Third graders combine science and technology
by Patty Unruh
The Gilpin County Board of Education met on Tuesday, February 16. Only two of the five members, Craig Holmes and Charlotte Taylor, were present at 7:00 p.m., which meant (more…)
Category: Education
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“Heart Heroes” educate School Board during Congenital Heart Month
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Tailing tales of James K. Ramstetter from “Life in the Early Days”
Young roosters have surgeryBy Maggie Magoffin
Permission to republish granted by Mary Ramstetter. This tale happened during the early 1920’s when I was about twelve years old. My mother sent off to the government printing (more…)
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Jack Turner and the Little Colonel Mine
Was started as a tourist mine in Black HawkWhen Jack Turner of Black Hawk started opening up the Little Colonel Mine, he meant it to be a tourist attraction, a sort of hard rocker primer in which visitors could see what a (more…)
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A voyage back in time – it’s the journey
At the Forney Museum of Transportation By Randy Beaudette
The Forney Museum of Transportation in Denver provides education, entertainment, and surprises for gearheads and fans of nostalgia. The collection housed in this very large (more…)
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How the Town of Apex, CO came to be
A history discussion from Friends of Gilpin CountyRecently an online thread started up about Henry Niccum and his “patented” Henry-Hole method of prospecting. We have also had periodic references to the Town of Apex over (more…)
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A Tailing Tale of the Ramstetter Homestead
By Maggie MagoffinBorn in 1910, the second of seven children born to Henry Ramstetter, Sr. and Vina Shannon (Williams) Ramstetter, (more…)
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Commissioners wrap up 2015 business
Approve budget and new Gilpin County businesss for 2016
by Heather Worrell
The Gilpin County Board of County Commissioners met for their last regular meeting of the year on December 22 at the County Courthouse in Central City. The meeting was called (more…)
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Grizzly bears and black bears in Alaska
At the Anan Creek Observatoryby Dave Gibson
There are multiple destinations in Alaska that guarantee bear sightings. Some, like Denali, Brooks Falls, McNeil River, and Pack Creek are renowned for their grizzly bears – (more…)
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Colorado Newspapers: A History & Inventory, 1859-2000
Helping to fill the knowledge gap – Book ReviewBy Garrett Ray
In 1978, the board of the Colorado Press Association agreed that someone ought to write a history of the association to mark the CPA’s 100th birthday. Marshall Sprague, a (more…)
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A tailing tale of Thanksgiving
It wasn’t always a holiday
By Maggie Magoffin
The holiday of Thanksgiving is based on the 1621 feast in Plymouth. However for many years it was not an annual celebration or holiday. Thanksgiving was celebrated on sporadic (more…)
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Close encounters of the “wolf” kind
Colorado Wolf Adventures educates and entertainsby Patty Unruh
Gilpin County is home to a variety of animals that can delight us or frighten us: bears, moose, foxes, coyotes, and rarely, a mountain lion. Last Sunday, November 8, another seldom-seen creature — a wolf (more…)
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Gilpin Education Foundation raises a record $12,000 for scholarships
“All it takes is one person to believe in you,” says speaker Kathy Sabineby Patty Unruh
The Gilpin County Education Foundation (GCEF) held its fifth annual scholarship dinner on Saturday, November 7, at the Isle of Capri Casino & Hotel in Black Hawk. Kathy Sabine, (more…)
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Got science? Imagination and knowledge a “sweet” combo at school fair
148 projects displayed Gilpin students’ learningby Patty Unruh
Albert Einstein once said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” How about a little bit of both? (more…)
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Why some aspen leaves turn red
DNA and weather are factorsBy Irene Shonle
It’s been an unusual fall. It’s been so warm and dry that the cool damp of the spring is a distant memory. Yet it was those wet conditions that allowed for the development of (more…)
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Manitou Cliff Dwellings preserve the mystery of ancient Anasazi architecture
Visitors are encouraged to touch the past near Colorado Springsby Patty Unruh
I wanted to become an archeologist when I grew up. Then I found out it entailed digging in the dirt under the hot sun, and that dimmed my enthusiasm for that profession. Plus, I (more…)
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Totem poles
Northwestern Iconsby Dave Gibson
One of the most recognizable icons of the Pacific Northwest is that of the totem pole. Found only from Washington to Southeast Alaska, totem poles’ origins are traced to much (more…)
