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** April 21, 2026 **
Saving Victor’s Union Miner Hall:
A Family’s Story in the Labor Wars
Presented by Katherine Sturdevant
Once a center of aggre
ssive state turmoil, the Victor Union Miner Hall stands today as a symbol of Colorado’s bloody era in the Labor Wars. Striking with many other groups around the state and nation, the unionized miners of Victor were faced with violence, prosecution, and widespread uproar, catching the attention and aid of famous radicals. With familial ties, passion, and years of work, Katherine Scott-Sturdevant has put in the time on restoring this site of radicalist gatherings, and is excited to share its thrilling tale with the public.
Katherine “Kathy” Sturdevant was born and raised in San Francisco and adopted by James and Barbara Scott. Barbara’s father, Archibald L. Harper, grew up in Victor, Colorado. He was known to his family as “Papa.” Papa and Kathy adored each other.
Kathy gradu
ated San Francisco public schools with honors, going on to the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she met her future husband, Rick Sturdevant, then a doctoral student. They moved to Colorado, Rick became an Air Force and Space Force historian, and Kathy taught for many years at Pikes Peak Community (now State) College, but also through CC, UCCS, as well as several other colleges and programs. She was appointed PPCC Chair of History, then Chair of all Social Sciences. She is now Emerita History Professor.
Kathy has published numerous scholarly articles and books in the expertise study of genealogy. Her two books from Betterway Books are: Organizing and Preserving Your Heirloom Documents, and Bringing Your Family History to Life through Social History.
** June 16, 2026 **
What Were They Thinking? Reading the Writing on the Walls
Presented by Anne Whitfield
A SPECTACULAR rock art site on private land in eastern Colorado is in the final stage of site recording. Sponsored by the CAS Chapter, Pueblo Archaeological and Historical Society. This presentation about the site is one of the first given to the public. With 24 panels involved, the series is unusual in image concentration, complexity, 
time periods, and variability of contributors. Simply put, many Indigenous Peoples came to this spot. Site panels are introduced by their apparent themes, revealing an implied hierarchy of concerns, and suggesting what issues may have been most on the minds of the artists. It is hoped that this approach gives us a glimpse into their worldview, in other words, “What were they thinking?”
Gainfully employed as a full-time science teacher in Pueblo Co., most of her experience with rock writing has come from nearly 20 years of volunteering with the US Forest Service, BLM, and Parks Services. She has also done project/seasonal work for professional archaeologists. Anne is a University of North Carolina graduate with a BS in Secondary Education Science as well as an MA in Applied Natural Sciences.
The current president of the Colorado Rock Art Association, Anne has also been Vice President, Treasurer, Board Member, Fieldtrip Chair, Membership Chair, and CAS Representative. Primary Chapter involvements included coordinating rock art recordation and monitoring projects, many with Forest Service-supervised efforts in Picketwire Canyon. She played a similar role at Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site. She had the pleasure of recording “arborglyphs”(carvings on trees) at Bryce Canyon National Monument. Additional rock art recording work was done on private ranches. For nearly ten years, Anne has been a volunteer at the Colorado Rock Art Association Archive, preparing rock art photographs.
