Datino, jazz guitarist Jack McManaman, solo artist Arlin Tawzer and Brothers of Brass.
Attendees are welcome to explore History Colorado Center’s four fl oors of interactive exhibits. Local artist Adri Norris will lead a workshop at 2 p.m. and families can create a keepsake in the makerspace area.
History Colorado Center will also be launching its new monthly Heritage Produce Basket, which is in partnership with Colorado Proud. These baskets will be fi lled with fresh root vegetables, bulbs, peppers, fl orets and leafy greens, and will feature a historic recipe, a staff favorite recipe and one highlighting one of the basket ingredients from the museum’s Café Rendezvous’ chef.
It is recommended to register in advance for the History Colorado Center’s celebration.
The Center for Colorado Women’s History, 1310 Bannock St., which is within walking distance of the History Colorado Center, is offering a free, walk-in open house from 1:30 to 4 p.m. on Aug. 1. Guests will be able to explore the fi rst fl oor of this historic house and interact with guides; browse the museum shop; and enjoy the museum’s gallery exhibit, “Bold Women. Change History.”
Three other History Colorado museums across the state — El Pueblo History Museum in Pueblo, Fort Garland Museum and Cultural Center and the Ute Indian Museum in Montrose — will also be offering free admission for Colorado Day on Aug. 1.
To learn more about History Colorado’s Colorado Day events, or to register for a timed ticket to the carnivalesque event at the History Colorado Center, visit historycolorado.org/colorado-day.
MT. EVANS
Getting the word out
According to Armstrong, the biggest challenge with the reservation system now is simply getting the word out. A lot of visitors, particularly people from out-of-state, are arriving at the welcome station without a reservation, simply because they don’t know about the new system.
To that end, the USFS has set up wireless internet at the welcome station so that unprepared visitors can make a reservation. However, Armstrong emphasized that it’s a fallback system and not something visitors should rely on, especially because the internet isn’t highspeed.
This is exactly what happened when Chicago’s Prasanthi Konakandla arrived at the welcome station on July 22.
The USFS staff member gave her instructions on where and how to make an online reservation, and it was overall a fairly easy process once she got started, she said.
Konakandla described two small issues, though.
First, she didn’t know which type of ticket to buy. There’s a vehicle ticket for all recreation sites, one for Mount Goliath and the summit area, and then one for Summit Lake only.
The second issue was that she had to register with the system, putting in her email address and other information, rather than simply purchasing it.
Konakandla also mentioned that, while the process was relatively easy for her, it might be diffi cult for those who aren’t as tech-savvy or don’t have smartphones.
Meanwhile, Yen Zhang, who was also visiting from Chicago but traveling separately, said she made her reservation about a week in advance. For $17 total — $15 for the vehicle ticket plus a $2 reservation fee — she thought it was a fair price.
“I always research ahead of time,” she said, adding that many national parks also require reservations.
Zhang said it was her fi rst time visiting Colorado, and she was really glad she stopped by Mount Evans. When she made her reservation, she made sure to sign up for a morning slot and an all-recreationsites ticket.
“We’re not in a hurry,” she said.

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