History Book Club
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January 23, 6:00 pm-7:00pm |
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331 Elk Ave |
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 “Of all the women who came to Colorado to start a new life in the 1860s and 1870s, Ellen E. Jack (also known as Captain Jack) could well have been the most unusual. As a young woman, she was touched by tragedy with the deaths of her husband and two of her three children. Leaving the sadness, she said goodbye to her civilized life and moved to Colorado. She lived briefly in Pueblo and Denver and then moved to the new gold discoveries in the Gunnison Country. There, she ran several businesses, including a series of boarding houses that she ruled with an iron fist; and she became a partner in the successful Black Queen Mine, located between Crested Butte and Aspen. According to her writings, she took part in gun fights, fought off amorous Native Americans, and traveled through avalanche-prone mountains that kept everyone else off the trails. In her later years she moved to Colorado Springs and filed several mining claims nearby, but she mainly catered to tourists – taking them on mine tours, hiring out her burros for rides, telling tall tales, and selling her self-published autobiography, The Fate of a Fairy. It is doubtful that you will ever read a wilder tale of the life of a woman in early Colorado. What is fact and what is fiction is for you to decide.”-Powell Books Book available in our gift shop. Free community event Friday, January 23rd- 6pm
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Upcoming Events
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LOCATION |
| Friday, Jan 23 |
| 9:45am-12:00pm |
Field Trip with Crested Butte Land Trust and RMBL |
Magic Meadows Yurt |
| 9:45am-12:00pm |
Cross-Country Ski to Magic Meadows Yurt |
Alien Shack Trailhead |
| 2:30pm-4:30pm |
DJ Mijo @ José Patio |
500 Gothic Rd. Mt. Crested Butte, CO 81225 |
| 5:00pm-10:00pm |
Jenn Fortin & Cam Fogerty |
500 Gothic Rd. Mt. Crested Butte, CO 81225 |
| 5:30pm-7:30pm |
Soup Series: Local Chefs Big Flavors |
102 S Main St, Gunnison, CO 81230 |
| 6:00pm-7:00pm |
History Book Club |
331 Elk Ave |
| 8:00pm-11:30pm |
Sugarbush live @ The Whammy Bar |
126 N Main St |
| 9:00pm-1:00am |
Karaoke Night |
122 W Tomichi Ave |
| Saturday, Jan 24 |
| 10:30am-11:30am |
Super Saturday Storytime |
Crested Butte Library |
| 12:00pm-2:30pm |
Ceramic Valentines |
102 S Main St |
| 1:30pm-3:30pm |
Gut-Loving Sleepytime Treats for Kids |
102 S Main St, Gunnison, CO 81230 |
| 4:30pm-6:30pm |
Apres Clay | Ceramic Valentines |
2 Juniper Lane |
| 5:00pm-9:00pm |
Family Jammy Bingo Night |
gunnisonvalleycalendar.com |
| 9:00pm-11:55pm |
Drew Emmitt, John Cowan & Eli Emmitt |
Public House |
| Sunday, Jan 25 |
| 2:30pm-4:30pm |
White Buffalo DJs @ José Patio |
500 Gothic Rd. Mt. Crested Butte, CO 81225 |
| Tuesday, Jan 27 |
| 6:30pm-10:00pm |
Tuesday Tunes |
110 E Georgia Ave |
| Wednesday, Jan 28 |
| 1:00pm-2:00pm |
Drawing a Still Life |
102 S Main St, Gunnison, CO 81230 |
| 4:00pm-6:00pm |
Parkinson's Virtual Support Group Meeting |
Virtual via Zoom |
| 5:30pm-7:30pm |
Watercolor: Still Life |
102 S Main St, Gunnison, CO 81230 |
| Thursday, Jan 29 |
| 8:00pm-11:00pm |
Jim Davidson @ billy barr |
500 Gothic Rd. Mt. Crested Butte, CO 81225 |
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