Heritage Hall

Visit The Heritage Hall for hands-on activities, demonstrations, make and take projects by community groups emphasizing our western, agricultural history. Begin your journey at the Covered Wagon. Meet alpacas, learn about bee keeping, touch animal skins, sew a quilt block for a veteran, and more. Make rope and crafts at the Make and Take area. Pull up a chair and sit a spell for informal demonstrations on the front porch. Participate in our contests: longest potato peel, Fastest Fingers in the West knitting and crochet, team jigsaw puzzle, and stick horse races.

All Heritage Hall activities are included within General Admission ticket.

Heritage Hall is located inside the climate controlled Exhibition Hall, inside the Fair gates.

CONTESTS ON THE FARMHOUSE PORCH

ALL CONTESTS ARE FREE AND EVERYONE CAN PARTICIPATE!

Friday July 26

· 12:30 p.m. Stick Horse Races

· 1 p.m. Longest Potato Peel Contest

· 3 p.m. Stick Horse Races

Saturday July 27

· 1 p.m. Longest Potato Peel Contest

· 2 p.m. Fastest Fingers in the West Knitting and Crochet Contest

· 3 p.m. Adult Team Jigsaw Puzzle Contest

· 3:30 p.m. Stick Horse Races

Sunday July 28

· 1 p.m. Longest Potato Peel Contest

· 2 p.m. Fastest Fingers in the West Knitting and Crochet Contest

· 4 p.m. Youth Team Jigsaw Puzzle Contest

· 4:30 p.m. Stick Horse Races

Continuous activities: Youth scavenger hunt, covered wagon, restored 1940’s pick-up truck, old time checkers games, corn grinding, Fit as a Farmer, saddle up, rope a steer, old time laundry, test your poultry prowess, find the antique, gather eggs, 17 Mile House agricultural trivia, Fit as a Feline, agricultural and historical displays

Make and Take

Basket (cup) weaving
Corn husk people
Ojo de Dios
Tissue Paper Flowers
Leathercraft
Rope Making
Lavender Sachets
Windsock
Traveler's Lantern

Community Partners’ Special Experiences:

Sew a quilt block for a veteran: Smoky Hill Quilters
Speed piecing for quilters: Diane Henderson
Wildlife of the Wild West: Aurora Parks, Recreation, and Open Spaces
Life on the Plains pre-European contact: Plains Conservation Center/Denver Botanic Gardens
Meet the alpacas: LaZyB Acres Alpacas
Beekeeping: Colorado Eastern Beekeepers
Dinosaur crafts: Dinosaur Ridge
Emergency Preparedness for Companion Animals: Arapahoe County Animal Services
Ag in Motion: Colorado Farm Bureau
Spinner Cow trivia: Colorado Beef Council
Agritourism: 1-70 Corridor Chamber of Commerce
Colorado Gardening: Tagawa Gardens
Ask a gardener: CSU Master Gardeners
Fly High: Wings Over the Rockies
Model Railroad display: SLICK-X Model RR
Backyard bass fishing: Cherry Creek State Park
Beef information: Mile-High Cattlewomen
Spinning demonstration: Margaret Charlton
Weaving, spinning, knitting, and yarn activity: Rocky Mountain Weavers Guild
Old fashioned fun: 17 Mile House
Riparian Water Table: West Arapahoe Conservation District
Bee knowledge: 17 Mile House beekeeper

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Continue The 2024 Heritage Experience

Arapahoe County Fairgrounds and Park

Arapahoe County Fairgrounds and Park: https://www.arapahoecountyeventcenter.com/
Calendar of signature events open to the public: https://www.arapahoecountyeventcenter.com/events
Arapahoe County Fair: https://www.arapahoecountyfair.com

Agribusiness

Information on local agribusinesses: I-70 Corridor Chamber of Commerce or 720-731-1954

Agriculture education

Colorado Farm Bureau: https://www.coloradofarmbureau.com
Mile High Cattlewomen, serving Arapahoe Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, Jefferson, and Park counties: milehicocattlewomen@gmail.com or on Facebook @MileHiCoCattlewomen. Contact Barb Howe: 970-988-9931
West Arapahoe Conservation District: Connecting producers to resources and all people to agriculture through education, conservation, and stewardship. For information on educational workshops and small acreage resources and newsletter, go to https://westarapahoeconservationdistrict.wordpress...
Arapahoe County CSU Extension: https://arapahoe.extension.colostate.edu/
Dairy MAX: www.dairymax.org
Colorado Beef Council: www.cobeef.com
Colorado Corn Growers: www.coloradocorn.com
Colorado Department of Agriculture: www.colorado.gov/agmain

