Looking back to the ‘50’s from a student’s perspective
Growing up in, Black Hawk, Colorado, a small community was an experience that I only began to appreciate after I was married and lived in a larger community. …read the rest of this story »
A question about Judge James B. Belford
After the Halloween ghost stories were told about the Belford House in Central City, a reader was inspired to write in. He wrote to ask when we’d do a story about Judge James Belford himself. This same reader believes there …read the rest of this story »
County Management
There won’t be a weekly meeting of the Gilpin County Commissioners next week – Tuesday is already December, if you can believe that! – as the Commissioners will be attending the annual winter conference of CCI – Colorado …read the rest of this story »
At Gilpin County Schools
It was a time for patriotic reflection through song, speech–and silence–on the morning of Tuesday, November 11th, in “Honoring All Who Served,” the theme for this year’s Veterans Day Celebration in the …read the rest of this story »
Gilpin Community Center
A small but dedicated group of people gathered to honor our local veterans in a ceremony on Tuesday, November 11, on Veterans Day at the Gilpin County Veterans Memorial located near the Community …read the rest of this story »
In the days of “Party Central”
Ever heard of Barbooth? How about a Rollinsville Craps rule? How about “Gilpin County Stingers?” If you’d been around Rollinsville prior to about 1955 or 1959 those would be familiar games and drinks to …read the rest of this story »
January 14, 1924 – November 10, 2009
A fourth generation Coloradan, descended from paternal and maternal 1880’s Colorado pioneers, and subsequent generations of business and government leaders, Helen L. Howard died …read the rest of this story »
September 24, 1931 – November 8, 2009
Burnell “Bernie” Norman Wagner, 78, of Crook, CO passed away November 8, 2009, in Sterling, CO from complications due to cancer. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, November 13, at …read the rest of this story »
The First Veterans Day Remembered
On November 11th, as is the custom, Gilpin School will celebrate Veterans Day. By the time this column hits the streets on Thursday, many parents will have heard their kids sing “Fifty Nifty United States” or …read the rest of this story »
September 21, 1961 – November 6, 2009
Shawn went to be with Jesus on the early morning of Friday November 6, 2009. He will be greatly missed and is survived by his wife of 26 years, Connie, daughter Lyssa (Tim Gray), son Jeff (Kara Kelly), and …read the rest of this story »