CPW invites families to Western Heritage Day at Mueller State Park
DIVIDE, Colo. (KRDO) -- Colorado Parks and Wildlife wants to invite you and your family to celebrate Native Americans who lived in the area, explorers, miners and homesteaders, and all the food, lifestyles, and cultures that made up the Old West at Mueller State Park's Western Heritage Day.
The event is happening on Saturday, Aug. 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Mueller State Park in Divide.
CPW says Western Heritage Day aims to celebrate the Old West and the Utes and other Native Americans who lived, hunted, and traveled throughout the Pikes Peak Region.
It will also highlight the white homesteaders who scratched out a living in the region, the miners who searched the area for gold and got lucky near Cripple Creek, and even the bootleggers and horse thieves who hid from the law in the surrounding woods.
The event will also honor the Mueller family who raised horses and cattle on the land that is now Mueller State Park.
Guests can enjoy a number of activities during Western Heritage Day, including:
A hayride to the historic Cheesman Ranch
- Free pony rides
- A “Kid’s Stick-Horse Rodeo”
- Dutch-oven cooking
- Butter churning
- Frontier music
- Pioneer crafts such as spinning yarn, weaving, and quilting
- Watch a woodworker carve toys from wood
- Farm animal petting zoo
- Kid’s pioneer toys
- Old-fashion games
- Gold panning
- Cattle branding and roping
The event is free and open to all ages. Children must be accompanied by an adult. No registration is necessary but a valid $9 daily park pass, or annual pass, will be required for all vehicles entering the park.
