Ouray County Historical Society and Museum

Ouray County Historical Society and Museum For inquiries that you cannot find answers to on http://www.ouraycountyhistoricalsociety.org/ please email [email protected]

10/29/2021

Ouray County Historical Society and Museum will be closing for the season on Saturday October 30, 2021 at 4:30 PM.

Hey, everybody: there is still time to sign up for JEEPING RED MOUNTAIN'S HISTORY,with Don Paulson. September 3. Call th...
08/22/2021

Hey, everybody: there is still time to sign up for JEEPING RED MOUNTAIN'S HISTORY,with Don Paulson. September 3. Call the Ouray County Historical Society for details. (970) 325-4576.

Please ignore information on our website regarding the August 13 Jeepin Red Mountain History. The jeep Tour is not on Fr...
08/02/2021

Please ignore information on our website regarding the August 13 Jeepin Red Mountain History. The jeep Tour is not on Friday the 13th but instead on Saturday August 14th Due to the closure of Red Mountain by Sam Miguel Power.
The September 3 Tour is still scheduled to happen on the 3rd of September. Sorry for the misinformation on the Website.

07/31/2021

Robert is having a mineral Yard Sale on Saturday, July 31 at his home on 401 6th Street. He has many minerals including many new Sunnyside Rhodos and Fluorites. pay him a visit and be surprised what you might find.

07/29/2021

Don't forget the cemetery tour tomorrow beginning at 9:00 am
at Cedar Hill Cemetery. Cost is $10 at the gate.

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07/25/2021

UPDATE ON ' JEEPING RED MOUNTAIN'S HISTORY"
The trip scheduled for Friday,August 13th had to be postponed due to closure of Red Mountain Pass. The trip is now on Saturday, August 14 same time same place.
September 3rd, trip is still the same at this writing.
Those who are planning for the 13th and can attend on the 14th, please call the Historical Society to let us know,you also have the option to attend the Sept 3 trip if that fits into your schedule. please call 970-325-4576 to let us know your plan.

For inquiries that you cannot find answers to on http://www.ouraycountyhistoricalsociety.org/ please email [email protected]

07/25/2021

SORRY! I do not have a photo of the 1818 Spanish flu epidemic. I do have information on the final Evening of History presentation on Tuesday,July 27 at 7:30 p.m. held at the Wright Opera House. Kevin Chismire's presentation will be on "The 1918 Flu Epidemic" how it effected the world as well as South Western Colorado.
Kevin is a retired Ophthalmologist with the majority of his career as a glaucoma specialist in Tacoma Washington and the last few years in Montrose, Colorado. He is agraduate of University of Notre Dame and University of Kansas Medical Center. His fellowship in Glaucoma was at the University of Washington. Kevin moved to Ridgway, Colorado in 2002. He enjoys cycling,hiking and the study of history of the American Southwest.Kevin is the current president of The Ouray County Historical Society.
Cost is $5.00 for general public.
FREE: TO OCHS members

Time is getting short. August 13th will soon be upon us. If you are interested in Red Mountain History, sign up for "Jee...
07/22/2021

Time is getting short. August 13th will soon be upon us. If you are interested in Red Mountain History, sign up for "Jeeping Red Mountain's History" with Don Paulson. It is a guided Jeep trip to 14 different places on Red Mountain. Friday August 13, Don Paulson will guide you to the sites and explain them. Trip begins a the Ouray County Museum at 640 sixth ave, leaving at 9:00 am returning at 3:00 pm. The trip will be jeep pooling(if you have a jeep,that is great, otherwise you can still attend riding in a jeep with others.) Cost is $50. per person plus bring your own lunch,water, snacks, and OF COURSE your camera. For more information call the museum at 970- 325-4576 where you can register as well as get information about the trip.

Join us for the next Evenings of History presentation on Tuesday, July 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the Wright Opera House, 472 Ma...
07/17/2021

Join us for the next Evenings of History presentation on Tuesday, July 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the Wright Opera House, 472 Main Street. The presentation is 'AN EVENING WITH EVALYN WALSH McLEAN AND HER FAMILY'.It is presented by Sue Hillhouse whose interest in Evalyn Walsh McLean came about because of hersimilarity in appearance to Evalyn in the portrait that hangs in the Ouray County Museum.\\ Cost is $5 for the General Public
FREE for OCHS members

07/17/2021

OCHS sponsors a Guided Historic Cemetery Tour of the Cedar Hill Cemetery north of Ouray. Tour is led by Alice Leeper. Tour begins at 9:00 am at the cemetery. Cost is $10. You may pay at the gate. For more information call the Ouray County Museum at 970-325-4576.

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420 6th Avenue
Ouray, CO
81427

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(970) 325-4576

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OURAY COUNTY MUSEUM

Our building is 131 years old this year. The building located at 420th 6th Ave (at the top of 6th Ave. in Ouray was built as a hospital in 1887, to serve the miners and other in the area . It was built by Frank Carney with bricks from his brick yard located where the Ouray Hot Springs pool is located today. The hospital was run by the Sisters of Mercy until 1920. in 1920 the hospital was sold to Dr. Carl. V. Bates who ran the hospital until 1946. The hospital was then sold to the Idorado Mine, which was located on Red Mountain Pass (the Million Dollar Highway). in 1946. The Idorado Mine operated the hospital with Dr. Edward Spangler until its closing in 1964. The building remained closed until 1971 when the community felt the history of mining and ranching in Ouray County should be preserved. With that in mind the Ouray County Historical Society came into being and items were donated and the history of Ouray County was on its way to being preserved and told in what was St. Joseph Hospital for Miners.

Today the Ouray County Museum has 29 rooms packed with 43+ exhibits in 3 floor. Exhibits including mining, minerals, blacksmith shop, various rooms depicting City of Ouray history, ranching history,railroad history,hospital history.

Each year special exhibits are added, Hot Springs of the area (available until July of 2018) Womens work is never done(available until Nov.2018. History of climbing in the San Juan Mountains exhibit opens on July 19,2018.