DID YOU KNOW?
STATE’S HIGHER EDUCATION BEGINNINGS
1861: Congress establishes Colorado Territory with current boundaries. In September, the first assembly meets, which creates 17 counties and authorizes a university.
1864: Colorado Seminary, now the University of Denver, is founded.
1874: Colorado College in Colorado Springs is founded; the territorial legislature appropriates $15,000 for the University of Colorado at Boulder, on the condition that an equal sum be raised by the city. The Colorado School of Mines opens.
1877: University of Colorado opens in Boulder, with 44 students and two teachers. The State Board of Agriculture is created to develop an agricultural college at Fort Collins.
1879: Colorado Agricultural College in Fort Collins opens, later becoming Colorado State University.
1890: State Normal School at Greeley opens as a teachers college, later becoming the University of Northern Colorado.
Sources: Colorado State Archives; “The Colorado Almanac” by Thomas J. Noel
REGIONAL NOTES
JEFFERSON COUNTY
County airport names manager
Kenneth Maenpa has been named manager of the Jefferson County Airport, the fourth-busiest airport in Colorado.
Maenpa joined the Jefferson County Airport in May 2003 as the assistant airport manager. Before that, he served in a management role at four other airports, most recently at the Eagle County airport. A Denver area native, he earned his bachelor’s degree in aviation management from Metropolitan State College.
SILVERTON
Colors galore in trees and quilts
Silverton is hosting its annual Colorfest Quilt Show & Sale on Saturday and Sunday as part of the Fall Color Celebration.
The aspen are starting to turn, and autumn colors will be on view, along with hundreds of quilts from across the country. The quilts can be seen in the Kendall Mountain Community Center from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
The show will include antiques, miniatures, and hand-quilted and machine-quilted artwork as well as an array of quilts created with new techniques and materials. Attendees can also judge a “People’s Choice” award. Admission is $2.
For more information, e-mail chamber@silvertoncolorado.com or call Amy Gass at 800-752-4494.
GRAND JUNCTION
Landscape artist’s work on display
A first-time exhibit of the private collection of artwork by a painter considered Colorado’s finest romantic landscape artist, Charles Partridge Adams, is on display at the Western Colorado Center for the Arts through Nov. 5.
Partridge, who died in 1942, spent much of his life painting scenes in the Rocky Mountains. This is the first time this large a collection of his works has been shown in its entirety, said Diana Fritzler, a member of the art center’s board of directors, which spent two years planning the exhibit.
The exhibit can be seen Tuesdays through Thursdays, 9 am. to 4 p.m., at 1803 N. Seventh St. in Grand Junction.
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