Tag
golden
9 Porch Notes tagged “golden,” from counties across Colorado.
History and culture - Jefferson County
Mother Cabrini's foothills camp became a Golden shrine
The Mother Cabrini Shrine above Golden grew from the Queen of Heaven Orphanage Summer Camp, a National Register site of Italian American history.
Read note ->History and culture - Jefferson County
Why Coors has brewed in Golden since the 1870s
The Coors brewery sits in Golden because German immigrant Adolph Coors wanted clean mountain water from Clear Creek, and the plant has stayed on that original site ever since.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Jefferson County
Centennial Cone gives Jefferson County a near-backcountry foothills park
Centennial Cone Park northwest of Golden trades city-edge convenience for long trails, open slopes, and a near-backcountry feel.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Jefferson County
Van Bibber Park follows creek meadows between Arvada and Golden
On the Arvada-Golden edge, Van Bibber Park follows its creek through meadows and wetlands, with an accessible trail and easy walking.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Jefferson County
Welchester Tree Grant preserves an old grove in the city edge
A historic tree grove survives as a small open-space park near the Lakewood-Golden edge, proof public land comes in many sizes.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Jefferson County
White Ranch keeps a ranch-country edge above Golden
Above Golden, White Ranch Park keeps a working-land foothills landscape of grassland, forest, and long views, with many trails.
Read note ->History and culture - Jefferson County
Golden grew as a supply town, not a mining camp
Golden was founded during the 1859 gold rush as a supply and transportation hub for miners heading into the mountains, and it took its name from early settler Tom Golden, not from gold itself.
Read note ->History and culture - Jefferson County
The free Golden museum with a moon rock and a room of glowing stone
On the Colorado School of Mines campus, a free earth-science museum holds an Apollo 17 moon rock, a cave of glowing minerals, and tens of thousands of specimens that explain why Golden became a mining town.
Read note ->History and culture - Jefferson County
Colorado's narrow-gauge railroad history lives in Golden
The Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden preserves locomotives and cars from the state's narrow-gauge lines, on a site near Clear Creek between the Table Mountains.
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