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 »
Senate President Brendan Shaffer endorses
PRESS RELEASE – Gilpin County Commissioner Jeanne Nicholson is announcing her Candidacy for the Colorado State Senate, District 16. State Senator Dan Gibbs has announced he will …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 »
Upcoming 40 Year Anniversary
Maybe you can’t change history, but it’s taken a turn in Gilpin County with a new president of the Gilpin Historical Society and a new executive director. Martie Fast and Dave Forsyth will build on the considerable work of …read the rest of this story »
Peak to Peak Rotary presentation
The Peak to Peak Rotary Club held its weekly meeting on Thursday, February 4, at Fortune Valley Hotel and Casino in Central City. Rotarian Neal Standard introduced guest speaker, Dick Kreck, an author of five books and a …read the rest of this story »
One of eight in the nation
Gilpin County Commissioners Buddy Schmalz, Jeanne Nicholson and Forrest Whitman began their February 2, 2010, meeting considering whether County Clerk and Recorder Jessica Kays had vacated the position, as …read the rest of this story »
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 »
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 »