by Mark Dodge | Jan 23, 2020 | Collections and Exhibits, Culinary History, Golden Informer
In my ongoing quest to record Golden’s culinary history, I recently sat down with local brothers Frank and Tom Young. Their dad, DeVere Joseph Young, better known by his nickname “Dud,” was in the restaurant business from 1938 until 1980 when he died. In addition to...
by Mark Dodge | Sep 20, 2018 | Collections and Exhibits
Golden’s fire alarm bell cracked on November 11, 1918. It broke after five hours of continuous ringing to celebrate the signing of an Armistice, which put an end to the fighting of World War I. The matter of replacing the Central Fire Station fire bell was resolved in...
by Mark Dodge | Dec 1, 2014 | Collections and Exhibits
Golden History Museums’ list of top ten artifact donations is becoming a year-end tradition—partly due to positive feedback, but also because the list illustrates our mission so well, which is to collect, document, and share Golden’s colorful history. For the...
by admin | Jun 24, 2014 | Golden History Museum
Since opening in early October, the Innovation Lab at the Golden History Center has seen no shortage of out-of-the-box thinkers. Over the past two months our visitors have contributed ideas from the practical to the visionary in response to our prompt: “What can you...
