Category: History

At the Teller House Hotel in Central City – Part 1 of 3

By Beth Simmons, Ph.D.

Silently she stares from the Teller House floor, a stoic princess with a varnished smile. The princess’ portrait is the most famous painting and the most often viewed in the United States. It is the most exploited and protected attraction in Central City and a major Colorado attraction. Thousands of people have gazed upon it. However, the real beauty queen of Central City has never worn a proper crown. Her likeness has, over the years, been credited to the artist’s wife, and to the famed blonde bombshell of Colorado, Elizabeth “Baby” Doe Tabor, or perhaps to Silver Dollar, Mrs. Tabor’s brunette daughter. (more…)

From: Wild Women of the Old West, a story by M.J. Van Deventer

By Maggie Magoffin

What was it that pushed Bertha Kaepernik Blancett to pursue a career in a man’s world at the turn of the twentieth century? What driving force motivated her to perform heroic stunts on horseback and fearlessly ride bucking broncos? (more…)

The Country’s Smallest Hamlet

Per request from one of our subscribers, Mary Peery, for more Nevadaville stories, here’s a fascinating article about Leonard and “The Country’s Smallest Hamlet” in the DelMarva Star, Wilmington, Delaware, January 6, 1935: (more…)

From Life in the Early Days By James K. Ramstetter (1910-1996). Permission of use granted by Mary Ramstetter

The Prosperous Twenties

  The total student population of the Golden High School was present in the school auditorium on March 4, 1929 to listen to the inaugural address of the new President of the (more…)

By Maggie Magoffin

From “Life in the Early Days” By James K. Ramstetter (1910-1996). Permission of use granted by Mary Ramstetter

The Cattle Drive

The last big job of the year was to get the livestock that was saleable to the Denver Livestock market on Monday morning when prices were at their best. (more…)