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Porch portraits, face shields, and hand sanitizer: update on documenting the times
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...
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History in the Baking with Nathan Richie: Swedish Cardamom Bread
Vetebröd (Swedish Cardamom Bread) Ingredients: • 1 cup warm milk • 1/4 cup white sugar • 2 tsp or 1 packet active dry yeast • 4 cups all-purpose flour • 2 eggs • 1 TBS ground cardamom • 1/2 tsp salt • 1/4 cup butter, melted • 1 egg (for egg wash) • 1 teaspoon water •...
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When the circus walked to Golden
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 circus to visit the...
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Repopulating the bee hives
Beekeeping is an ancient tradition that many cultures practice all over the world. Honeybees were first introduced to the North American continent when colonists imported them to Virginia in the 1600s. For centuries, beekeepers would kill their hives every fall in...
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Leadership in a crisis: reflecting on Colorado Governor Vivian
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...
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History in the Baking with Nathan Richie: Krautburgers
German-from-Russia Krautburgers Krautburgers (also called runza or bierock) are traditional hand-held savory meat pastries introduced to Colorado by the Volga Germans who immigrated from the Russian frontier at the turn of the 20th century. For the dough: · 2...
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Cemetery records find new home and get conservation
Golden Cemetery records housed at Museum Golden Cemetery staff transferred original records to the Golden History Museum & Park in late 2019. The transfer included the first two burial registers and the 1873, hand-drawn map used to plot the city cemetery. For...
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Culinary School with Museum Director Nathan Richie – Cornish Pasty
Cornish-ish Pasty with Ham, Onion & Potato The pasty is a traditional hand pie. The origins of the pasty have been traced at least as far back as medieval England. But, it was in the mining districts of Cornwall in western Britain that the pasty became a culinary...
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