The Virtual Museum, sponsored by the Manitou Springs Heritage Center, proudly hosts a live online presentation, the “Fremont Experimental Forest Station 1909-1935” by local explorer and author, Eric Swab.  The abandoned block buildings you see off Barr Trail are the remains of the Fremont Experimental Forest, a tree science laboratory that existed from 1909-1935 with the mission of studying how Coloradans could repair forests. In this presentation you can learn more about the Fremont Experimental Forest and its ruins.

To view our online Virtual Museum presentation visit https://manitouspringsheritagecenter.org/