CSPAN3 American History TV January 1, 2015
Chautauqua. A movement grew out of that place and that time and really spread across the country coming to boulder in 1898. Interestingly, the texas board of Higher Education came to colorado looking for a place to establish a Summer Mountain retreat for teacher training and they embraced the chautauqua movement, which was really sweeping the country at the time. They found a very willing participant in the city of boulder and boulder residents who already had espoused the university of colorado here and loved the idea of bringing more intellectual stimulation and entertainment to the communit...
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