by admin | Sep 29, 2022 | Collections and Exhibits, Discover Magazine
East Tincup: Where the Old West Lived Again, If Only Briefly By Mark Dodge, Curator For a few short years, Golden was home to two different theme parks. East Tincup and Magic Mountain Amusement Park each drew inspiration from stereotypical elements of the American...
by admin | Sep 6, 2022 | Collections and Exhibits, Golden History Museum
Overview Attorney Carl F. Eiberger Jr. was instrumental in protecting and preserving South Table Mountain, the “Gateway to the Rockies.” He provided over 24 years (10,000 hours) of free legal work to preserve the mountain from becoming a 75-year quarry. Carl’s Point...
by admin | Aug 26, 2022 | City of Golden, Discover Magazine
“No single project is more important to Golden than this arch…For Golden it will make a new face, a new spirit, and a new thinking.” –Lu Holland speaking to the Golden Chamber of Commerce members. It’s impossible to imagine Golden without its iconic welcome arch...
by admin | Aug 3, 2022 | Collections and Exhibits
The ongoing Legacy Collection Inventory Project has yielded an interesting find this week. We’ve located an original mining claim by pioneer Golden resident John G. Hendrickson dated March 15, 1865. This territorial document establishes Hendrickson’s ownership, for a...
by admin | Sep 2, 2021 | Collections and Exhibits
By Vanya Scott, Curatorial Assistant A unique artifact “rediscovery” recently reminded me that not all early 1900s residents of this area were paragons of virtue. While working in our offsite artifact storage area, I found an object tucked away in a nondescript box,...
