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Legacy Collection Inventory Project
Eighty-one years ago, Golden History Museum & Park began collecting artifacts, photographs, and archives to document and preserve Golden’s past. Today, the museum houses over 16,000 objects and is the largest, richest collection of Golden history. However, over...
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Digesting a Golden restaurant dynasty
In my ongoing quest to record Golden’s culinary history, I recently sat down with local brothers Frank and Tom Young. Their dad, DeVere Joseph Young, better known by his nickname “Dud,” was in the restaurant business from 1938 until 1980 when he died. In addition to...
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Buckskin Party becomes annual Coors tradition
Parties and food just go together, and Adolph Coors Jr.'s annual holiday parties were the best. Throughout the 1930s Golden and the nation were in the grip of a severe economic depression and Prohibition to boot! Times were tough, so the Buckskin Party was a much...
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Missing Irene Goetze scrapbooks returned after 30 years
Ida Evans donated a collection of scrapbooks to the museum in 1975, which once belonged to her sister Irene (Gay) Goetze. Several of the best books have been missing from the collection for over 30 years. Thought to have been taken by a onetime museum board member,...
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The backstory on Lazy Squaw Ranch
Bill and Dorothy Harmsen named their mountain retreat Lazy Squaw and used the name in some of their early candy marketing. Following is Dorothy's original article about the ranch which ran in the August 1964 issue of Sugar 'N Spice. THE LAZY SQUAW RANCH The Lazy Squaw...
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Rounding out the collection one photo at a time
It is not about quantity, but rather quality, when it comes to museum collections. At the Golden History Museum & Park, we’re constantly refining and improving. We added some stellar items this year, including a Coors Malted Milk pharmacy jar and the two original...
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Burying the 2068 time capsule
The 2068 time capsule went in the ground October 1, 2019. The weather didn't deter the City's Streets and Utility departments who excavated a perfect little spot under the Liberty Bell tower in front of Golden City Hall. It's been nearly a year since we exhumed the...
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Broncos rooted in Golden
In case you're out of the loop, it's football season. I made it to my first Broncos game last Sunday and watched the Bears outplay and defeat the the home team in the last second of the game. While at the stadium I popped into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame to...
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