{"id":47,"date":"2012-08-07T23:57:23","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T23:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/?page_id=47"},"modified":"2026-03-16T16:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T16:34:13","slug":"historic-guided-walking-tours","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/index.php\/historic-guided-walking-tours\/","title":{"rendered":"Tours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Google tag (gtag.js) --><br \/>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=G-SN71BR432F\"><\/script><br \/>\n<script>\n  window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];\n  function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}\n  gtag('js', new Date());<\/p>\n<p>  gtag('config', 'G-SN71BR432F');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2285\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PXL_20240705_210605791-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PXL_20240705_210605791-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PXL_20240705_210605791-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PXL_20240705_210605791-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PXL_20240705_210605791-1536x1157.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PXL_20240705_210605791-2048x1542.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>Historic Walking Tours<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Self-Guided Tours<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For <strong>self-guided walking tours,<\/strong> pick up a <strong>FREE<\/strong> <strong><em>Palisade Historic Walking Tour<\/em> <\/strong>brochure from the rack under the Historic Downtown Palisade sign on the south wall of Food Town on 3rd Street, inside the Palisade Branch Library across the street at 119 West Third Street in Downtown Palisade, and inside the Palisade Chamber of Commerce office at 305 South Main Street. Or, it is available as an e-book from Amazon.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/WalkTourMap-2020-copy-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2292\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/WalkTourMap-2020-copy-819x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/WalkTourMap-2020-copy-819x1024.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/WalkTourMap-2020-copy-240x300.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/WalkTourMap-2020-copy-768x960.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/WalkTourMap-2020-copy-1229x1536.jpeg 1229w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/WalkTourMap-2020-copy-1638x2048.jpeg 1638w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/WalkTourMap-2020-copy-scaled.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Guided Tours<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2272 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Walking Tour 1-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"311\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Walking%20Tour%201-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Walking%20Tour%201-1024x659.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Walking%20Tour%201-768x494.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Walking%20Tour%201-1536x988.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Walking%20Tour%201-2048x1317.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We offer <strong>different, hour-long (or longer) guided walking tours <\/strong>as requested and\/or for special groups and events, for a suggested donation of $5 per person. Featured tours include Tour<span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\"> 2 &#8220;An Hour with Colonel Bower&#8221; highlights this Palisade Pioneer&#8217;s life and what Palisade was like along 3rd Street from Bower Avenue to the Post Office.\u00a0 Another tour features the Town&#8217;s Center and focuses on businesses and homes near the Plaza at 3rd and Main Streets. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2277 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Walking%20Tour%202-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">&#8220;Fire and Brimstone&#8221; is the longest route &#8211; about 4,000 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">steps &#8211; <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">taking in the area surrounding downtown. Highlights of this tour are sites of major fires, including packing sheds, the hotel, and the cannery, plus seven churches, two former depots, one of Wayne Aspinall&#8217;s homes, the 4th Street bridge, and more.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\"> To schedule a walking tour for groups of four or more, please call (970) 812-3064 or reach out via our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/index.php\/contact-us\/\">Contact Page<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_485\" style=\"width: 587px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Map-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-485\" class=\"wp-image-485 size-full\" title=\"Guided Walking Tour Routes\" src=\"http:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Map-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"577\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Map-4.jpg 577w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Map-4-300x258.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Downtown Guided Walking Tour Routes<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong> Tour 2<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;<span style=\"color: #000000;\">An hour with Colonel Bower&#8221; Dave Cecuga as early Palisade settler, &#8220;Colonel Bower&#8221;<\/span> &#8211; <strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Blue dotted line\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Tour 3<\/span><\/strong> &#8211; <span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Town Center&#8221;<\/span> &#8211; <strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Green dotted line<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tour 4<\/strong> &#8211; <span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Fire and Brimstone&#8221;<\/span> &#8211; <strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Black dotted line<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Guided Tours from Tour Companies<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Historical Society also works with <strong>Pali-Tours<\/strong> to offer guided historic tours while riding in a 1975 Pinzgauer 6X6 vehicle on an adventuresome route around historic Palisade sites. To schedule a group history tour with Pali-Tours, contact Dave Smith at (970) 697-8134.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JRs Carriage Service<\/strong> offers horse-drawn heritage tours. In October, Owner and Lifetime Historical Society member Joe Burtard will donate 10% of the tour revenue to the Palisade Historical Society. He and his tour guides include Palisade history in their narrative on the various routes. Book the tours directly on <a href=\"https:\/\/jrscarriage.com\/\">https:\/\/jrscarriage.com\/<\/a> or call (719) 671-7145.<\/p>\n<p>You can also learn Palisade history from these other Palisade-based tour companies: <strong>Palisade Pedicab<\/strong>\u00a0 pedal-powered scenic tours; \u00a0and <strong>Clark Family Orchard<\/strong>&#8216;s free wagon rides.<\/p>\n<h1><strong>Visit The Palisade History Museum<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_2065\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/index.php\/history-museum\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2065\" class=\"wp-image-2065 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Gayle-photo-of-Emma-on-building-copy-1024x617.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Gayle-photo-of-Emma-on-building-copy-1024x617.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Gayle-photo-of-Emma-on-building-copy-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Gayle-photo-of-Emma-on-building-copy-768x463.png 768w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Gayle-photo-of-Emma-on-building-copy-1536x925.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Gayle-photo-of-Emma-on-building-copy-2048x1233.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2065\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Palisade History Museum 3740 G Road &#8211; near Elberta Ave. on Highway 6 North Frontage Road<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/index.php\/history-museum\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2542 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Hours-and-contact-e1726174587649-300x252.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Hours-and-contact-e1726174587649-300x252.png 300w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Hours-and-contact-e1726174587649-1024x859.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Hours-and-contact-e1726174587649-768x644.png 768w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Hours-and-contact-e1726174587649-1536x1289.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Hours-and-contact-e1726174587649-2048x1719.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/index.php\/contact-us\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3467 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-16-102626-300x96.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-16-102626-300x96.png 300w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-16-102626-1024x326.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-16-102626-768x245.png 768w, https:\/\/www.historicpalisade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-16-102626.png 1293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historic Walking Tours Self-Guided Tours For self-guided walking tours, pick up a FREE Palisade Historic Walking Tour brochure from the rack under the Historic Downtown Palisade sign on the south wall of Food Town on 3rd Street, inside the Palisade &hellip; 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