Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site

Summer Living History Program
2025-06-04 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-06-05 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-06-06 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-06-07 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-06-08 13:00 - 17:00, 2025-06-11 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-06-12 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-06-13 10:00 - 17:00 (America/Denver) and 15 more dates | Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site, 3105 Gateway Road, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80904, United States
Visit us and experience Colorado history in style here at Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site. Learn about Native American trade at the American Indian Area. Make a cornhusk doll at the Homestead Cabin. Discover the hard-working and ingenuous spirit of early pioneer homesteaders and farmers in our 1880s Garden. Perfect your skills at Victorian games and tour the 1870s Rock Ledge House. Listen to the rhythmic ‘clink, clink’ of the blacksmith’s hammer hitting the anvil as you immerse yourself in the life of an 1890s blacksmith. Explore the 1907 Orchard House while you learn about life for Edwardian servants and upper-class citizens of Colorado Springs.
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Summer Tea Luncheon
2025-06-13 11:30 - 12:30, 2025-06-20 11:30 - 12:30, 2025-06-27 11:30 - 12:30 | Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site, 3105 Gateway Road, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80904, United States
Summer Tea Luncheon at the 1907 Orchard House! Experience a delightful Summer Tea Luncheon under a tent on the secluded pergola lawn, followed by a tour of the historic country estate. Learn about Edwardian history and etiquette. All Summer Tea Luncheons are offered on Fridays at 11:30 a.m. and last approximately one hour.
Seats are $29 each and are non-refundable. Payment is due to secure each reservation. Sandwiches, scones, and sweets will be served along with hot tea and cold lemonade. No substitutions are available. Unfortunately, we are not able to offer alternative fare for those with food allergies, but you are welcome to call (719) 578-6777 with any questions. Payment includes admission to all of the historic sites at the Ranch.
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150th Art and Writing Show
2025-06-18 08:00 - 2025-06-27 17:00
Join us at the Ranch to marvel at artwork and writing from the community that celebrates a century and a half of welcoming guests, preserving memories, and cultivating places and people!
Find the gallery at the Barn during our living history hours (Wednesday through Saturday 10am-5pm and Sundays 1-5pm) from June 18 to June 27
If you are an artist and would like to contribute to the show, please visit this page on our website to learn more:

150th Art and Writing Show

Rock Ledge Ranch 150th Anniversary Celebration
2025-06-21 10:00 - 17:00
Celebrate Rock Ledge House’s 150th anniversary with us! Enjoy historic crafts, listen to live music, try some tasty historic snacks, play fun outdoor games, and enjoy fresh-baked cookies from the Rock Ledge House as you tour the 150-year-old home of the industrious Chambers family.

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Rock Ledge Ranch Birthday Dance
2025-06-21 18:00 - 20:30
Join us for a special ticketed dance celebrating the Rock Ledge House’s 150th birthday on Saturday June 21st! From 6:00pm-8:30pm in the Rock Ledge House field, commemorate this historic anniversary with old-fashioned dancing, birthday cake, and appearances by historical figures. Historic costumes are encouraged, but not required, and there will be a prize for the best historic costume! All dances are taught and called throughout the evening so that everyone can enjoy them together. Tickets are $15 per person, $50 for four people, or $60 for six people.

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Discovering Elsie Woolsey Chambers
2025-06-22 13:30 - 14:30
Sunday, June 22, 2025, 1:30pm
Carriage House, Rock Ledge Ranch
Presented by:
Lauren Dunbar, great-granddaughter of Robert and Elsie Chamber
Lauren Dunbar will present an illustrated talk with details about the personal passions throughout the life of Elsie Woolsey Chambers (1845—1923). As the youngest of eleven children, Elsie’s growing up stories include her birth on an orchard farm in the Hudson River Valley of New York, a ladies seminary in Poughkeepsie and then teachers’ college in central Pennsylvania. Elsie’s courtship and marriage at the age of 26 to widower Robert Chambers in 1871 began a new chapter of welcome challenges.
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