by Mark Dodge | Jun 18, 2019 | Collections and Exhibits
Women’s World Cup Soccer is a foot, and once again, one of Golden’s own is excelling on the international stage. Whether you’re a fan or not, I’m sure you can get behind Golden High alum Lindsey Horan. There’s been a fair amount of local and national press on the...
by Mark Dodge | Jun 12, 2019 | Collections and Exhibits
Golden history never gets dull or boring. Longtime Golden resident Rex Rideout recently shared the following research from Linda Graf. Apparently, Graf intended to write a book on Golden’s legendary movie star, Rex the Wonder Horse, but for unknown reasons it...
by Mark Dodge | Jun 12, 2019 | Collections and Exhibits
Everything has a history-museums included This year marks the 80th anniversary of the museum’s official opening in 1939. The Golden History Museum has a complicated history with various fits and starts, and honestly, we don’t have it all nailed down, yet. I summarized...
by Mark Dodge | Mar 15, 2019 | Collections and Exhibits, Culinary History
The War to End all Wars closed this week. I hope you saw the Winchester signal canon used in Golden to celebrate both the end of World War I and World War II. Thank you to Golden resident Dan Mayo for loaning this one-of-a-kind Golden treasure. This was the first time...
by Mark Dodge | Mar 14, 2019 | Collections and Exhibits, Culinary History
Best remembered today for clay mining, the Parfet family from Golden, also excelled in dairy farming. Caleb Ellsworth Parfet came to Colorado with his family in 1874. He went into the clay business with his brother, George (GW) Parfet. (Parfet Park’s namesake), and...
