Gilpin County hosts convention in Black Hawk
When the Colorado County Clerks Association voted to hold their winter conference at Ameristar, they might not have known it, but they were launching Black Hawk towards its goal of becoming a destination city and …read the rest of this story »
Clerk controversy
Buddy Schmalz called his first meeting to order as Chairman of the Board of Gilpin County Commissioners on January 26, 2010. Commissioners Jeanne Nicholson and Forrest Whitman were present. …read the rest of this story »
August 2, 1930 – January 22, 2010
William (Bill) Earl Allen passed away on January 22, 2010. He was born in Central City Colorado, August 2nd 1930.
Bill was elected to City Council of Central City in 1961, and also served as Police Commissioner of Central City. Bill served seven years in the Navy. He worked as a tool and die maker and supervisor of the same trade …read the rest of this story »
Wells Fargo Coach #44 part of Russell’s historic collection
Used to be folks boarded a stagecoach to travel to Central City, but last Tuesday it was the stagecoach that did the boarding – onto an 18-wheeler bound for South Dakota. The old Wells Fargo stagecoach had been in storage …read the rest of this story »
February 16, 1938 – January 5, 2010
Elizabeth, known to us as Liz, passed away after bravely fighting a deadly cancer for a year and a half. Liz was born February 16, 1938 in Minnesota to Marvin and Eunice Lueck. Her only sibling, Sharon, was born three years …read the rest of this story »
November 9, 1921 – January 8, 2010
Caroline Marguerite Ball passed away at Spring Ridge Park, Lakewood, Colorado, on Friday, January 8, 2010, at 88 years of age. A memorial service will be held Sunday, January 31, 2010, at 2:00 p.m. at Calvary Episcopal …read the rest of this story »
“Captain Chrispy” takes charge of Station 7
The Colorado Sierra Fire Protection District (CSFPD) Board of Directors was joined by their agent from Volunteer Firemen’s Insurance Services (VFIS) at their meeting on January 11, 2010. Directors Gail Maxwell, …read the rest of this story »
Nederland Board of Trustees Meeting
The Town of Nederland held its first 2010 regular Board of Trustees (BOT) Meeting on Tuesday, January 5th, at 7:00 p.m. in the Nederland Community Center. Attending the meeting were members Mayor Martin Cheshes, …read the rest of this story »
County Management
Again this week there was a very short agenda for the Gilpin County Commissioners’ meeting, but instead of looking 50 years into the past, in this column I’m going to be looking several years – or at least several days – into …read the rest of this story »
January 10, 2010
Nederland Schools Principal Rich Salaz wrote to parents on Tuesday, stating that he was very sorry to let each of the kids know that our longtime, well-known and well-liked Nederland Elementary bus driver Ralph “Skip” …read the rest of this story »