Crested Butte Museum
Book of the Month Club

Join us for a monthly book club where we will explore and discuss both non-fiction and fiction works that explore the history of our valley and the lifestyles of those who lived lives similar to those who established the town of Crested Butte.

At the beginning of each month we will announce our book of the month.

With a $30 monthly subscription you will receive a copy of our book of the month, available for pick up at our Museum Gift Shop, and an invitation to our private book of the month club meetings, to occur on the fourth Friday of each month. 

If you are not interested in a monthly subscription, you can join us for one month/ one book for $35, paid at the Museum Gift Shop.

Museum Members will receive a limited edition book mark each month.

At our club meetings, we will discuss the book of the month at the Museum while enjoying beverages, snacks, and great company.

February

Book of the Month

“Tomboy Bride” by Harriet Fish Backus.

A first hand account of a young pioneer woman and her life in a rough and tumble mining town of the Old West. In 1906 at the age of twenty, Harriet Fish hopped on a train from Oakland, California, to the San Juan Mountains of Colorado in search of a new life as the bride of assayer George Backus. Together, the couple ventured forth to discover mining town life at the turn of the twentieth century, adjusting to dizzying elevation highest of 11,500 feet and all the hardships that come with it: limited water, rationed food supplies, lack of medical care, difficulty in travel, avalanches, and many more. As she and George move from Telluride’s Tomboy Mine to the rugged coast of British Columbia, to the town of Elk City, Idaho, and then back to Colorado’s Leadville, Harriet paints a poignant picture of a world centered around mining, sharing amusing and often challenging experiences as a woman of the era. 

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