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Francisco Fort Day

  • Francisco Fort Museum Francisco Fort Day La Veta United States (map)

Francisco Fort Day in La Veta (306 South Main) has something for everyone! Rain or Shine!  All events are free and open to the public. Francisco Fort Day is a long-standing tradition in La Veta and this year is supported by The Friends of the Museum, the Methodist Church of La Veta, the La Veta Public Library, the La Veta Mercantile, and the Town of La Veta.  Come to Francisco Fort Day and see where history and creativity live in La Veta. Life’s too short not to be at the Fort!  

  • The day begins at 7:30 am with a pancake breakfast sponsored by the La Veta Methodist Church. The Orphan Valley Singers will be performing.

  • John Carson, Kit Carson’s grandson tells his story at 10:00 am in the La Veta Mercantile

  • Cross-cutting saw demonstration in the plaza, La Veta Trails at 10 and 1 pm

  • Michael Real brings us ballads and songs from our area with a New Mexico flavor in the Mercantile, at 11:00 am and 1:00 pm

  • At Noon  Reid Miller and the Deer in the Headlights, Concert and Contra Dancing in the Plaza

  • At 1 pm, at the library, La Veta’s snake charmer, Bob Kennemer, displays live snakes and tells us about the snake in local lore and history.

  • Mike the Woodman Briscoe at 11:30 and 2:00 pm

  • Adrian Wall is a member of the Jemez Pueblo and world class flute creator, artist, and performer. ending out the day at the La Veta Mercantile at 3 pm

  • Ongoing events throughout the day!

  • Kids! A scavenger hunt through the museum, the kid corral, make a yarn doll or leather key chain to take home. Learn how to grind corn with a mano and a metate.  Games include a bean bag toss, a pinata, chicken poop bingo, and guess the circumference of the Colonel.

  • Sarsaparilla in the Saloon, brewed by our own Mountain Merman Brewery in La Veta

  • The Pictorial Archive of 25 Founding Families of Huerfano County will be available for viewing in the Hispano room in the West Wing at the museum

  • Mike Kernor & Connor Knowles in the Blacksmith Shop

  • Jeff Outhier- Farrier

  • Will Prator--Mountain Man-Buck Skinner  

  • Dave Steffen--Making Adobe Bricks West Wing

  • .Bean Bag Toss, Corn Grinding on Metates, Tree Circumference Guesses, Chicken Poop Bingo, twice during the day,

  • Sheep wagon in the Plaza

  • Vendors throughout the plaza including: Just in Time, food truck., Boday’s Food Truck, Dry Creek Farms, Sandy Dolak, Charlene Velarde, Phyllis Torres and, others:

  • Fort Museum is open all day long.

Kick-off to Francisco Fort Day

Origins of Spanish Peaks

  • Friday, July 26, 2024

  • 6:00 PM 8:00 PM

  • La Veta Mercantile (map)

Join La Veta Trails for a presentation with Sabrina Kainz and Lon D. Abbott, Teaching Professor of Distinction and Undergraduate Associate Chair, Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado in Boulder, on their published research on the origins of the Spanish Peaks. Ms. Kainz earned her BA in Geology at the University of Colorado in Boulder and is now a doctoral student at the University of Washington.

This event is hosted by La Veta Trails, Francisco Fort Museum and, the La Veta Library. Tickets are $10.00

Date & Time

Fri, Jul 26, 2024 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Venue Details

La Veta Mercantile

300 South Main Street
La Veta, Colorado 81055

Source:: https://www.simpletix.com/e/origins-of-the-spanish-peaks-tickets-173864

Earlier Event: July 26
Origins of Spanish Peaks
Later Event: August 4
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