Upcoming Events
Upcoming Event in September: “Cowboy Stories” and the Code of the West with Mike Torreano.
WHEN: Thursday, September 19, 2024
7:00 PM—8:30 PM – stay after the program for light refreshments and socializing.
WHERE: Palmer Lake Town Hall 28 Valley Crescent Street, Palmer Lake , CO
Mike Torreano is an award-winning author with a military background and a particular interest in American history and the Old West.
His novels have received the Firebird Book Award for western fiction, American Writing Award finalist for mystery/suspense and historical fiction. His debut western mystery, The Reckoning, set in South Park, Colorado in 1868, was released in 2016.
Fireflies At Dusk, was released November 2023, and is set during the Civil War era, bringing his readers back in time as he recreates life in mid-to-late nineteenth century America. Books will be on sale. We hope you can join us! Bring a friend or two and stay after the program for some light refreshments.
Free and open to the public…
The Palmer Lake Historical Society is an educational 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization serving the Palmer Divide area since 1956.
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Featured Publications
Palmer Lake a Historical Narrative by Marion S. Sabin
This edition is truly the Best Book About the Remarkable History of the Town of Palmer Lake.
This 148 page book tells the story of the Town of Palmer Lake, Colorado, from before its beginning until about 1989 which was the centennial of the incorporation of the Town. Sabin did extensive research, and her work is well documented with cross-references. The history of Palmer Lake closely parallels the early development of the Denver & Rio Grande and Santa Fe Railroads. The rise and fall of railroad passenger service and the new automobile changed the town in many ways.
The book is extensively illustrated with over seventy-five new or re-scanned photographs and illustrations. The person index now covers all chapters in the book. Where known, facts that were in error have been researched and corrected.
Pine Crest: From Columbine Park to a Methodist Camp, 1897-1973
The Palmer Lake Historical Society presents Occasional Paper No. 5 Pine Crest: From Columbine Park to a Methodist Camp, 1897-1973, written by Daniel W. Edwards and published August 2020.
This 52-page, spiral-bound publication is illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and draws extensively on the historical materials held in the archives of the Iliff School of Theology in Denver. The essay traces the history of the park from its development in 1897 as a small recreational site, through its development and later sale to the Methodist Episcopal Church, and ends with the Methodist church’s sale of the property in 1973.
