oHistory Programs Winter - Spring Lecture Series Berthoud Area Community Center 248 Welch Street, Berthoud

On the second Wednesday of each month history buffs gather at the Berthoud Community Center, 248 Welch Street, for entertaining and informative presentations. The talks usually last about an hour with time for questions and conversation afterward. The programs begin at 7:30 pm and the suggested donation is $3.00 for members and $5.00 for non-members, students are free and encouraged to attend. Come and join us for the following upcoming programs: January 9, 2008: "How Early Berthoud Kept its Cool" - Berthoud, Colorado and the Nation relied on a now dimly remembered industry to keep cool before the advent of refrigeration. Ice harvested at nearby lakes was stored in icehouses for delivery to homes and businesses during the heat of the summer. This presention by William Reich will cover the techniques of the harvest, ice houses and how ice was delivered during those years. It will also cover the refrigeration industry, how it finally changed the ice business and about the local merchants that filled this once important niche in the Region's history. February 13, 2008: "Pioneer Legend of Larimer County" - Abner Sprague (1850-1943) was one of the most ambitious, resourceful and intrepid pioneers of his time. His credits are many: homesteader, surveyor, stage-line operator, mapmaker, trail guide, and two-time lodge owner in what became Rocky Mountain National Park. Kurtis Kelly, an adult services librarian at the Estes park Library, will tell the stories of Sprague's life in an engaging livinghistory presentation. March 12, 2008: "Conversations Along the Chisholm Trail" - The year is 1905 and thirty years after they rode and worked together on the Chisholm Trail. Two old drovers meet again on a small hill outside of Wichita, Kansas to reminisce about the hardships, dangers, festive moments and adventures they shared on one of the most well-known cattle trails in America. Come and hear the stories of the times they shared while engaging in the "feeding of the west." Living History Presenter John Luzader isone of our most engaging and popular speakers. In recent years, he entertained while educating us with his programs: A Journey to Bent's Fort in 1846 and Patrick Gass: Sole survivor of the William and Clark Expedition.