Hicksite Quakers A few weeks ago we gave a talk at the McAllister House Museum about Hicksite Quakerism and its relationship to Colorado Springs focusing on some of the important…
Hicksite Quakerism and its Relationship to Colorado Springs
Upcoming Talk!
Fruit Culture in Colorado
and the McAllister’s Role in
its Development
This free event is part of the
McAllister House Museum’s
Regional History Lecture Series.
The McAllisters took up the banner for fruit culture in Colorado by building an experimental garden on the grounds of the McAllister House and contributing to a book published by William Pabor. In this talk, Mr. Metzger will describe the ways in which the McAllister family, and other Southern Colorado fruit producers, contributed to an apple economy that was highly successful throughout the state of Colorado and is still in existence today. It is not a coincidence that McAllister was involved in this experimentation because he was closely associated with the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad which was the vehicle that contributed greatly to the distribution of fruit trees to Southern and Southwestern Colorado.
