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About Us
Preserving and Extending Our Heritage
Standing as a sentinel to
Colorado's Front Range, Cheyenne Mountain is a place both
haunted and holy. The land, flanked by historical sites such
as The Broadmoor hotel and North Cheyenne Cañon, was
recently declared the last surviving desert ecosystem along
Colorado's Front Range. In ancient times, Ute and Cheyenne
tribes rendezvoused here, and during the 1850s, miners
scoured the stream beds, dreaming of gilded luck.
Entrepreneurs, such as Spencer Penrose, wrenched from the
natural beauty formulas for their own success, while others,
such as the multitudes of tuberculosis patients, wished only
for a place that would heal.
Today, with the influx of new families into the Cheyenne
Mountain region, there is a great urgency for keeping alive
those voices of the past and, in turn, creating a collective
consciousness about the region's unique history and
character. The Cheyenne Mountain Heritage Center was created
in 1990 by a group of dedicated Cheyenne teachers, graduates
and community members to assure that the traditions and the
cultural heritage of the region and school system would not
only be maintained and protected, but also preserved so that
they might be passed on to new generations.
Mission
The Cheyenne Mountain
Heritage Center's mission is to support the documentation,
preservation and awareness of the history, art and culture
of the Pikes Peak region, with special emphasis on the
Cheyenne Mountain area and community.
Board of Trustees and Staff
Susan Loo Pattee, President
Vicki Wolfson, Vice-President
Kelly Brokaw, Secretary
Jerry Hurst, Treasurer
Theresa von Engeln, Don Wallace and Steve Parker, Members
Dr. Walt Cooper, CMSD12 Superintendent, Member Ex-Officio
Dayna Frei, Director, CMHC/CMSD Relations
Curt Elliott, District Historian
Kimberly Nowland, Director of Research
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