Join storyteller, Linda Batlin as she presents Isabella Bird’s journey through Colorado on Saturday, Oct. 28, at 1 p.m. Batlin will portray the intrepid British adventurer as she brings this piece of Estes Park history to life. The program will take place in the Estes Park Museum Meeting Room, light snacks and refreshments will be […]
This year marks the 150th anniversary of Isabella Bird’s visit to Estes Valley and a climb of Longs Peak. Arriving in 1873, Bird broke the social barriers of the Victorian era by riding 800 miles on horseback across the U.S. alone. That is a woman after my own wanderlust-driven heart. Although not as socially questionable […]
Estes Park continues to celebrate 150 years of Isabella Bird this fall Isabella Bird, “The First Lady of the Rockies,” has inspired several special events throughout Estes Park this year to celebrate the 150th anniversary of her epic visit to Estes Park. On Wednesday, October 4 at 6 p.m., Professor Emerita Jacquelyn Pualani Johnson of […]
The Rocky Mountain Conservancy announced a busy October slate, headlined by a handful of special events to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Isabella Bird’s visit to the Estes Valley. Bird is famous in the area for being the first white woman to scale Longs Peak and for documenting all her travels in her 1879 book, […]