Healy House Museum & Dexter Cabin

Healy House Museum & Dexter Cabin The 1878 Healy House looks over historic and scenic treasures of the mining town of Leadville. Get a glimpse of life in a booming silver mining camp.

The grounds include a garden and gazebo, and the Dexter Cabin built in 1879. The Healy House and Dexter Cabin is a Community Museum of History Colorado. While the Healy House is open, we ask that you please call for tour reservations. Tour the lavishly restored Victorian home, built by August Meyer for his bride, which later became a fashionable boarding house for Leadville teachers and railroad f

amilies. In addition, we invite you to visit the plush 1870s log cabin built by James Dexter, Colorado's first millionaire. Stroll through the heritage gardens or enjoy the magnificent views from the gazebo. This is Leadville's oldest museum.

Visit Healy House Museum and Dexter Cabin to experience the world of Leadville in its heyday.In two-mile high Leadville,...
09/05/2026

Visit Healy House Museum and Dexter Cabin to experience the world of Leadville in its heyday.

In two-mile high Leadville, miners made their fortunes overnight. Visit today and see the beautifully restored home featuring lavish Victorian furnishings collected by Leadville pioneers.

👻 Is the house on the hill haunted? Now’s your chance to find out... if you dare. 🕯️Join XX Paranormal Communications fo...
09/04/2026

👻 Is the house on the hill haunted? Now’s your chance to find out... if you dare. 🕯️

Join XX Paranormal Communications for an exclusive late-night ghost hunt through Leadville’s iconic Healy House Museum & Dexter Cabin!

For nearly 150 years, the Little Mansion on the Hill has kept watch over Cloud City. From glittering highs to devastating lows, the 1878 Healy House and 1879 Dexter Cabin have seen it all. Thousands have crossed their thresholds; it’s possible some never left. ⏳✨

Here’s what awaits you:
📜 Start in the historical dining room with eerie tales of Leadville’s early Spiritualist underground.
🔍 Split into investigation teams with the expert, all-female XX Paranormal crew.
🔦 Explore dark corners of both the Healy House and Dexter Cabin using real paranormal tools!

⚠️ Warning: Space is extremely limited for this unique experience!
🎟️ Reserve your tickets now before they disappear!

Note: Recommended for ages 15+. Attendees under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
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1882 rendering of Leadville from above, some of the featured businesses include:Tabor Opera House, Elgin Smelting Works,...
09/03/2026

1882 rendering of Leadville from above, some of the featured businesses include:

Tabor Opera House, Elgin Smelting Works, Foundry, Boiler and Machine Works, Franklin House, Fifth Avenue Hotel, Bank of Leadville, Denver and Rio Grande R. R. Depot and round house, The Leadville Daily and Weekly Democrat Printing Co., Publishers; The Leadville Daily and Weekly Herald, Herald Printing Co., Publishers; Chronicle; Leadville Gold and Silver Mill Co., and St. Vincent Hospital
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Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, with vignettes of municipal buildings, mining facilities, and scenery. Denver Public Library Special Collections, X-11461

Join us for the Irish Weekend launch of Molly Sturdevant’s The Sleepers, a novel directly tied to the Irish Miners Memor...
09/02/2026

Join us for the Irish Weekend launch of Molly Sturdevant’s The Sleepers, a novel directly tied to the Irish Miners Memorial 🕊️

Join author Molly Sturdevant for the local launch of her new novel The Sleepers, which follows small letterpress printer Frances Byrne as she witnesses the fallout of the Silver Panic of 1893 and the hardships it creates for the families of working-class Leadville.

Healy House Museum & Dexter Cabin
September 19
4:30pm - 5:30pm
Get Tickets and Learn More: https://www.historycolorado.org/healy-house-museum-dexter-cabin =the-sleepers-author-talk-and-book-signing;instance=20260919163000?popup=1&lang=en-US

Molly will give a short reading and discuss her research into the daily lives of working-class families in historic Leadville, including combing through Pinkerton spy reports written between 1890 and 1910. Attendees are welcome to bring their own books to be signed, or copies will be available for purchase in the gift shop.

Entry to this program is free, but please RSVP to let us know you are planning to attend. Feel free to bring your own snacks and drinks to enjoy during the presentation. Coke, La Croix and bottled water will also be available for purchase in the gift shop.

Near the end of World War II, the 10th Mountain Division helped secure a crucial breakthrough for Allied troops in Europ...
09/01/2026

Near the end of World War II, the 10th Mountain Division helped secure a crucial breakthrough for Allied troops in Europe. This force of mountaineers and skiers was the first in the US Army to be specially prepared for winter warfare. After training at Camp Hale in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, they headed to the Italian Apennines to execute a harrowing military offensive against the N**i German Army. Their perseverance and sacrifice brought the fascist advance to a halt. Learn more about these heroic soldiers in this piece from The Colorado Magazine archives at: www.historycolorado.org/story/2024/04/03/military-mountaineers

Plus, visit Winter Warriors: The 10th Mountain Division, currently on view at the Healy House Museum in Leadville.

