Category: City of Golden

New GHM&P Publication: Indigenous Connections: Native American Ethnographic Study of Golden, Colorado and the Clear Creek Valley

by Nathan Richie | Jul 26, 2022 | City of Golden, Indigenous Connections Project

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...

How do you move a 3,800-pound safe? Very carefully!

by admin | Jun 17, 2022 | City of Golden, Collections and Exhibits

Moving the safe 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...

American Indian Ethnography of the Golden Region Update 1

by Nathan Richie | Dec 15, 2021 | City of Golden, Collections and Exhibits, Indigenous Connections Project

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...