Your Waldo Canyon Fire Story
The Pikes Peak Library District Special Collections department has been gathering documentation on the Waldo Canyon Fire and its aftermath for long-term preservation in its archive collections.
The material being gathered will be fully and freely accessible to the public for research and study.
When:
The exhibit will remain on display through the summer of 2013.
Where:
1905 Carnegie Building
20 N. Cascade Avenue
Downtown Colorado Springs
What:
In order to document the destruction in the Mountain Shadows area, PPLD has been working with five local photographers who have created a stirring visual record of the fire’s aftermath.
Two of the photographers, Warren and Linda Pearce, were among the families to lose their homes on June 26. “The photographic experience has been bitter-sweet,” said Linda. “It is therapeutic to know that we are contributing to the Pikes Peak Library District’s historical collection to preserve a record of one of Colorado’s most devastating fires to date. At the same time, it has been poignant to see the destruction and be reminded of all that we and so many other families have lost.”
The PPLD Special Collections currently is showing the photographs made by Warren and Linda, along with photographers Eric Wulfsberg, Tracey Goodale and Dan Shelley, as part of the exhibit “In Our Own Backyard: Remembering Historic Fires of the Pikes Peak Region.”
The exhibit also contains historic photographs and accounts, from the Special Collections archives, of other destructive fires that have affected our area, 1854 to the present.
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Colorado Springs Together is an independent 501(c)(3) Non-Profit
Colorado Springs Together is a community-driven volunteer effort, and is an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The team members are distinguished citizens and business professionals in the community facilitating and coordinating a quick and effective rebuilding process for the neighborhoods devastated on June 26th by the fire. The donations received will go towards the activities required to help restore the lives and the neighborhoods affected by the fire at the same time maintaining a strong sense of community during the rebuilding process.
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