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Helen Ryan DeLaat
1902 |
In 1902 I was born in
Golden where my grandparents settled in 1868. In
the early days Golden had several flour mills, a
brewery, a paper mill, glass blowing works...
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Mabel Tait Herron
1905 |
I was the second daughter born to
Charles and Dora Tait in Golden on the north side,
which was a strike against one from the very
start...
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Helen Ljungvall
Johnston
1905 |
In 1905 I first saw the
light of day at the Golden Queen Dairy, owned and
operated by my father, Axel Ljungvall.
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Carrie
Critchfield
1911 |
I was eight years old
when I came to Golden in 1911 from Nevadaville,
Colorado, where I was born...
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Lyda Hollaus
1913 |
I came to Golden as a
bride in 1913. 1 was born in Empire, Colorado, in
1891 and met my husband at a dance in Idaho
Springs. He was nicknamed "Turf"' ...
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Eileen Wagenbach
Allen
1918 |
Being a "native" of a
place must be a rare thing, making one a bit of an
oddity...
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Marjorie Morton
1923 |
I came to Golden as a
career girl in 1923. I had previously taught
school, then completed business college and gained
some experience working for the YWCA...
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Lorraine
Giesing Wagenbach
1923 |
I arrived in Golden in
the summer of 1923, My family made the trip on the
train from Colorado Springs...
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Georgia Beamer
Leidich
1925 |
In 1925 my father
moved back to Golden, where he had grown up. He
arrived with my mother, my brother, and me...
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Mary
Cuthbertson
1926 |
I came to Golden in
January of 1926. I was a very new bride as our
marriage took place in Wyoming...
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Rhoda Gier
1936 |
I came to Golden as a
bride in May of 1936. No city ever looked so
beautiful to me. Read
more... |
Ora Schade
1938 |
More than forty years
have passed since we moved to Golden in 1938 so
George could pursue graduate work at the School of
Mines.
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more... |
Barbara
Dutton Ziegler
1939 |
I came to Golden in
1939 when my father, Bert Dutton, was hired as
chief engineer for the Coors Company. We moved
into a house on 44th Avenue near the area where
the Railroad Museum now stands.
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more... |
Frances
Ronzio
1941 |
In February 1941 the
three Ronzios moved to Golden. Having lived in
Climax for several years, Golden seemed like the
tropics...
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more... |
Dora
Salmen
1941 |
During the summer of
1941 my husband Kenneth, our daughter Doris, and I
drove to California via Denver. Read more... |
Ruth
Taylor
1946 |
"We bought a lot for
$450 in a little town called Golden," I told my
mother over the phone one spring day in 1946.
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more... |
Esther
Conahan
1946 |
I remember well the
day I came to Golden-March 25, 1946. Jim Conahan
and I had been married on February 14 in Denver.
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more... |
Lois
Multer
1947 |
In January 1947, I
came from north central Kansas by train to Denver
and on to Golden on the 84 streetcar.
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Gladys
Chapitis
1947 |
I came to Golden in
1947. In fact, I was ordered to come to Golden. My
husband, Bill Chapitis, had completed his military
service...
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more... |
Marie Shier
1948 |
We Came. August 6,
1948.
We Saw. August 8, 1948-Glen Green who would sell
55 acres to us in the hogback north of Golden...
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more... |
Josephine
Waldman
1951 |
Bernie and I came to
Golden in 1951 after five years of hard but
rewarding work on a farm in Arvada that we had
bought at the end of World War II.
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more... |
Sophie
Martin
1955 |
I came to Golden in
October, 1955, to join my husband Carl, who was a
graduate of the Colorado School of Mines...
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more... |
Betty Bloom
1958 |
The first night I
stayed in Golden was at the end of a beautiful
October day in 1958. It was truly Indian summer.
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more... |
Clara
Grazier
1960 |
I first saw Golden in
1937 when I came with my husband to visit his
first cousin...
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more... |
Bernice
Erickson
1964 |
Hi. I'm Bernice
Erickson. I feel like a newcomer to Golden
compared with some of the other Delphian members.
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more... |
Marguerite
Borell
1973 |
I moved from Lakewood
to Golden in 1973. How fortunate we were to find a
home with two large lots at the base of North
Table Mountain...
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more... |
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Other biographies from the
Heart of Golden Website |
Roy Claar
1925 |
How many Goldenites
can say they came to Golden in a covered wagon?
Roy Claar, can claim such a distinction.
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more... |
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La Veta
Trezise |
"On my first day of
school, I knew I wanted to be a school teacher,"
La Veta Trezise recalled. And she never waivered
from that goal.
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