Loveland Historical Society

06/13/2026

June Program
Thu, Jun 18 | Loveland
James Madison, Father of the Constitution, and Champion of the Bill of Rights will be portrayed by Kurtis Kelly, professional storyteller and performance speaker.
Time & Location
Jun 18, 2026, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Loveland Museum
Loveland, 503 N Lincoln Ave, Loveland, CO 80537, USA

About the event
James Madison, Father of the Constitution, and Champion of the Bill of Rights will be portrayed by Kurtis Kelly, professional storyteller and performance speaker. Madison was a patriot and scholar who believed ideas could shape empires and who knew liberty required structure. The successful marriage between James and Dolley Payne Todd proved to be not just one of power, but of balance- of mind and spirit, reason, and resolve. Doors open at 6pm and the program starts promptly at 6:30. Free and open to the public. Donations are appreciated.

06/12/2026

06/09/2026

Water Wise! Come get advice from CSU Master Gardeners. Buy water wise plants from High Plains Environmental. The City of Loveland will provide resource material on their Water Wise programs.

06/04/2026

Debuting tomorrow, June 5th!

Is the heat making you thirsty? It's almost here! GREAT RAIL ALE will be available for a soft launch at Verboten Brewing and Loveland Aleworks tomorrow, June 5th, in conjunction with the Bluegrass and Brews festival. Be sure to stop by and sample one. 🍺👏🎉

06/04/2026

James Madison, Father of the Constitution, and Champion of the Bill of Rights will be portrayed by Kurtis Kelly, professional storyteller and performance speaker.

06/03/2026

Come help us commemorate Flag Day at the Mariano Medina Family Cemetery on W 1st and Namaqua RD. This will be a celebration the 150th anniversary of Colorado's Statehood as we raise the 38-star flag. The Boy Scouts will be presenting the flag and a short ceremony.

05/30/2026

We are open until 1 today! Come on down and bring the kids!
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03/06/2026

Our March 19th program is entitled: Larimer County Pioneer Roads by Ken Jessen.
The first road into Larimer County
with scheduled stage and postal service was the Overland Trail. It forged new routes combined with existing ones. Other formal roads followed: the Big Thompson Canyon Road, which opened Loveland as the gateway to Estes Park, replacing the old Pole Hill Road; Fall River Road into North Park; the ambitious Trail Ridge Road, which became part of US 34, the highest continuous road in the United States; and Poudre Canyon Road, opening the upper canyon beyond what the Red Feather Lakes Road had done.

02/16/2026

Our Thursday program (February 19th) is Abraham Lincoln: An Unfinished American Journey.
From his frontier boyhood, Lincoln grew alongside the new nation, a parallel journey that would put leadership and moral convictions to the test during America’s most fractured days. Drawing upon Lincoln’s letters and quotations, often amusing, always astute, history re-enactor Kurtis Kelly delivers a first person portrayal of an American icon, culminating in the profound wisdom of the Gettysburg Address.
Our programs continue on the third Thursday each month beginning at 6:30pm at Loveland Museum. Doors open at 6pm.