by Mark Dodge | Apr 11, 2020 | Collections and Exhibits
Beyond the oldies but goodies Golden became a movie town in 1907 when Gilbert Anderson and the Selig Polyscope Company arrived to produce three silent westerns. Two years later Anderson returned with his newly formed Essanay Film Company to make more. Over the...
by Mark Dodge | Aug 9, 2019 | Collections and Exhibits
Golden lost two change-makers on the same day: Irma Wyhs and Robert Harmsen. I recently learned that they both died on June 20, 2019. When it’s possible, my approach to history is to get out and talk to the history-makers themselves. History is a record of the passage...
