by admin | Oct 21, 2022 | City of Golden, Collections and Exhibits
Four views of Washington Avenue, 1890 – 1972 By Vanya Scott, Acting Curator What a difference the decades make! Presented here are four views of Golden’s Washington Avenue, all from a similar vantage point near the intersection of 13th St. and Washington Ave., looking...
by admin | Aug 26, 2022 | City of Golden, Discover Magazine
“No single project is more important to Golden than this arch…For Golden it will make a new face, a new spirit, and a new thinking.” –Lu Holland speaking to the Golden Chamber of Commerce members. It’s impossible to imagine Golden without its iconic welcome arch...
by Nathan Richie | Jul 26, 2022 | City of Golden, Native American Ethnography
Native American history and connections to the Clear Creek Valley and table lands of the central Colorado Front Range extend back more than 12,000 years. Contemporary Native American communities still view this place as an aboriginal homeland. However, today’s typical...
by Nathan Richie | Dec 15, 2021 | City of Golden, Collections and Exhibits, Native American Ethnography
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...
by Mark Dodge | Jun 17, 2021 | City of Golden, Collections and Exhibits
Making the move At least one professional safe mover said we were crazy and that it couldn’t be done. “Old safes were not built to be moved,” he said. But a team from the City of Golden’s Streets Department proved otherwise, when on May 13, we safely transported a...
by admin | Dec 10, 2020 | Cemetery, City of Golden
By Paul Albani-Burgio, Golden Transcript palbaniburgio@coloradocommunitymedia.com Long before the Rockies held court at 20th and Blake, the Denver Grizzlies hit balls at Sixth and Acoma in the late 1880s as one of Colorado’s first professional baseball teams. It was a...