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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY5J_settlement-of-clear-creek-valley_Golden-CO.html
In the 1700s French trading parties came to trade with the Utes. Around 1820 Americans such as the Long Expedition began to explore the Clear Creek valley. In 1834 the Estes Party discovered gold on a sand bar, later known as Arapahoe Bar, on the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY5H_early-history-of-clear-creek_Golden-CO.html
For thousands of years native peoples have lived, hunted, and battled along this creek. The earliest western nation to claim the creek was France when it created the New World Province called Louisiana in 1682. In 1765 the French ceded the provinc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY5F_down-by-the-old-mill-stream_Golden-CO.html
Golden had a variety of businesses and industries in operation during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Among these were four flour mills-the Rock Mill, the Brick Mill, the Binder Mill, and the Golden Mill. Mill races, or ditches dug from Cl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY5E_first-resident-agriculturalist_Golden-CO.html
David King Wall, one of Golden's early permanent settlers, arrived from South Bend, Indiana on April 30, 1859. He brought a great deal of garden seed and tools with him. King defied the common belief that growing a garden would be impossible due t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY5D_golden-alarm-bell_Golden-CO.html
The Golden Alarm Bell was purchased in 1904 by the original Loveland Hose Company of Golden from the C.S. Bell & Company, Hillsboro, Ohio. The bell was mounted on a tower at the corner of 9th and East Streets, the present home of the American Legi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY5C_922-washington-avenue_Golden-CO.html
City of GoldenDowntown LandmarkThe Stewart Block building was completed in 1892. It served as a grocery for 52 years under a variety of owners including Caleb E. Parfet, Elvyn E. Stewart, and Leonard Vogel. The motto of the original building owner…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY5B_700-tenth-street_Golden-CO.html
City of GoldenDowntown LandmarkThe Golden High School was dedicated in March 1924. Built on the site of the Eagle Corral and Stables, the school was hailed as the ultimate in high school construction. Designed by renowned Denver architect Eugene C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXVJ_the-boston-company_Golden-CO.html
Seven members of the Boston Mechanics' Mining & Trading Company, namely George West (President), Walter Pollard, James MacDonald (Business manager), Mark Leonardo Blunt (later Postmaster), James McIntyre, Lawrence Panton, and Joseph T. Bird arrive…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXVI_horace-greeleys-crossing-point_Golden-CO.html
Before the first bridge on this site was completed, travelers forded the river just east of this bridge. It became risky during the peak of the spring river flows due to the melting snows that filled the streams and rivers.
In June of 1859, whi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXTE_fun-on-courthouse-hill_Golden-CO.html
"Courthouse Hill," which is Washington Avenue south of 14th Street, was a favorite location of settler children. In the winter, sleds packed with eager youth picked up sufficient speed on the Hill to be able to coast across the Washington Avenue B…