Animals

Animal emergency preparedness, responsible pet ownership, pet welfare concerns: Arapahoe County Animal Services 720-874-6750
Bee and beekeeping information: BEE POSITIVE. Contact beekeeper Larry Thielmann at 303-501-5514
For more information about alpacas, please contact LaZyB Acres Alpacas (Larry and Becky Zierer) at lzbalpacas@aol.com or 303-644-4110 to arrange a farm tour. We welcome farm tours and also have a small farm store with alpaca products. We have been raising alpacas for over 25 years and have several crias (baby alpacas) due this year!
Promotion of horses, sport of rodeo, and Western heritage through a pageant competition: www.arapahoeroyalty.com

Animal Science

Become a Veterinary Technician: Bel-Rea Institute of Animal Technology https://www.belrea.edu 303-751-8700

Artisans

Classes, yarn, and supplies for knitting, spinning, crochet, and more: Piney Creek Yarn, 15460 E. Orchard Road, Centennial CO 80016, www.pineycreekyarn.com or 303-953-1697
Quilting with Diane Henderson: hendersondmo@msn.com or 303-690-4851
Quilts of Valor: Contact Jan Weber at jwebers@msn.com or 303-525-8271
For more information about the organization or to nominate a veteran to receive a quilt, please go to www.qovf.org

Rocky Mountain Weaver’s Guild Rocky Mountain Weavers Guild: Encourages excellence, inspires creativity, and preserves fiber traditions through education. Includes study groups and raising dye plants in a partnership the Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield Farms: https://www.rmwg.org

Smoky Hill Quilt Club: Meets 3^rd Thursday at Smoky Hill United Methodist Church. Contact jwebers@msn.com or 303-525-8271 for more information.
Fiber arts, spinning, custom craft projects: Margaret Charlton: 303-335-0946 or Dr_charlton@yahoo.com

Gardening

Gardening education outreach: Colorado Master Gardener volunteers. For answers to your plant questions, mastergardener@arapahoegov.com or 303-730-1920
Soil testing: Colorado State University Soil Testing lab, https://agsci.colostate.edu/soiltestinglab/
Learn more about gardening classes and public events with Arapahoe County CSU Extension, https://arapahoe.extension.colostate.edu/events-an...
Foothills to Plains Native Plant Master Program Information: https//arapahoe.extension.colostate.edu/foothills-to-plains-native-plant-master-program/
Plants, gardening information, classes, and community events: Tagawa Gardens, 7711 S. Parker Rd, Centennial CO 80016, www.tagawagardens.com or 303-690-4722

Historical Experiences

17 Mile House Farm Park: https://www.arapahoegov.com/17milehouse or 720-874-6726
Black American West Museum and Heritage Center promotes an understanding of the role African Americans played in the settling and developing of the western United States through its collections, programs, and exhibits: www.bawmhc.org
Centennial Farm Program: www.historycolorado.org/centennial-farms-ranches
Denver Botanic Gardens at Plains Conservation Center: http://www.botanicgardens.org/other-locations/plai...

Model Railroads

“SLICK-X Model RR”. Contact Ken Cook at ken.cook@comcast.net

Nature Experiences: Parks, Trails, Gardens, and Museums

Arapahoe County Open Spaces: https://www.arapahoegov.com/openspaces or 720-874-6540
City of Aurora Open Space and Natural Resources Naturalist Team: www.auroragov.org/nature
Barr Lake State Park: cpw.state.co.us/placestogo/parks/barrlake
Cherry Creek State Park: cpw.state.co.us/placestogo/Parks/cherrycreek
Denver Botanic Gardens: www.botanicgardens.org
Dinosaur Ridge: www.dinoridge.org
Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum: www.wingsmuseum.org
Denver Museum of Nature and Science: https://www.dmns.org

Make and Take

Basket (cup weaving): www.youtube .com/watch?v=OHpX0C77lqM
Tissue paper flowers: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFlVdrBY2uA
Windsock: https://craftsbyamanda.com/monster-windsocks/
Corn husk people: www.hiphomeschoolmoms.com/how-to-make-corn-husk-do...
Leathercraft: Tandy Leather www.tandyleather.com
Ojo de Dios: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mnnNhzHQjI
Origami cat head: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4G10yxUrQ8

Talks on the Front Porch

Friday, July 26th

1:45 p.m.: City wildlife: Aurora Parks, Recreation, and Open Spaces
2:15 p.m.: Handmade in the USA: Andrea Coyle, Rocky Mountain Weavers Guild

Saturday, July 27th

2:45 p.m.: People of the Plains: Denver Botanic Gardens at the Plains Conservation Center

Sunday, July 28th

2:45 p.m.: Prairie Plants: Denver Botanic Gardens at the Plains Conservation Center

Heritage Hall

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Talks on the Front Porch

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