Old time fun on Central City streets
By Randy Beaudette
This article is dedicated in memory of Mr. Roy Blake, a good man, a fine angler, a friend, and a fellow gearhead. We’ll miss you bro.
The sound of roaring engines of the past echoed through the hills above Central City, shattering the late summer silence. It’s time for much anticipated Fifth Annual Hot Rod Hill Climb. (more…)
Council approves historical improvements and paving project
By Jaclyn Morrow
On Wednesday, September 13, 2017, the City of Black Hawk City Council rang the bell at 3:00 pm to start their regular meeting agenda at 211 Church Street. (more…)
Central City Council Approves Gregory Street Paving Project
By David Josselyn
Work Session
The Central City Council met with staff for a work session on the pending end of the marijuana licensing moratorium. The temporary suspension ends November 30, 2017 and the Council needs to give direction regarding changes to current code or staying with the current rule. Community Development Director Ray Rears presented a report to the Council from City Staff regarding this issue with four things to consider. (more…)
June 26th, 1956 – September 10th, 2017
Roy Dowell Blake was born at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Denver, Colorado to Dowell and Nancy Blake. He was raised in Black Hawk, Colorado and went to school in Idaho Spring where he graduated from high school in 1974.He moved to Alaska after high school where he worked in various trades over the years. It was there that he enlisted in the US Navy to serve his country and give his life direction. (more…)
Learning about local history and the Stroehle family
By Jaclyn Morrow
Saturday, September 9th at 2:00 pm, the Stroehle House was open for the semi-annual High Tea. This historic home at 231 Chase Street in Black Hawk has been recently renovated to Victorian times when the home was occupied by the Stroehle family. The home was donated to the Gilpin Historical Society by a cousin of the home’s occupants as requested as a generous gift to be kept as a historical reminder of ways and days now gone. (more…)
Mountain Living
By Irene Shonle, Ph.D.
Every day brings more aspen leaves turning, but predicting peak color and how good the show will be is always an imperfect science. We know why the leaves change: there is a decrease in photosynthetic activity as the days get shorter in the fall. The yellow color that shines in September is always there, it is just masked by the green of chlorophyll all summer. As chlorophyll stops being produced, the yellow pigment from carotenoids is revealed. But the ‘when’ and the coloration are less predictable. (more…)
Colorado History – Part I
By Maggie Magoffin
This next adventure in local Colorado history is from Jeanne Hostetler Ramstetter’s memoirs.
My grandparents were Henry A. and Vina S. Ramstetter. My Grandfather Henry’s parents homesteaded the Guy Hill Ranch, and what follows are some of my most treasured memories. (more…)
Football, volleyball off to promising start
by Patty Unruh
Football vs. Merino
The Gilpin High School Eagles football squad played its first regular season game at home against the Merino Rams on Saturday, September 2, experiencing a narrow 35-28 loss. (more…)
City Council Meets Amid Public Scrutiny
By David Josselyn
The Central City Council met for a work session on Tuesday, September 5, 2017, to discuss five separate issues. The work session was unusually well attended by City residents concerned with these issues. Topics discussed were traffic infractions and excessively large vehicles traveling along Spruce Street, speed bump polices, the paint of the Belvidere Theatre, the costs to add turning options to Exit 7 on the Parkway, and the Water General damage. (more…)
2017 CDE accreditation ratings
PRESS RELEASE – The Colorado Department of Education (CDE) has released the 2017 school and district accreditation ratings. Gilpin County Elementary School received a Performance accreditation rating. Gilpin County Secondary School earned a Performance rating. The Gilpin County School District was awarded Accreditation with Distinction. (more…)
On Old Golden Road from Sonic to Subway
By Randy Beaudette
Anyone who has ever driven through old town Golden the first Saturday of the month has gotten caught up in the chaos known throughout the region as the “Golden Super Cruise.” It is a collection of hot rods, classic cars, rat rods, unique cars, hopped-up modern rides, and super cars. They are all on display for car buffs to admire and drool over. (more…)
CU vs. CSU
by Dave Gibson
The Colorado University Buffaloes had played the Colorado State University Rams eighty-eight times since 1883 entering last Friday’s football game at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Billed as the Rocky Mountain Showdown, the Buffaloes hold an all-time 3-to-1 advantage in those meetings and were hoping to win their third in a row against the Rams. (more…)
Facing Saturation, Local Breweries Compete to Continue
By David Josselyn
As of May 2017, Colorado is home to 348 breweries and this year has more than 37 beer festivals scheduled around the state. The Great Central City Beer Fest, held last Saturday, August 26, 2017, is in its 6th year and remains a strong, well-attended event for Gilpin County bringing a score of brewers to its street to show off their product. (more…)
At the historic Catholic Cemetery
By Randy Beaudette
History buffs got an opportunity to step into the past and hear tales of hardship, celebration and life in early Gilpin County at the 29th annual Cemetery Crawl. The much anticipated event was hosted by the Gilpin County Historical Society and for the first time, took place at the historic Catholic Cemetery above Central City. (more…)
The best little music fest in the West
by Dave Gibson
Kyle Hollingsworth of popular String Cheese Incident opened this year’s version of NedFest on Friday with his inspired electric keyboard-driven numbers and improvisational jams. To close the evening, Grammy Award-winning bassist Oteil Burbridge celebrated his birthday alongside a formidable cast that included: guitarist John Kadlecik of Dark Star, Rat Dog’s Jay Lane on percussion, and Alfreda Gerald belting out vocals on a par with Aretha Franklin. (more…)
Horses and riders learning to work together
By Pam Deck
For centuries, horses and their riders have learned to work together. It’s both an art and a science. And yes, people who love their horses, not only learn how to care for them physically, but how to “play” with them as well. (more…)