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American Museum of Western Art Collaboration
We know that this year has been a new kind of challenge for all teachers, and to show our appreciation, we have teamed up with the American Museum of Western Art to create a fun and educational activity packet designed for 4th graders. The theme of this packet is...
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Fall 2020 Discover Magazine
The Fall 2020 Discover magazine features an excerpt from “A Woman’s Life in Golden,” Betty Herron Gleaton's memoir of growing up with polio (read the complete memoir in our online collection), and an account of traveling to Colorado in 1870 by Mrs. Mary Kalbaugh...
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Golden Halloween
A Golden Halloween As the weather cools and the leaves begin to change from their summer green to a vibrant yellow, Goldenites are welcoming fall and looking towards the holiday season. With the presence of COVID-19 still in our minds and some reports that...
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Museum Patio Enhancement and Creek Trail Widening
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Nathan Richie 303-278-3557 Museum Patio Enhancement and Creek Trail Widening Download PDF here. Golden History Museum & Park and the City of Golden Parks Division are partnering on a construction project to improve trail usability...
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The Golden Garden Club, The Presidents’ Rose Garden, and a Future New Home
The Golden Garden Club, The Presidents’ Rose Garden, and a Future New Home “There will always be a garden, Where the women love the lands, And protect the plants and flowers With the labor of their hands.” --Colorado State Garden Club Song Perhaps more...
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Arapahoe City: Jefferson County’s first city
Arapahoe City was located north of Clear Creek, west of present-day McIntyre Street approximately two miles east of Golden. Initially, a mining district, and the earliest city in Jefferson County, it was founded on November 28, 1858. Members of the Arapahoe Town...
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MEMOIRS of my treck across the Plains, by Mrs. Mary Kalbaugh Whited
MEMOIRS of my treck across the Plains, the last time in 1870, and early childhood days. By Mrs. Mary Kalbaugh Whited. Pueblo, Colorado, April, 1948. It was in April, 1870, my Father with his family, also an uncle, Wm. F. Hunter, and family and other neighbors and...
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My Polio Story, By Betty Herron Gleaton
My Polio Story By Betty Herron Gleaton I was recently asked if I had been in an accident by a twenty-something who was referring to my crutches and leg brace. I told him “No,” that I’d had polio and he asked “What’s that? I’ve never heard of it.” My first instinct was...
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