Looking for a fun summer weekend getaway? Call 1-800-825-0208 now or visit
www.ourjourney.info for a free ticket to historic attractions on Colorado's Central Plains including the Limon Railroad Museum which is hosting the 17th Annual Limon Heritage Festival on Saturday, August 2, 2008 from 11- 4 p.m. at the Limon Heritage Museum and Railroad Park.
Visitors can tour the museum, learn about pioneer crafts, enjoy rail car tours, see antique machinery and tools and enjoy a free concert at 3 p.m. by award winning musicians Liz Masterson and Julia Hays who will be performing in the Hub City Senior Center.
Limon Heritage Museum & Railroad Park-- 899 1st Street, Limon
Open Memorial Day to Labor Day, Monday - Saturday 1-8 p.m.
Distance from Denver: 1 hour, 15 minutes on I-70 east
Following the devastating Limon tornado in 1990, local business leaders formed a heritage volunteer group to save part of their past. The 1910 Limon Depot was restored and is now maintained by Heritage Society volunteers. The Depot once serviced both Rock Island and Union Pacific Railroads and is now a community treasure on the National Register of Historic Places. The Museum includes the restored train depot, an adjacent railroad park and an exhibit building depicting the life and legends of the plains. Visitors will find a permanent "Trains on the Plains" exhibit on display along with antique machinery and vintage windmills, arrowheads, pottery and a complete railroad model of the Limon community circa 1940 when 13-15 trains rolled through Limon each day. Visitors can also see a replica of an original plains story front mercantile and one of the original weather stations, complete with "Limon radar."
Simply log on to
www.ourjourney.info or call 1-800-825-0208 to request a free
"Our Journey," kit which includes free museum admission. Each kit includes interesting historical information, a map of the area with driving instructions for a self-guided tour, highlights of highway mile marker road-side attractions and even a song book to keep travelers entertained on their journey east. When visitors present an
Our Journey ticket at attractions they receive a stamp. After six stamps, visitors can turn in their
Our Journey tickets for a free prize. Those who visit at least seven locations are also automatically entered in a drawing for two nights and dinner for two at one of Colorado Central Plains' wonderful bed and breakfasts.