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History

SPREE camp week 4

Week 4: An Excellent Time Traveling Adventure

July 13, 2022

On Monday we traveled over 65 million years ago to the time of the dinosaurs. We mapped out how long ago that was on a timeline, we uncovered a hidden …

Elementary, SPREE
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School Break Camp Recap – Prehistoric Pandemonium

October 15, 2021

During SPREE’s School Break Camp Prehistoric Pandemonium, campers were ready to time travel back into prehistoric times to learn all about Colorado’s dino-filled past. Our mission was to discover what …

Elementary, Family, SPREE
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Iconic Colorado At SPREE HQ Aug 13-17

August 17, 2018

This week of SPREE Summer camp was dedicated to learning all about the state symbols and icons of Colorado. Monday’s focus was on Colorado’s terrestrial state animals: the mammal, bird, …

Elementary, Family, SPREE
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Time Travelers Camp at the Cherry Creek Train July 23-27

July 31, 2018

Over “Time Travelers” week, SPREE summer campers had a blast discovering many different phases of Colorado’s history. On Monday, we were back in “deep time” learning about this area’s geologic …

Elementary, Family, SPREE
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Cherry Creek Train Campers Explore Iconic Colorado July 16-20

July 25, 2018

This week of SPREE Summer camp was dedicated to learning all about the state symbols and icons of Colorado. Monday’s focus was on Colorado’s terrestrial state animals: the mammal, bird, …

News
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Time Travelers Camp: SPREE HQ June 11-15

June 22, 2018

Over “Time Travelers” week, SPREE summer campers at HQ had a blast discovering many different phases of Colorado’s history. On Monday, we were back in “deep time” learning about this …

Elementary, Family, SPREE
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Welcome to Montana City! Pioneering on the Platte

November 6, 2017

​Welcome to Montana City! This past weekend, over 90 people attended Pioneering on the Platte, an event that celebrates the history of our city, Denver. There could be no better …

Elementary, Family, SPREE
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SPREE Campers Explore Denver’s Past

June 18, 2017

This week at SPREE Summer camps, campers traveled back in time to discover Denver’s past!The week started with campers discovering and reenacting the lives of Arapaho and Cheyenne plains Native …

Elementary, Family, SPREE
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Theme 6: Time Travelers

July 15, 2016

Theme 6 took us back in time through Colorado’s history!We started in the time of volcanoes, the first mountains, and even back to when Colorado was under water! Then we …

Elementary, Family, SPREE
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Native November at SPREE Holiday Camp

November 30, 2015

CAMPERS LEARN ABOUT NATIVE ANIMALS OF THE SOUTH PLATTE AND NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY How did early Native Americans use the South Platte River, get food, and entertain themselves? What animals …

Elementary, Family, SPREE
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Art on the River and Panning on the Platte Recap

October 29, 2015

Art on the River  On October 3rd we meet at City of Cuernavaca Park for our annual Art on the River.  With plenty of green space to share with our …

Elementary, Events, Family, SPREE
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History Detectives Week At Summer Camp

September 3, 2015

​HISTORY DETECTIVES WEEK Mountains, seas, and prehistoric creatures! SPREE summer campers became history detectives in the final week of summer camp this year.  We learned about prehistoric oceans and the …

Elementary, Family, SPREE
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Summer Campers Explore Denver History

September 2, 2015

​WEEK 10 CAMPERS EXPLORE THE RIVER AND DENVER HISTORY Have you ever traveled through time? SPREE summer campers have! We spent our tenth week of summer camp exploring the history …

Elementary, Family, SPREE
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Remembering the Flood of 1965

June 15, 2015

​A RIVER ONCE DESCRIBED AS “A MILE WIDE AND AN INCH DEEP, TOO THIN TO PLOUGH, TOO THICK TO DRINK,” CAUSED DENVER’S LARGEST NATURAL DISASTER.  The week leading up to …

News
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50th Anniversary of Denver’s Largest Natural Disaster

April 8, 2015

On June 16th, 1965 a storm gathered over Denver and an intense rain began to fall. The River water began to swell and break forth from its banks. “Instead of …

News
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