by Mark Dodge | Sep 18, 2020 | Collections and Exhibits, Golden Informer, Golden Landmark
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...
by Mark Dodge | Sep 12, 2020 | Collections and Exhibits, Memoirs
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...
by Mark Dodge | Sep 11, 2020 | Collections and Exhibits, Memoirs
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...
by Mark Dodge | Sep 5, 2020 | Collections and Exhibits, Golden Informer, Memoirs
Golden Colorado: Small Town with a Big Heart Recollections of the late 1950s by ChristiLee LaDuke WELCOME TO GOLDEN The last time I visited Golden was in 2015. We were greeted by the same arch I remember as a child, “Howdy Folks -Welcome to Golden – Where...
by Nathan Richie | Jul 16, 2020 | Culinary History
Herbed Italian Focaccia Bread Ingredients 1 1/3 cup warm water (about 110°F) 2 teaspoons sugar or honey 1 package active-dry yeast 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling 2 teaspoons sea salt, plus extra for sprinkling 2...
by Mark Dodge | Jul 16, 2020 | Collections and Exhibits
Taking Golden’s newspapers digital Issues of the Golden Transcript, covering 1974-1977 are now available online through the Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection. Together with our partners at the Jefferson County Archive, we’ve digitized thousands of pages of...
