By Marlene Brown
The Palmer Lake Historical Society (PLHS) introduced its newest book on June 6: The U.S. Forest Service Monument Nursery, 1907-1965, written by Dan Edwards and published by the PLHS.
Edwards, local resident and historian, explained how the U.S. Forest Service conducted its work for almost 60 years on what is known as National Forest Monument Preserve (Mount Herman). Millions of ponderosa pine saplings were started in the area and shipped to be planted where trees were cut down during the building of the Western expansion of the United States.
Copies of the book are available at Covered Treasures in Monument. For more information, see palmerdividehistory.org.
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PLHS meetings are usually on the third Thursday of the month at Palmer Lake Town Hall, 42 Valley Crescent, 7-8 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.). For more information about future presentations and membership, go to www.palmerdividehistory.org.
Marlene Brown can be contacted at marlenebrown@ocn.me.
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- Palmer Lake Historical Society, Sep. 19 – Author focuses on Old West (10/5/2024)
- Palmer Lake Historical Society, May 18 – Colorado’s Rosie the Riveter (6/1/2024)
- Palmer Lake Historical Society, April 18 – Trolley cars, past and future (5/4/2024)
- Palmer Lake Historical Society, Mar. 21 – Presentation on Monument Cemetery (4/6/2024)
- Palmer Lake Historical Society, Feb. 15 – Union Printers Home: past, present, and future (3/2/2024)
- Palmer Lake Historical Society, Jan. 18 – Annual Potluck and Membership Meeting (2/3/2024)
- Palmer Lake Historical Society, Dec. 17 – 90th Annual Yule Log Hunt (1/6/2024)
- Palmer Lake Historical Society, Oct. 19 – History of Glen Eyrie presented (11/4/2023)
- Palmer Lake Historical Society, Aug. 12: Board, members pose as historical figures (9/2/2023)