Council approves demolition of two non-historic structures
By Randy Beaudette
Newly hired Black Hawk Communications Officer Kylie Vigil and New Police Officer Kevin Sagar rang the bell promptly at 3:00 p.m. to announce the Black Hawk City Council regular meeting August 14, 2019 edition. Mayor Spellman called the Black Hawk City Council to order followed by Roll Call, then led in the Pledge of Allegiance. (more…)
Regular Council Meeting
By David Josselyn
Work Session
Council met with Staff for a Work Session immediately prior to the regular meeting on Tuesday, August 20, 2019. The topics covered were Belvidere Theatre cost estimates and Spruce Street vehicle access. Representatives from FormWorks Design Group LLC, Jessica and Natalie, reviewed the final projected costs from the chosen design for the Belvidere Theatre. The total cost for complete renovation is $6.5 million; almost $4 million of that would go toward the (more…)
Nevadaville Notes in the early 1900’s
By Mary Peery
News from the Gilpin County Miner, December 7, 1939 by William C. Russell, Jr.: “The Methodist Church in Nevadaville was recently been purchased by Mrs. Mildred Zook of Hinsdale, Illinois, and she plans to make an Art Studio of it. Wm. C. Russell, Jr., is boarding it up for the winter. Gordon Starbuck has purchased the old Meyhew residence and has started fixing it up. Someone has purchased the brick Odd Fellows building and is tearing it down and hauling the brick away. It is said this is one of the oldest brick buildings in Colorado and that the brick were hauled here with ox teams. (more…)
Presented by the Gilpin Historical Society
By Jaclyn Schrock
Gilpin Historical Society (GHS) held a Victorian Ice Cream Social at the Stroehle House at 231 Chase Street, Sunday, August 18, from 1-4 p.m. Thanks to the notifications in the community section of the Weekly Register-Call residents from the community enjoyed the refreshing homemade, organic ice cream. The serene setting on Chase Street invited folks up the street from Hwy 119 as children played on bikes and scooters in the street, (more…)
Experienced Personal Care Providers McLaughlin and Freeman Retire
By John Peretz
Seniors’ Resource Center, the Denver area’s largest nonprofit dedicated to senior services, will soon bid farewell to two very experienced personal care providers as they move on to their next adventures in life.
Kelly McLaughlin has been in caregiving since 1972, but is leaving the chilly winters of Central City to move to warmer weather for the winters. He’ll be back in the summers to work with his wife Teri on their jewelry-making business. (more…)
Stiff competition from the burro racing teams
By Jaclyn Schrock
2012 Colorado’s Legislators declared Burro Racing their Summer Heritage Sport. Western Pack Burro Ass-ociation (WPBA) spoke clearly to Colorado’s governing body (more…)
“Age of the Gunfighter” trip to Wichita fundraiser
By Jaclyn Schrock
The Gilpin Historical Society (GHS) and Central City’s Wild Bunch are blessed by the show of support demonstrated Saturday, August 10th at Roy’s Last Shot Restaurant in mid-Gilpin County. The generosity of Roy to prepare his restaurant with a tasty buffet and salad bar was commendable. The game room, pool tables and full service bar kept many locals happy. (more…)
You know you’re from Gilpin County…
By Jaclyn Schrock
The JKQ BBQ Restaurant was the site August 10th from 1-4 p.m. for the annual Gilpin Neighbors get-together. The gathering is good for revealing the ways we all indirectly know each other says current organizer Stephen Buck. (more…)
Experience the Wild West firsthand
Take a step back in the past and experience the Wild West firsthand at Golden’s very own Buffalo Bill Days! This event dates back to the 1940s as a trail ride up Lookout Mountain to Buffalo Bill’s grave. The Buffalo Bill Days Committee has expanded the activities through the years and it is now the largest community festival held in Golden. (more…)
Sole inhabitant upholds civic pride of once booming mining center
By Mary Peery
Rocky Mountain News, June 3, 1930: “Nevadaville, one-time boom mining camp of the Central City district, is not dead—not by a long shot and the civic pride of its one inhabitant. Merely suggest that it is a ghost city, and Leonard Nichols, aged hermit, will resent the imputation. New distinction has come to Nichols, distinction given to few men in the United States. He is the sole inhabitant of the entire settlement. Uncle Sam sent a census enumerator to Nevadaville the other day. The enumerator looked high and low, then recorded “One Resident.” (more…)
Council to hatch new businesses in the Visitor’s Center
By David Josselyn
Regular Council Meeting
Mayor Fey convened the regular meeting of the Central City Council at 7:10 p.m. in City Hall Council Chambers. Council members; Mayor Jeremy Fey, Mayor pro-Tempore Judy Laratta, Jeff Aiken, and Jack Hidahl were present. Alderwoman Jackie Johnson was not in attendance. (more…)
Some Characters on the Streets
By Raj Manickam
Leadville Boom Days is a Colorado Mountain Festival and historical celebration of the Old West, with gunslingers, burro races, contests of mining skill, and a street fair with over 100 food and craft booths. It is always the first full weekend in August, so this year it ran from August 2nd through the 4th. Three days of fun, food, arts and crafts, and activities for the whole family! Leadville is located in the heart of the central Colorado Rockies, at an elevation (more…)
Leadville Boom Day Burro Racing
By Dave TenEyck
We used to have a burro race in Central City many years ago. I participated several times there. One year a racer was kicked in the chest by his burro, rupturing one lung. (more…)
Evolutionary Jazz at the Gilpin Library Summer Concert Series
by Jane Wyss
We love our jazz in Gilpin County. The Central City Jazz Festival in June hosted two dancin’-in-the-street days of spirited New Orleans funk and liberated jamming. By contrast, the jazz ensemble Communion who performed at the Gilpin Library on July 31 is on a different musical evolutionary path. (more…)
Bet your mom never brought a snake to school for show and tell!
By Darcy Mount
My daughter Jenna was 10 when I became a Park Ranger; she is now 21. Early on, I would come home and describe some crazy interaction I had with wildlife, campers, (more…)
Car Shows to Go and Gilpin County Senior Living
By Randy Beaudette
On Saturday, July 27, the Gilpin County Seniors held their first annual car show and swap meet sponsored by Cars Shows to Go and Gilpin Senior Services. About 50 plus proud owners and their snazzy vehicles along with 10 vendors gathered at the Gilpin County School parking lot to strut their stuff or to sell their wares. The Car Show and Swap Meet benefited the Gilpin County Senior Program through car entry fees, vendor fees, and raffle ticket sales. (more…)