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OLD SPANISH TRAIL CONFERENCE CORTEZ, COLORADO

Program Overview

Download the conference agenda here.

Thursday, May 30, 2013
Opening Reception - 5 pm to 7 pm

Join us at the opening reception on Thursday night at the new Mesa Verde NPS Welcome Center on Highway 160. The reception is free for conference registrants

Friday, May 31, 2013

Time

Event
 

8:30 am

Registration
 

9:00 am

Welcome
(Dennis Ditmanson and Reba Wells Grandrud)

Old Spanish Trail Overview
(Mark Franklin)

Break

10:00 am

19th Century Trails and 21st Century Challenges: Confronting Desert-based Renewable Energy Plants
(Jack Prichett)
 

12:00 pm

Buffet Lunch
(Registration Required)

 

1:00 pm

Room 1

Room 2

Translating the
Rivera Diaries
(Rick Hendricks and Steven G. Baker)

Early Mexican Entradas (Fred Blackburn)

 

2:00 pm

The Rivera Expeditions (Steven G. Baker)

The Ute Connection to
the Old Spanish Trail
(Nathan Strongelk and James Jefferson)

Break

3:05 pm

OSTA Interpretation Committee Discussion (Doug Knudson and Mark Franklin)

OSTA Research
Committee Discussion (Reba Wells Grandrud)

4:05 pm

OSTA Energy
Policy Discussion
(Paul Ostapuk and Jack Prichett)

 
 

Dinner

On Your Own

Saturday, June 1, 2013

Time

Event
 

9:00 am

OSTA Annual Membership Meeting
(Reba Wells Grandrud and Ashley Hall)

10:00 am

Agency Updates - NPS and BLM
(Aaron Mahr and Rob Sweeten)

Break
 

Room 1

Room 2

11:05 am

The Armijo Route - BLM Stewardship Grant
(Earl Fosdick)

William Wolfskill:
Mountain Man
(Conchita Marusich)
 

12:00 pm

Buffet Lunch (Registration Required)

 

1:00 pm

Room 1

Room 2

Armijo's Route through the Cockscomb
(James Page)

OSTA Chapter Development (Doug Knudson)

2:00 pm

OSTA Education Committee Discussion (Judy Nickle, Marusich)

OSTA Stewardship Committee Discussion
(Paul Ostapuk and Mark Henderson)

Break

3:00 pm

Saltillo Serape Weaving Tradition in Northern Mexico (Mark Franklin and Linda Winter)

 

5:00 - 7:00 pm

Chuckwagon Dinner @ Cortez Cultural Center (Registration Required)

7:00 pm

Entertainment: Roach Family Dancers @ Cortez Cultural Center

Sunday, June 2, 2013

Tour 1: East - (Begins at 9:00 am.)

  • Meet at BLM - Anasazi Heritage Center
  • We will explore the facility and the Escalante Pueblo on the rim of the Dolores River Canyon.
  • We will carpool to the east and stop at the Dolores River (Dominguez & Escalante encampment), Summit Lake State Park, Mancos escarpment, Mancos Hill, Cherry Creek, Hesperus Hill, and Ridges Basin, and the Animas River Crossing.
  • The tour ends at an OST trail segment that climbs out of the Animas Canyon south of Durango.
  • Visitors can continue on to Ignacio and visit the Southern Ute Cultural Center and Museum.
  • Please bring your own lunch and water and sturdy shoes for hiking.

Tour 2: West (Begins at 9:00 am.)

  • Meet at BLM - Anasazi Heritage Center
  • We will explore the facility and the Escalante Pueblo on the rim of the Dolores River Canyon.
  • We will carpool to the west and stop at Yellow Jacket Archeological Site (Archeological Conservancy), Cross Canyon (stagecoach stop), Piute Knoll and Piute Spring, East Canyon, and Casa Colorado. 
  • The tour ends at Casa Colorado. Visitors can continue on to Moab and the Old Spanish Trail Colorado River crossing.
  • Please bring your own lunch and water and sturdy shoes for hiking.

 

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