by Mark Dodge | Jul 10, 2020 | Collections and Exhibits
Golden Civic Foundation Celebrates An Epic 50 Years The year 2020 is proving to be a year of epic events. A global health pandemic, an economic crisis, and major social unrest are dominating current events near and far. Locally, the City of Golden turned 161 years...
by Mark Dodge | Jun 26, 2020 | Collections and Exhibits
Golden already had a history of clay mining and had witnessed several potteries and brick makers come and go by the time John J. Herold showed up in 1908. Why? Natural resources. The clay deposits of the eastern slope of the mountains for many miles on either side...
by Mark Dodge | May 22, 2020 | Collections and Exhibits
Update on documenting the times The Smithsonian National Museum of American History has a Rapid Response Collecting Task Force with over 100 curatorial staff set up to document the national COVID-19 Pandemic. In Golden, we have a passionate community of 20,000 plus on...
by Mark Dodge | May 9, 2020 | Collections and Exhibits
When the Circus Walked to Denver and then Golden I love the circus, and years ago, I found this story by Bernard Kelly in a box of donated papers. Originally published in the Denver Post’s “Empire Magazine” on June 29, 1969, it chronicles the first...
by Mark Dodge | Apr 25, 2020 | Collections and Exhibits
Leadership is challenging under any circumstances, but especially in a crisis. Leaders on all levels of government are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying financial crisis in a range of ways. People want different things from their leaders–solid...
