For more than two decades the Ouray County Historical Society has offered a series of free summer evening lectures on historical topics. The talks take place in the Massard Room of the Ouray Community Center from 7:30 to 9:00 pm. The dates and topics for the six 2009 Evening in History lectures are given below:
June 16 – Jane Bennett, “Ouray County Ranching Stories”
June 23 – Tom Hillhouse, “The Mesker Iron Fronts on Ouray’s Main Street”
June 30 – Karen Griffiths, “Lake Lenore”
July 7 – Don Paulson, “Late 19th and Early 20th Century Ouray Photographers”
July 14 – Carolyne Kelly, “Historic Ouray Homes”
July 21 – Tom Rosemeyer, “The Camp Bird Mine”