Conifer Historical Society & Museum

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The mission of the Conifer Historical Society and Museum ("CHSM") is to share the region’s legacy by collecting, preserving and exhibiting historical and cultural materials.

Ahh rush hour! Did you just drive up the hill from work? Apart from Friday evenings we luck out up here, with less traff...
06/09/2026

Ahh rush hour! Did you just drive up the hill from work? Apart from Friday evenings we luck out up here, with less traffic than our lower elevation neighbors. For a great flashback - check out the average daily traffic from 1948. To be honest, it's higher than one would think!
Halfway down 285: 1000
Conifer Junction: 925
Shaffers Crossing: 675
Buffalo: 70
Pine Grove: 90

DON'T MISS TODAY'S EVENT AT CHSM - FREE TO MEMBERSJoin award-winning storyteller and author Angel Vigil at the Conifer H...
06/07/2026

DON'T MISS TODAY'S EVENT AT CHSM - FREE TO MEMBERS
Join award-winning storyteller and author Angel Vigil at the Conifer Historical Society to hear the history of El Norte. Present-day Colorado and the Southwestern US were the far northern frontier of the Spanish empire in North America. Over time it became a crossroads of histories, migrations, trade routes, languages, families and cultural traditions. A tapestry was woven from the lives of Spanish, Mexican and Indigenous people. Their shared history has given them a rich heritage. This event will help tell their story.
Become a member: https://shorturl.at/119nE
Get your tickets: https://conifer.simpletix.com/

JOIN US IN CONIFER ON SUNDAY 6/7 - FREE TO MEMBERSCome hear the story of El Norte - present day Colorado and a crisscros...
06/04/2026

JOIN US IN CONIFER ON SUNDAY 6/7 - FREE TO MEMBERS
Come hear the story of El Norte - present day Colorado and a crisscross of trade routes, a mix of languages, a blending of traditions, a melding of histories.
This area (and the southwest US) was the northern frontier of the Spanish empire in North America that created a tightly woven tapestry from the lives of Spanish, Mexican and Indigenous people. Their shared history gave them a rich heritage. This event will help tell their story - courtesy of award-winning storyteller and author Angel Vigil.
Become a member: https://shorturl.at/119nE
Get your tickets: https://conifer.simpletix.com/

NEXT CHSM EVENT SUNDAY 6/7 - FREE TO MEMBERSEver hear of El Norte? It was the northern frontier of the Spanish empire in...
06/03/2026

NEXT CHSM EVENT SUNDAY 6/7 - FREE TO MEMBERS
Ever hear of El Norte? It was the northern frontier of the Spanish empire in North America - and also present-day Colorado and the Southwestern US. Picture a crisscross of trade routes, a mix of languages, a blending of traditions, a melding of histories. A tightly woven tapestry was created from the lives of Spanish, Mexican and Indigenous people. Their shared history gave them a rich heritage. This event will help tell their story - courtesy of award-winning storyteller and author Angel Vigil.
Become a member: https://shorturl.at/119nE
Get your tickets: https://conifer.simpletix.com/

NEXT EVENT SUNDAY 6/7: Join award-winning storyteller and author Angel Vigil at the Conifer Historical Society to hear t...
05/31/2026

NEXT EVENT SUNDAY 6/7: Join award-winning storyteller and author Angel Vigil at the Conifer Historical Society to hear the history of El Norte. This is what present-day Colorado and the Southwestern US was known as during the Spanish and Mexican colonial periods. Historically, it represented the far northern frontier of the Spanish empire in North America.

Over time it became a crossroads of histories, migrations, trade routes, languages, families and cultural traditions. A tightly woven tapestry was woven from the lives of Spanish, Mexican and Indigenous people. Their shared history has given them a rich heritage. This event will help tell their story.

Get your tickets here: https://conifer.simpletix.com/

More history for your home!The museum is unable to give these fabulous pieces a home, so we want to spread the word to a...
05/30/2026

More history for your home!
The museum is unable to give these fabulous pieces a home, so we want to spread the word to all of you!

1800s Upright Piano made of a stunning tiger oak: Free
1920s Tube Radio with details inside and out: $200

Contact the owner Kristen at
720-635-8257 or [email protected]

Sharing this for a favorite supporter of ours, maybe you can find some history for your house at this antique-filled est...
05/30/2026

Sharing this for a favorite supporter of ours, maybe you can find some history for your house at this antique-filled estate sale!

Today is a complex day - one filled with sadness for the lives lost, gratitude for their sacrifice, thankfulness for the...
05/25/2026

Today is a complex day - one filled with sadness for the lives lost, gratitude for their sacrifice, thankfulness for the freedom we've been afforded.

Thank you to everyone we've lost, and although it's not the focus of today - thank you to the heroes still with us as well.

Please comment here with the name of any service member who should be remembered.

El Norte - that's what Colorado & the Southwestern United States was once known as. For centuries it was the crossroads...
05/24/2026

El Norte - that's what Colorado & the Southwestern United States was once known as. For centuries it was the crossroads of histories, migrations, trade routes, languages, families and cultural traditions.

On June 7th, join us to hear from Angel Vigil - award-winning author, storyteller, and educator specializing in the oral traditions of the Hispanic Southwest.

America's history began before our 150/250 that we celebrate this year. Come learn how intersecting events created a tightly woven tapestry of the lives of Spanish, Mexican and Indigenous people. Their shared history has given them a rich heritage. This event will help us understand their story, and learn how it's also part of everyone's.

Get your tickets here: https://conifer.simpletix.com/

The Sundwell Family arrived in Conifer in the late 1800s - when today's 285 was a small dirt road, folks gathered for ba...
05/23/2026

The Sundwell Family arrived in Conifer in the late 1800s - when today's 285 was a small dirt road, folks gathered for barn dances, barnyards hosted rodeos and our neighborhood hills were farms and ranches.

They filed several home-
steads in the Kennedy Gulch area. One of their ancestors, Mary Sundwell, cap-
tured the essence of the times in her journal. Parts 1 & 2 of her journal were recently published in Your Mountain Connection and the complete journal about Homesteading in Colorado can be found on the Pioneers and Families page at www.coniferhistoricalsociety.org

Images: Grandmother Rebecca with Mary Sundwell’s son Otto on the homestead, Mary Sundwell, Augustus Sundwell

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26951 Barkley Road
Conifer, CO
80433

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+13033965975

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