by Mark Dodge | Dec 4, 2020 | Collections and Exhibits, Culinary History, Golden Informer
Jolly Rancher treasure trove finds permanent museum home Happy farmers, jolly ranchers and candy cowboys gather ‘round because a premiere Jolly Rancher collection is coming to Golden History Museum & Park. After years of working with members of the Harmsen family,...
by admin | Nov 25, 2020 | Collections and Exhibits, Golden Informer
Golden History Museum & Park (GHM&P) recently acquired several rare artifacts from the Ben H. Parker Jr. estate in Golden. The Ben H. Parker Student Center at the Colorado School of Mines is named after his father. Notable finds include a signed 1896 second...
by Mark Dodge | Sep 18, 2020 | Collections and Exhibits, Golden Informer
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 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 Mark Dodge | Jul 16, 2020 | Collections and Exhibits, Golden Informer
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...
by Mark Dodge | May 22, 2020 | Collections and Exhibits, Golden Informer
Update on documenting the times The Smithsonian National Museum of American History has a Rapid Response Collecting Task Force with over 100 curatorial staff set up to document the national COVID-19 Pandemic. In Golden, we have a passionate community of 20,000 plus on...
