The final event of the 3-year Sesquicentennial featured 500 attendees, an excellent dinner, celebratory speeches, and more than 20 displays on Jefferson County history. Here’s a small collection of photos from the “big bash,” our 150th anniversary party at the Jeffco Fairgrounds, November 18, 2011. Click to enlarge and scroll through photos.
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- Shirley Briggs and Margaret Chapman setting up welcome table
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- Bob Briggs, Sesquicentennial chair, and Curtis Elder of Jeffco Historical Society before the event.
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- A quiet room, before the crowd arrives.
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- Dennis Dempsey and Rita Peterson, helping with set-up
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- Listening to the speeches
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- View of the party attendees
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- Display of memorabilia for Hall of Fame honoree Norma Anderson
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- Display of George and Sarah Church family memorabilia, Hall of Fame recipients
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- Kathy Honda and Beth Simmons with Friends of Dinosaur Ridge display
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- John Steinle, Hiwan Homestead Museum, with Rose Lewis, JCHC Chair
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- Diane Lange, Lookout Mtn Historical, and Joe Tempel, Dinosaur Ridge and Lariat Loop
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- Commissioners Don Rosier and John Odom with Rose Lewis, JCHC Chair
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- Mt. Vernon history display
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- Charlotte Whetsell and Claudia Worth with Wheat Ridge Historical Society display
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- Cynthia Shaw-McLaughlin and Rose Lewis of JCHC with Linda McSherry and Commissioner Faye Griffin
