Overland Trail Museum to host Colorado history café in Sterling

The Overland Trail Museum will invite Sterling residents on a virtual journey across Colorado when its next History Café begins Wednesday, July 29, at 10:30 a.m. The program will be held at the museum in the High Plains Education Center, with seating limited and reservations available by calling 970-522-3895.

The museum’s social-media post says the gathering will feature coffee, tea, muffins and history, a format that keeps the event informal and family-friendly while still tying Logan County to the wider state story. That broader Colorado theme fits the museum’s role in Sterling: it sits on Highway 6 east of the South Platte River and commemorates the gold seekers and early pioneers who moved west, while also honoring Logan County’s agricultural roots.

The museum takes its name from the Overland Trail, a stage route that was a branch of the Oregon Trail and followed the south bank of the South Platte River. That local link matters for visitors who want more than a statewide overview. A History Café on Colorado geography and history gives them a low-barrier way to see how Sterling and Logan County fit into the movement of people, roads and settlement that shaped the state.

The museum has used History Café to connect local audiences with specific pieces of its own past, including a previous program on how the Overland Trail Museum came to be. It also hosted the Smithsonian traveling exhibition Americans from March 21 through May 9, 2026, in the High Plains Education Center, underscoring the museum’s habit of pairing national or statewide themes with a Logan County setting.

For area families, retirees and history-minded readers, the July 29 program offers an easy summer stop without leaving town. The museum’s summer hours run from April 1 through Oct. 31, Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and it is closed on Sundays during that period. That schedule keeps the site open as a daytime destination for both local residents and visitors passing through Sterling, giving the museum another chance to turn Colorado history into something tangible in Logan County.