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Hands-on History 2022 Camp Registration Opens in January
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jesse Gagnon 303-278-3557 JGagnon@GoldenHistory.org Hands-on History 2022 Camp Registration Opens in January GOLDEN, Colo., Jan. 5, 2022 – Hands-on History, Golden History Museum & Park’s popular summer camp will return this year...
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Sheltering stranded travelers at the Holland House
Greg Holland shared this memory about a Golden snowstorm and how his grandparents, Lu and Ethel Holland, who owned the Holland House, helped dozens of stranded travelers. Long ago, some time in the 1960s, an unusually large snowstorm stranded many people in Golden....
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All the World’s a Stage with the Golden Thespians
With good reason, Golden was abuzz when the announcement came that Miners Alley Playhouse would purchase the old Meyer Hardware building. This exciting opportunity will allow the playhouse to grow and evolve with the rest of downtown Golden, their home since 2003. ...
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American Indian Ethnography of the Golden Region Update 1
Indigenous Representation in Golden History American Indians have for thousands of years made and continue to call the Golden area home. Like many cultural institutions around the nation and the world, Golden History Museum & Park is beginning to reckon with its...
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Ring in 2022 with ski art, old signs, and film projectors!
Exhibit updates and changes were temporarily placed on hold during the height of COVID so we could double down on our Legacy Collection Inventory Project. Looking forward to 2022, the collection inventory will remain a museum priority (we just hired a temporary...
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Lost button, rediscovered Golden business
Doing Business in Golden I lost a button on one of my favorite shirts recently, so I went to Carleen of Golden. (I have not sewn anything since home economics in junior high). Carleen of Golden Carleen of Golden was established in 1974 and opened a shop on Washington...
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Vigilante Lynchings in Golden
Addendum to fall 2021 Discover magazine Golden resident and local historian Richard Gardner authored the following article for that issue: By Richard Gardner Through time five people have been hung in the city of Golden, acts committed by vigilantes following what...
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Fall 2021 Discover Magazine
The fall 2021 Discover magazine features articles on saving South Table Mountain, vigilante lynchings, various collection items, a new ethnography project, and much more. We hope you take a look. Top stories in fall 2021 Discover magazine A rediscovery in our...
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