Autumn Fest 2025 This fifth annual Autumn Fest is a free celebration of Golden featuring hands-on activities for the whole family, including crafts, big trucks, and even farm animals. Join us to welcome the fall season at Golden History Park (1020 11th St, Golden, CO...
Icon of the American West – the Western Horse Join us for an evening celebrating the Western Horse and the indelible mark they’ve made on the West. There’s a reason why horse theft was considered on par with murder! Horse thieves, stock detectives,...
Colorado and the Civil War Tens of thousands crossed the Great Plains in 1859 seeking their fortunes during the great Colorado Gold Rush. Cities such as Denver, Boulder, Golden, Central City and Breckinridge sprang up overnight as the search for gold led deep into the...
Time Traveling through Golden: A Geologic Journey through Deep Time! Join us in traveling through Deep Geologic Time across the Golden area. You will learn about landscape changes over the last 300+ million years, as continents came together and split apart several...
The Molly Maguires and Colorado The infamous Molly Maguires, a secret society of Irish coal miners, met their demise in the late 1870s after decades of activity in the coalfields of Pennsylvania. After being infiltrated by the Pinkerton Detective Agency, some Mollies...
