Provided by: Gardner Family Collection

150 years ago today on November 29, 1858, the very first town in the history of today's Jefferson County came into being. Most residents today have never heard of it, but some of you may remember a curious stone historic marker on West 44th Avenue near McIntyre Street. This marks the site of Arapahoe City, the first permanent settlement that our county has had. Arap...
more »

Provided by: Karen Groves

The fallout from Golden's Sept. 11decision to award the management contract of the Golden Pioneer Museum to the Friends of the Astor House continues. On Nov. 10, the city filed a lawsuit against the current management of the museum, Barbara Mills , which it said was an effort to protect the artifacts and contents of the museum. The lawsuit claims Mills has be...
more »

Provided by: Wayne Rogers

Leonard McBroom has been presenting Dictionaries to all third-grade students in our area. The books are purchased by the Golden PER's and distributed to six schools this year almost 400 in all. He has done Welchester, Fairmont, and the Montesori school on Salvia so far. As part of our Elks service to our Youth Program, we also have been distributing information to...
more »

Provided by: Golden Fire Dept.

The Golden Fire Department is sad to announce that two volunteer firefighters were injured in an auto accident over the holiday weekend, both were off-duty. Firefighters Trent Beachy , 25, and Bruce Peters , 43, were traveling back to Colorado after spending the Thanksgiving holiday with family in the midwest when the accident occurred. Beachy's girlfriend...
more »

Provided by: Trisha Hassler studio

SPEAKING IN CLOTH: 6 Quilters, 6 Voices current exhibit at RMQM This national traveling quilt exhibit offers the viewer to visually and intellectually enter the worlds of six Northwest quilt artists. The six artists invite you to respond to their use of cloth and thread as they tell their stories and record their explorations. Each quilt artist has found thei...
more »