2011 Fort Lupton Heritage Festival

**English Bloke** · 8th May 11, 01:19 PM

Cheers, thanks for posting those. What a grand event. I'd love to get to something like that.

**Nighthawk** · 9th May 11, 05:22 AM

Originally Posted by Riverkilt

Thanks for the great shots! Feels like I made it up there. Love this kinda stuff!

From you, Ron, that is indeed high praise!

Originally Posted by English Bloke

Cheers, thanks for posting those. What a grand event. I'd love to get to something like that.

I'm lucky to have these kinds of historic locations near me. Fort Garland, which was a military fort, is about a 4 hour drive from me. They haven't hosted any events in the last couple years, thought. They used to have Civil War reenactments and mountain man rendezvous there when I was a kid. My used to take to them, which is what started my love of living history. Fort Lupton is host to a mountain man rendezvous in a couple weeks, though, so I think my wife and I will be attending that. It will be the first one in that I've gone to in years!! I'm pretty excited! I'll get pics of that one, too, for sure!

**chewse** · 9th May 11, 06:50 AM

Nice pics! Thanks for sharing....

**Nighthawk** · 9th May 11, 07:02 AM

I learned of something that saddened me a little. All of you looking may have noticed the hanging lanterns inside the fort. They were all made by the fort's carpenter. I bought two of them last year, and I noticed that there were none for sale this year. I sent a letter asking the fort's currator if there were going to be more- I wanted two more, because they're excellent! Turns out the man who made them died over the course of the last year. Glad I have some of his work. I don't even know his name, but I'm glad that he left his mark on the fort- it's a good legacy. May he rest in peace.

**Highlander31** · 11th May 11, 04:34 PM

Looks like a great time. I miss the reenactments from the Bay Area. While living up here is good for the spirit, they don't do much to reenact their history. Although, members of the founding families (1830's) are more than happy to recount the oral history of the area. It's done with the appropriate setting (think feed and tack store) and I am required to share my family's history of the San Francisco area in the 1830's.

Thanks for posting the photos. In today's times, it's good to see people keeping our county's history alive.