10th Mountain Division Resource Center
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Soldiers assemble outside their barracks at Camp Hale, Colorado.

History Colorado, 2020.44.5

Join us on Saturday, September 12 for the opening of 12 Tablecloths Leadville! 🍽️This is the fourth and final chapter in...
08/26/2026

Join us on Saturday, September 12 for the opening of 12 Tablecloths Leadville! 🍽️

This is the fourth and final chapter in the groundbreaking series of installations by renowned artist Chloé Duplessis. 12 Tablecloths is a reimagined offering that honors the extraordinary contributions of Black women and the significance of domestic service in Leadville and across the American West during the silver and gold rush era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Site-specific versions of 12 Tablecloths have previously been on exhibition at the Center for Colorado Women’s History, the Trinidad History Museum, and Fort Garland Museum & Cultural Center.

The artist talk will begin at noon, followed by exhibition opening and reception. Please RSVP in advance at: https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/8963507/RSVP-for-12-Tablecloths-Leadville-Opening-Reception

Location: Healy House Museum & Dexter Cabin
912 Harrison Avenue, Leadville, CO
Date: September 12, 2026
Time: 12:00pm - 1:30pm

August 26, is Women’s Equality Day, celebrating the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, which granted most (but not a...
08/25/2026

August 26, is Women’s Equality Day, celebrating the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, which granted most (but not all) women the right to vote when it was ratified in 1920. Since its inception in 1973, the annual event highlights the achievements women have made while acknowledging that there’s a long way to go to reach true equality for all.

Read more about who was included and excluded in the 19th Amendment from the Colorado Magazine at: https://www.historycolorado.org/story/2020/08/16/what-does-equal-suffrage-mean
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Image 1: Eliza Burton "Lyda" Conley (Wyandot), the first Native American woman lawyer in the US (1902) and first to argue a case before the US Supreme Court (1909). Wikimedia Commons
Image 2: Badge celebrating the passage of the 19th Amendment with a vote cast for the Harding-Coolidge ticket. Wikimedia Commons

Saturday, Sept. 5th 🎥 Come and enjoy a viewing of "FRIEDL". The story of Friedl Pfeifer. We will be joined by the docume...
08/24/2026

Saturday, Sept. 5th 🎥 Come and enjoy a viewing of "FRIEDL". The story of Friedl Pfeifer. We will be joined by the documentary filmmaker, Chris Anthony for a Q&A after the film!

Before you head to the theater, visit Healy House to wet your appetite with stories of the 10th Mountain Division. On September 5th, we will be keeping the Winter Warriors exhibition hall open an extra hour (closing at 5 p.m.) PLUS offering $1 off general admission Sept. 5-7 for folks who bring in their movie ticket (or show a receipt/proof of purchase).

Running time: 53 minutes (with Q&A with the filmmaker to follow)
Tabor Theater | 310 Harrison Avenue
Doors at 6:30 / Film at 7:00
Register: https://taboroperahouse.app.getcuebox.com/o/99P7SYB1/shows/TGZ54LZP

Born and raised on a farm in St. Anton, Austria, Friedl Pfeifer became one of his country’s most accomplished alpine ski racers, winning numerous prestigious events including the legendary Grossglockner race.

🎙️ Stories are powerful vehicles that shed light on collective histories. They can convey personal backgrounds, shift pe...
08/24/2026

🎙️ Stories are powerful vehicles that shed light on collective histories. They can convey personal backgrounds, shift perspectives, and uncover the ways in which our experiences shape our identities. Stories connect people.

The Portrait of Colorado at 150 initiative is a collection of oral histories that will give future generations a glimpse of what it means, and what it's meant to be, a Coloradan. Together, we will co-curate at least 150 stories representing every region of our state.

Join us! The History Colorado team is here to support your own storytelling efforts. Schedule a consultation, access the online Oral History Toolkit, borrow story recording equipment, and attend one of our oral history webinars.

Learn more at www.historycolorado.org/initiative-portrait-colorado-150

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Photo: El Pueblo History Museum, Proclaiming CO Black history Oral History Collecting
Photo 2: Stories of the Pueblo Levee Mural Project

Cruz Rios was a member of the 87-K Company of the 10th Mountain Division. He hailed from Colton, California, where he en...
08/22/2026

Cruz Rios was a member of the 87-K Company of the 10th Mountain Division. He hailed from Colton, California, where he enlisted in the Army in 1943. Pictured here, looking through a scope, Rios volunteered as a mortarman and served on a mortar team during the 1945 Italian Campaign. The mortar teams worked with the M2 60 mm Mortar, an infantry support weapon that allowed for indirect fire against the enemy. The 10th Mountain Division used mortars in northern Italy to take mountainous positions from the Germans on the Gothic Line.

Visitors can learn more about the M2 Mortar and Cruz Rios’ story in the new exhibition, Winter Warriors: The 10th Mountain Division in World War II, now on view at Healy House Museum & Dexter Cabin
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