Please consider becoming a member of the Tread of Pioneers Museum. Your support helps continue our efforts to preserve the heritage of Routt County.
We need YOU!
Please review some of the services that the Museum provides for our community.
A little about your Museum:
The Tread of Pioneers has been a part of this community since 1959. For the past 47 years the Museum has provided unique programs and services preserving the heritage of the Yampa Valley:
• Serves as the sole center of collection, preservation and exhibition of artifacts, documents, photographs and oral histories that reflect our community’s history
• Creates and maintains exhibits that tell the story of our heritage
• Collects and preserves written and photographic history for public research and acquisition
• Provides “Brown Bag” lectures and many other educational programs. Some of our lectures have included: Natalie Stanko “Teaching in a One Room School,” Elaine Gay “The Hard Life of the Pioneers,” John Fetcher “Ecorestoration of the Yampa River,” and Jean Wren “Myths Behind the Outlaws,” and much, much more!
• Provides staff for local committees as historic resources, i.e., Ski Heritage project, community area planning, Cultural Heritage Tourism, Main Street, etc.
• Republishes significant historic books featuring some of earliest written daily life accounts from the area, i.e., Cabin at Medicine Springs and Shining Mountains written by Steamboat’s founding family's descendent, Lulita Crawford Pritchett
• Maintains and preserves three historic buildings
• Provides curatorial support for preservation projects and archaeological research, i.e., Legacy Ranch
• Organizes special events, i.e., Pioneer Day Block Party at the Museum after the Fourth of July Parade
• Works closely with school teachers to tailor museum school tours to the state curriculum. All school children are free of charge
• Serves as the only year-round, professionally accredited museum in Routt County
Who uses the Museum?
Our Guests include:
• Over 4,000 locals and 5,000 out-of-town visitors
• School tour groups from all over the state
• Group tours & step-on bus tours
• Service organizations and clubs, i.e., Elder Hostel
• Historical researchers in our research center, i.e., HRC!, City Preservation Specialist
• Family history and genealogy requests
• Shoppers searching for unique local and regional books and gifts
• Students researching local history
• Various committees in search of historical expertise and resources
• Authors writing historical books featuring important people, places and events in Routt County
• Media of all types: newspaper, radio, magazines, books, etc.
Museums are vital in protecting the character and uniqueness of a town. Our heritage and cultural depth is one of Steamboat’s greatest assets. Even the Denver Post recommends to travelers: “Be sure and stop by the Tread of Pioneers Museum in Steamboat Springs—–it is the best small-town museum in Colorado.”
For an application for membership download the attached document and mail to:
Tread of Pioneers Museum
Box 772372
Steamboat Springs, CO 80477
Documents/Forms:
Membership Application
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