Teller Historic & Environmental Coalition

11/11/2025

10/27/2025

The 8th Annual Breit Awards Banquet was held on Sunday, October 12, at the Ute Pass Cultural Center, in Woodland Park, to honor Doris "Dee" Breitenfeld, Teller County's longtime community member and supporter of the arts, environmental conservation, historic preservation, T.H.E. Board Director Emeritus, and more!

For the past eight years (excluding 2020), T.H.E. Coalition has been honoring one of their beloved founding members, Ms. Dee Breitenfeld, by also honoring individuals and organizations who work to preserve our local history, an effort that Dee was involved in throughout her life.

The Breit Awards Banquet is a fundraiser and an opportunity to recognize these special honorees.
The 2025 award winners were:
--- Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument (https://www.fossilbeds.org) - a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to assisting the National Park Service in preserving, protecting, and interpreting the natural and historical resources of Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. The Friends’ primary mission is to raise funds and provide assistance to projects that preserve the fossils of Florissant, as well as to organize and promote programs and activities that support the Monument’s educational, conservation, and scientific research objectives.
--- Friends of Mueller State Park (https://friendsofmuellersp.com) - a non-profit 501c3 public charity that raises money to fund youth programs, park improvements and interpretive exhibits to enhance the experience of every visitor who enters the park.
--- Merry Jo Larsen - one of the original Woodland Park community members and owner of The Cowhand, a country-Western store opened in 1965 and operated by Merry Jo Larsen and Marty McKenna (who are second and third generation members of the Stull family), for more than two decades. Merry Jo and her parents (Howard and Joan Stull) ran horse stables near the Paint Pony Golf Course, where the houses on Valley View Drive now sit. Her family took care of horses for ranches in the region, and furnished them for a nearby girls’ camp. Merry Jo is a staple in the local community and is involved in many projects to make the City of Woodland Park better for now and for the future.

Thank you to members of the Gold Camp Victorian Society for bringing the Harvey Girls to the banquet. And thank you to Peak View BBQ for providing a delicious dinner! Kudos to all of our community partners and sponsors. We look forward to seeing you at next year's event in October!

08/04/2025

Elation over the Bergstrom Park plan, maybe a bit of shock, but the collective reaction after seeing the renovation sketches was joy.

06/12/2025

Midland Depot at Divide renovation plans. (Reposting from 2023)

06/11/2025

A huge shout out to Andersen Enterprises for their work on the Depot roof replacement! We're finally starting to show some significant 'outer' progress on our renovation project! There's no stopping us now!

05/23/2025

Have a safe weekend!

12/24/2024

We hope your home is filled with family and friends sharing joy and laughter this holiday season!

10/29/2024

Thanks so much to our community for supporting two recent events!

The “2024 Midland Days” Symposium – 'Past Times; Future Times', was held on September 14. Featuring presentations with railroad author and historian, Mel McFarland, local historian Art Crawford, David Martinek, president of Midland Days at Divide, Inc., as presenter and moderator, and Ken Valles of KP Chronicles. And, of course, the movie - The Mighty Midland and the Towns it Built, the latest documentary about the Colorado Midland and the Midland Terminal up Ute Pass.

The 2024 Breit Awards Banquet with a theme of 'The Past Defines The Present' was held October 20. Honored recipients this year are: the Southern Teller County Focus Group, Steven Wade Veatch and Marion Richey Vance. Thanks so much to Roy’s Crew BBQ and Breakfast Too for providing an amazing dinner!

09/09/2024

Congratulations Steve and Linda!

Leave it to Steve Plutt and Linda Allred to uncover the Templeton Cemetery in Woodland Park at Shining Mountain Golf Course.