At Colorado Adventure Center in Idaho Springs
By Patsy Popejoy
Climb, jump, balance and face your fears at Colorado Adventure Center’s new Colorado Sky Trek. The aerial adventure park located just west of Denver at Idaho Springs is challenging visitors to get out of their comfort zone and have some sky-high fun along the way. (more…)
Local Authors
By Tom Lambrecht
The Gilpin County Public Library and Nederland Community Library will host a presentation and film screening by local authors B. Travis Wright and Kate Wright on Tuesday, July 31st at 7 pm at the Gilpin County Public Library. The event will include rarely-seen photographs from the newly-announced John Trezise Archive for Rollins Pass Imagery and the authors will discuss the significance of archaeological work being done on Rollins Pass to help document 10,000 years of history. (more…)
“Best Event in the Entire State”
By David Josselyn
On Saturday, June 30, 2018, Central City hosted the popular Stills in the Hills event. Local distillers lined Main Street pouring hundreds of dollars of their product into tiny tasting glasses for patrons while live music pulsated down the lane entertaining casino guests, visitors, and ticket holders alike. Stills is in its sixth year and other bourbon events are popping up across the state creating competition between promoters to (more…)
Cormorants take up residence in Gilpin County
By Randy Beaudette
They are big, black, with long necks and beaks. Anyone who has driven past Kriley Pond on Hwy 46 has seen them on the inlet spit sunning themselves and looking for a quick meal. What are those birds? They’re Neotropic cormorant, Phalacrocorax brasilianus aka Double Crested Cormorants. According to Colorado Parks and Wildlife Volunteer, Carl Salazar, some folks call them “Willets.” Whatever you call them, they are a fascinating bird with an interesting story. Most folks misidentify them as Loons. (more…)
Gilpin County Primary – Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Summary for All Contests, All Districts, All Tabulators, All Counting Groups in the 2018 Gilpin County Primary Election – Unofficial Results. Ballots Cast: 1,554 (more…)
From local news publications spanning 100 years
March 11, 1864 – The City of Black Hawk was incorporated by an act of the territorial legislature.
May 3, 1864 – The production entitled “Life’s Changes” is respectfully declined.
June 1, 1864 – Yesterday we had rain in copious showers – Today, the atmospheric programme is changed and we are blessed with a more delicate and finer quality, in the shape of dense fogs and drizzle. Oh Sauerkraut! What a country. (more…)
Research Compiled November 30, 2015
By David Spellman & Lynnette Hailey
July 12, 1877
Black Hawk City Council Minutes
The Mayor appointed Alderman Hilliard and the Clerk to make specifications and get estimates of the cost erecting a council room on the side of the present one. (more…)
Family friendly changes for 44th Annual Madam Lou Bunch Day
By David Josselyn
On Saturday, June 16, 2018, Central City hosted the 44th Annual Lou Bunch Day. This day honors the contribution of the madams, girls, and gentlemen callers, that helped drive the City’s prosperity and sordid history. The last madam to rule the roost on Pine Street was Lou Bunch whose name they adopted to name the event. The highlight of the day features a time trial race down and up Main Street in a large brass bed. (more…)
Council approves Tool Cat purchase and contract with Pinion Environmental
By Randy Beaudette
The bell was rung promptly at 3:00 pm to signify the start of another Black Hawk City Council meeting on June 13, 2018. Mayor Spellman called the Black Hawk City Council to order followed by Roll Call, then he led in the Pledge of Allegiance. (more…)
Filling the streets with music, food, drink, and dancing
By Jaclyn Schrock
Perpetual positive comments and smiles filled Central City’s Main Street, Saturday, June 9th. Central Jazz is the ‘reboot’ of the 1976-1992 Central City Jazz Festival enriching traditional fine arts culture which attracted a good crowd to one of Colorado easiest to access original historical destinations. (more…)
Commissioners review I-70 Awareness Campaign
By Randy Beaudette
Once again the Gilpin County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) Gail Watson, Linda Isenhart, and Ron Engels were greeted with a full and varied agenda for the regular Commissioners meeting that took place promptly at 9:00 am on Tuesday June 12, 2018 at the newly restored Gilpin County Courthouse. (more…)
71st Annual Juried Art Show Opens
By David Josselyn
As the rebirth of jazz approaches, the Gilpin County Arts Association opened their 71st Annual Juried Art Show on June 2, 2018. This is the longest running juried show in (more…)
Central City considers use as a community center
by Patty Unruh
Central City’s historic Belvidere Theatre was the scene of a special fundraising event last Sunday afternoon, June 3. The City has been working to acquire funding and begin renovation on the long-neglected building. There is much to be done, and the fundraiser showed people how they could help. (more…)
Two meetings in two weeks
By David Josselyn
The First Special Meeting
On Tuesday, May 29, 2018, Central City Council held a special meeting to address several issues. Several Council members and staff have planned absences during the summer lessening the number of meetings to one per month, so this push felt necessary and responsible to address needs timely. (more…)
Track and field construction on schedule
by Patty Unruh
The Gilpin County Board of Education met on Tuesday, June 5, at 7:00 p.m. for its final meeting of the 2017-18 school year. (more…)
Gilpin kids observe Safety Day with area first responders
by Patty Unruh
“I’ve always wanted to be a paramedic,” declared Lydia, a kindergartner at Gilpin Elementary School.
Lydia and her classmates were soon to get the chance to see just what paramedics and other first responders do. It was Safety Day for students in preschool through fifth grade on Tuesday, May 22, and the children congregated at the Gilpin County ball fields on Highway 46 for a fun day of learning. (more…)