May 27, 2020May 27, 2020 What’s That Smelt? The American Zinc-Lead Company was built in 1891 at an expense of $200,000 dollars just to the east of 4th Street and […]
May 23, 2020May 23, 2020 Hanging On By a String The yo-yo has a long history, dating back to China around 1000 B.C. according to the National Museum of Play. Terra cotta […]
May 22, 2020May 22, 2020 Photographer Royal Hubbell According to an article in the Cañon City Record on September 25, 1895, Royal Hubbell was the only baby photographer in Cañon […]
May 21, 2020May 21, 2020 Sew Important Currently, our curator is conducting an inventory of artifacts in the historic Rudd Cabin. One such artifact is a sewing machine that […]
May 20, 2020May 22, 2020 Photographer J. Melvin Affleck J. Melvin Affleck gave his family quite the scare in 1913 when he disappeared one night. On May 22, 1913, the Cañon […]