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Welcome to the
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Uncompahgre Valley Chapter |
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A burro train bringing gold from the mines
near Ouray
Standard Scenic Company 1906 - Library of Congress |
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Otto Mears at
Engine No. 100 - Denver & Rio Grande
Silverton branch 1888 Courtesy Fort Lewis
College, Center of Southwest Studies |
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Montrose, Colorado
Projects & Activities |
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Some
Scheduled Programs:
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Constitution Week
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Local School Preservation
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Veteran Volunteer Services
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Women's Issues
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Our Chapter History
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Christmas Get Together
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Special Guest Visit
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Visit to Local Museum
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Flag Day Celebration
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Things We Do:
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Community Service Awards
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Conservation Work
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DAR
Good Citizens Awards
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Veterans Service Program
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DAR Scholarships
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Support DAR Schools
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Flag Display
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Genealogical Records/ Linage Research
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Volunteer Genealogy Research
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Chapter Yearbook
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~Our Recent Projects~
Regent Marsha Kirby
presents DAR Good Citizen Awards
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Katrina Harris,
Olathe High School
Revenna Aspen Mulford, Delta High
School
Morgan Jossie, Ridgway
High School
February 2011 |
DAR Good Citizen
Award Winners
(left to right)
Revenna Aspen Mulford
Delta High
School
Morgan Jossie
Ridgway
High School
Katrina Harris
Olathe High School
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Erin Smith-Berge
(Mrs. Patrick),
vice regent and public relations chair, presenting a certificate of achievement for
Constitution Week to Mr. Brad Fell, Administrator of Colorado West
Christian School.
October 2010 |
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Regent Marsha
Kirby with her Constitution Week display featured at the
Montrose Public Library. October 2010
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Irene Means, treasurer,
4th of July Parade 2010
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4th
of July Parade 2010
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Sharon
Grable, DAR Scholarship Committee chairman, presented DAR Good Citizens Awards
to seven
high school seniors from Hotchkiss, Norwood, Nucla,
Montrose, Olathe, Paonia, and Telluride in a February 2010
ceremony. One of the students will go on to compete at the
state level for a scholarship.
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Jane Murphy, regent, holding the program for her presentation
given during Constitution Week.
September 2009
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'Rail Fence' Quilt made by Jane Murphy (left) and
Claudia Joan Kinney Delgado (right, b. 1946 - d.
2010)
for a 2010 fund
raising event.
Claudia was a wonderful asset to our chapter and we
will all miss her.
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The DAR erected the
tepee shown above
in 1924 over the spring on Chipeta and Ouray's homestead. It
was restored in 2009 by the NSDAR Uncompahgre Valley Chapter. The
restoration ceremony, dubbed the Chipeta Spring Ceremony, was held
21 November 2009. The tepee is located in Chipeta Park at the Ute
Indian Museum in Montrose, Colorado.
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"Chief Ouray and his wife Chipeta
were respected, peaceful leaders of the Uncompaghre Valley Ute
Tribe, willing to negotiate to keep peace with the invading white
settlers. Chipeta died on August 17, 1924, of chronic gastritis and
was buried in a shallow grave on the Utah reservation. Her body was
later removed to Montrose where the local chapter of the DAR
purchased land from Ouray’s original homestead and erected a tomb
for “Queen” Chipeta. Hundreds of locals attended her services and
her pallbearers were some of the town’s leading citizens." (Marilyn
Cox, Montrose Daily Press ~ 8 April 2008)
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Permanent marker placed by the NSDAR
Uncompahgre Valley Chapter in honor of Chipeta, wife of Chief Ouray.
Ute Indian Museum ~ Montrose, Colorado
2009
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Inscription:
In Memory of Chipeta
Wife of Chief Ouray
Tepee erected over
Ouray and Chipeta's Spring
1924
By the DAR
Permanent Marker placed by
Uncompaghre Valley Chapter, NSDAR
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NSDAR Officers:
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Linda Smith Sandlin (Mrs. Larry), Colorado
Honorary State Regent;
Jane Murphy, Uncompahgre Valley Chapter regent;
Jane Newman, Colorado state chairman of Volunteer Information
Specialists;
Charlotte McKean Hubbs, Colorado State Regent
Chipeta Spring Ceremony ~ Ute Indian Museum
Montrose, Colorado ~ 21 November 2009
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Roland McCook, great great grandson of Chief Ouray and Chipeta,
delivers speech at Chipeta Spring Ceremony held at the Ute Indian
Museum in
Montrose, Colorado, 21 November 2009
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Further
information and additional photos of the Chipeta Spring Ceremony...
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~Our Recent Activities~
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Chapter Officer Installation Ceremony 2010 -2011
(Left to right)
Shirley Baker Sutphen (Mrs. Earl),
past regent 1997-1999 and 2006-2007 installing
officers:
Marsh Kirby, regent 2010-2011
Erin Smith Berge (Mrs. Patrick) vice regent 2010-2011
Sharon Grable, secretary 2010-2011
Irene Means, treasurer 2010-2011
Gayla Holland Scheid, registrar 2010-2011
Jean Cornett, librarian 2010-2011
May 2010
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Chapter Officer Installation Ceremony 2010-2011
(Left to right)
Jane Murphy, past regent 2009-2010
Shirley Baker Sutphen (Mrs. Earl),
past regent 1997-1999 and 2006-2007
Marsh Kirby, regent 2010-2011
Erin Smith Berge (Mrs. Patrick) vice regent 2010-2011
Sharon Grable, secretary 2010-2011
Gayla Holland Scheid, registrar 2010-2011
Jean Cornett, librarian 2010-2011
May 2010
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(Left to right) Sharon Grable,
chapter secretary, and chaplain Judy Klinker (Mrs. Leo)
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Shirley Baker
Sutphen installing Cherie Collins (Mrs. Dan) as historian 2010-2011
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Regent
Marsh Kirby (left) recognizes Sibyl L. Baker
(right) for 25 years of DAR service
2010
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Beautiful November meeting refreshments
2010
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Beautiful meeting
refreshments
2010
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Cherie Collins (Mrs. Dan)
Presentation:
History of the Uncompahgre Valley Chapter
Display of Yearbooks
May 2010 |
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~Our Past Projects~
Items Collected for Veterans Donations
2009
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Items collected for Veterans Donations
2009
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Cleland Park fountain in Delta, Colorado.
Inscription:
In Memory of
Captain John Gunnison who blazed a trail for settlers through here
in 1853. Presented by Captain John Gunnison Chapter, DAR Delta,
Colo. 1927. This Fountain is reproduced on the original site
by The City of Delta -
Historic Preservation Board, 2005.
Fountain crafted by Larry Scheer, Jr.
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Cleland Park fountain in Delta, Colorado, presented by the
DAR in 1927
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Ute Council Tree in Delta,
Colorado
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Ute Council Tree in Delta,
Colorado
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Delightful meeting refreshments
2009 |
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Festive 4th of July meeting refreshments
2009
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Beautiful Christmas meeting refreshments
2009
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Delightful St. Patrick's Day meeting refreshments
2009
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Mrs. Bonnie L. Murphy installing 2009- 2010
Uncompahgre Valley DAR regent, Jane Murphy,
and vice regent, Marsha Kirby (center).
May 2008
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Shirley Sutphen, past regent,
Uncompahgre Valley Chapter DAR,
1997-1999 and 2006 - 2007
May 2008 |
Revolutionary War Cannon
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