The philosophy behind the big celebration
Today gaming brings most of the tourists up to Gilpin. They may be clutching a copy of The Gambler and looking for the deals. But, if you’d been in these parts between about 1870 and 1920 a good many tourists …read the rest of this story »
Let’s have our own Gilpin County Olympics!
Lot’s of folks were watching the Vancouver winter Olympics last week. But, why not have our own Gilpin County Olympics featuring our very own special mountain contests? Here are my suggestions. …read the rest of this story »
Great books, film, friends, internet, coffee and fun
Veteran thriller-writer James Rollins has a newly published book, Altar of Eden, an adventure novel of suspense featuring a female veterinarian named Lorna Polk. (Rollins is a veterinarian himself and he …read the rest of this story »
Life Coaching
I was walking downtown in Denver, when a guy with a grocery cart walked up to me and asked for money. I looked at him with his ragged and torn clothes, and toothless grin. As I reached into my pocket and …read the rest of this story »
What’s the hold up with Rocky Mountain Rail?
“The only safe way to get from Idaho Springs to Central City is on your hands and knees—and that’s risky.” Walt Whitman said it, not me. In this very column last year I made some predictions about the proposed rail line …read the rest of this story »
30 Years Ago – February 15, 1980
Central City Public Works Director Bob Dietz managed to get the Austin Weston 88H grader balanced on three wheels and a blade on the road to the Belcher house. He hit an ice patch which caused the large grader to slide …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 »
Regulating Medical Marijuana – the real cost and benefits
Over 30,000 folks have applied for a little card enabling them to use medical marijuana to alleviate their various medical conditions. Perhaps someone you know holds such a card. It has to be vouched for by a physician …read the rest of this story »
Life Coaching
I was shopping at Kohl’s a few days ago and heard a heated argument between a husband and wife in the housewares department. She was not happy about him saying no to her buying gifts. He was very vocal about not …read the rest of this story »
Was it more fun when illegal in the 40s and 50s?
“Gambling was more fun back in the old days and you guys got a bigger cut too.” That’s what one old timer told me as I drove him around in the Central City bus a decade ago. He may have been correct on that point. …read the rest of this story »