Golden Gate Canyon State Park
In late June Dan Weber, Park Manager of Golden Gate Canyon State Park, led a tour of a “spike camp” built for young adults working on sustainable trails projects in Golden Gate. The projects are viable through the combined …read the rest of this story »
Spending a day on a famous “fourteener”
Originally called Mt. Rosa, Mt. Evans was renamed so in 1895 in honor of Colorado’s second Governor of Colorado Territory, John Evans. In 1917 Denver’s Mayor Robert Speer, with the Pike’s Peak road attracting tourists …read the rest of this story »
ATV and dirt bike access discouraged
Located front and center among the five cemeteries above Central City, the smallest plot of sacred ground, the Red Men Cemetery, was recently the scene of special preservation efforts by a group of local volunteers. …read the rest of this story »
Central City Opera Review
A very enthusiastic full house was most appreciative of Saturday’s Central City Opera opening night performance of an often performed opera, Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. And well the audience should have been …read the rest of this story »
No route through Central City or Black Hawk
Gilpin County Commissioners Buddy Schmalz, Jeanne Nicholson and Forrest Whitman renewed the contract with Jefferson County Public Health, revisited the County’s zoning regulations, reviewed Colorado Department of …read the rest of this story »
Brass Bed Racing – one of America’s most unique events!
Some local residents didn’t even bother getting out of bed on Saturday, June 19th. The 36th annual Madame Lou Bunch Day and Brass Bed Race hosted a few bed heads who “hit the sack” and raced, by bed, through the streets …read the rest of this story »
Free tours, rides, food, fun
In the archives of this newspaper the July 1, 1904 issue reports values of an ore shipment from the Hidee Mine in Lake Gulch district as 6 ounces gold, 9 ounces silver and 11% copper for a total valuation of $130 per ton. The …read the rest of this story »
Madame Lou Bunch Day in Central City, Saturday, June 19
Don’t bother getting out of bed on Saturday, June 19. The 36th annual Madame Lou Bunch Day and Brass Bed Race will host a few bed heads who will “hit the sack” and race, by bed, through the …read the rest of this story »
64th Annual Show opens
The gallery of the Gilpin County Arts Association (GCAA) is once again open for the summer. Gallery Manager Sandy Early tallied more than a hundred guests at the June 5th opening night celebration. This …read the rest of this story »
The grindstone sitting in the corner of the Coeur d’Alene shaft house doesn’t look dangerous, but the pedal operated sandstone wheel, or one like it, could be the implement of explosive destruction in 1940. A miner, …read the rest of this story »