Pikes Peak Pastcast

Part 2 of 7. The second installment of the 2012 Pikes Peak Regional History Symposium, Disasters of the Pikes Peak Region.Michael L. Olsen - emcee“Disaster & the Tragedy Trajectory: Explored Through the Colorado Springs Traumatic Brain Injury Community,” by Melissa Marts“The Espinosa Brothers - Colorado’s First Known Serial Killers,” by Dwight Haverkorn Right click here to downlo [...]

Part 1 of 7. A community’s recorded collective memory is often benchmarked by frightening experiences and by the second-hand tales told, and retold, by others. More often than not, these delineations in time are disastrous events like fire and flood or catastrophic occurrences such as drought, financial crisis, or explosion. This symposium, Disasters of the Pikes Peak Region, served as an intense summary of many of the major fires, floods, and other catastrophes of this area. Listeners wi [...]

Part 6 of 6. The sixth installment of the 2013 Pikes Peak Regional History Symposium, Massacres of the Mountain West.Michael L. Olsen- emcee“A Massacre Most(ly) Fowl: The Specimen Collections of Charles Aiken and Edward Warren,” by Steve Ruskin“Massacre of the American Bison,” by Robin Hammitt“Mountain Meadows Massacre,” by Jim NelsonDavid Mason Reading from Ludlow: A Verse NovelQ & A Right click here to download and sav [...]

Part 5 of 6. The fifth installment of the 2013 Pikes Peak Regional History Symposium, Massacres of the Mountain West.Michael L. Olsen- emcee“The Gunnison Massacre, a Turning Point in U.S. Relations with Native Americans and Mormons,” by Lynne Bliss“Columbine Influence: How a School Shooting Affected a Nation, From Gun Control to Pop Culture,” by Heather Norris Right click here to download and save the mp3 file. [...]

Part 4 of 6. The fourth installment of the 2013 Pikes Peak Regional History Symposium, Massacres of the Mountain West.Michael L. Olsen- emcee“The Labeling of Lawfulness and Lawlessness in the Labor Dispute at Ludlow: The Rhetorical Framing of Identity Before, During, and After the Massacre,” by Stephen Collins“Stories Unions Tell: The Historiography of the Ludlow Massacre,” by Jonathan ReesQ & A Right click here to download and save [...]

Part 3 of 6. The third installment of the 2013 Pikes Peak Regional History Symposium, Massacres of the Mountain West.Michael L. Olsen- emcee“Our First Duty Was to God and Our Next to Our Country”: The Effects of Religious Indoctrination on the Sand Creek Massacre,” by Chris Rein“Daughters and Fathers: Family Secrets Behind Colorado’s Indian Massacres,” by Katherine Scott Sturdevant Right click here to downloa [...]

Part 2 of 6. The second installment of the 2013 Pikes Peak Regional History Symposium, Massacres of the Mountain West.Michael L. Olsen- emcee“South Park Perils: Mini-Massacres During Park County, Colorado’s Wild West Era,” by Christie Wright“The 1864 Nathan Hungate Family Massacre: Prelude to Sand Creek?,” by Jeff BroomeQ & A Right click here to download and save the mp3 file. [...]

Part 1 of 6. The 2013 Pikes Peak Regional History Symposium, “Massacres of the Mountain West,” delivered a solemn view of several violent events during the region’s distant and recent past—horrific murders of children, women, and men summoned intense emotions. The symposium presentations included descriptions of atrocities and appalling behaviors. Listeners will learn about well-known, as well as unfamiliar, massacres of the Mountain West spanning the 18th through the 20 [...]

Part 3 of 3. The third installment of the 2005 Pikes Peak Regional History Symposium that explored and developed new images of the legends, labors, and loves of Colorado Springs’ founder, William Jackson Palmer.Calvin P. Otto- emcee“The Friendship of William Jackson Palmer and Major McAllister,” by Barbara L. Gately“Palmer, Old Friends, and Business,” by Mel McFarlandSummary by Katherine Scott [...]

Part 2 of 3. The second installment of the 2005 Pikes Peak Regional History Symposium that explored and developed new images of the legends, labors, and loves of Colorado Springs’ founder, William Jackson Palmer.Calvin P. Otto- emceeWilliam Jackson Palmer’s Vision for Colorado Springs, by Matt Mayberry (presented by Carol Kennis)William J. Palmer, Park Builder, by Judith Rice-JonesWilliam Jackson Palmer and the Mellen-Clark Family, by Delores Gustafson Right click here &# [...]