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20 years of gaming in the City of Mills

By: Greg Moates
Published: November 24th, 2011

A view of Black Hawk’s progression from a resident

I’ll readily admit to having an ongoing love affair with Black Hawk and Central City. Both have been such a huge part of my life from the very first moment I saw them. I very fondly remember begging Susanne Staruk to hire me for a job at the old Glory Hole …read the rest of this story »

Madam Lou Bunch remembered…

Published: November 17th, 2011

Finally At Rest With A Proper Tombstone

An unusual cemetery observance held the limelight on Saturday, November 12, in Fairmount Cemetery. A Madam’s grave was officially recognized with an elegant stone while a crowd of about two dozen Gilpin County residents, in Victorian dress, honored her. …read the rest of this story »

Black Hawk historic preservation funding restores Marchant Street home

Published: September 29th, 2011

Everything old is new again – almost

  On September 14, 2011, Paul Pappert, of White Construction Group, opened the doors of a home in Black Hawk and invited city officials, local residents and other guests to come inside. More than a hundred years ago, the home’s owner might …read the rest of this story »

Remembering victims and heroes of 9/11…

Published: September 15th, 2011

Black Hawk Fire Department hosts stair climb at Ameristar Casino

  On Sunday morning, 9/11, fire fighters, police, emergency medical responders, and city officials from Black Hawk, Gilpin County, and surrounding areas gathered at the Ameristar Casino Resort Spa Black Hawk for a Memorial Stair Climb in …read the rest of this story »

Stroehle House September Tea & Spirits

Published: September 15th, 2011

Presented by the Gilpin County Historical Society

  The program for the September Stroehle House Tea traditionally features a return of some of the Cemetery Crawl Spirits to tell their stories. Four of the Bald Mountain Cemetery Crawl storytellers shared their life-stories in Nevadaville in the …read the rest of this story »

Unsung pioneers come alive in cemetery stories

Published: September 1st, 2011

23rd Annual Cemetery Crawl in Central City

  The Gilpin County Historical Society presented its 23rd Annual Cemetery Crawl on Saturday, August 27 at the Bald Mountain Cemetery. The Crawl is a 90-minute production by 30 volunteers. Stories of pioneer men – miners, a doctor, two …read the rest of this story »

Central’s Masons offer roast pig, print shop tours and rare lodge access

Published: September 1st, 2011

Spooks, Inc. provides paranormal insights 

  The joke at Central City’s Masonic Lodge (Central 6) on Sunday afternoon was “Tiny Johnson sleeps with pigs.” “Tiny” (a more accurate moniker would be “Big” Bill Johnson) is the expert operator of the six-foot long cylindrical contraption …read the rest of this story »

The Blake Livery Stable

By: Diane Rittenhouse
Published: July 28th, 2011

History in Black Hawk

Family lore has it that my Great Grandfather, Edward Sylvanus Blake, came to Gilpin County, Colorado right after the Civil War and ran the livery stable on Gregory Street. Little did I know when I started this project that Ed S. was always a livery man, a …read the rest of this story »

Celebrating 152 years in Victorian style

Published: July 28th, 2011

St. James Methodist Church in Central City

St. James traditionally observes its anniversary the second Sunday in July with a “Homecoming” celebration. Two Methodist missionaries began the St. James congregation on the second weekend in July, 1859, on the corner of Main and Eureka Streets. …read the rest of this story »

Outlaw Josie Wales Gang to raid Rollinsville

Published: July 14th, 2011

At the July 17th Independence Parade celebration

Rollinsville has celebrated its independence from John Quincy Adams Rollins every summer since 1885. Rollins owned the entire town prior to around that time when he began to loosen his grip. The San Francisco Chronicle …read the rest of this story »

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