Hatfield Cemetery

Capt. Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield, 1839-1921, is buried here. He was the leader of his clan in the bitter family feud with the McCoys. A life-sized statue, modeled from photographs and imported from Italy, marks his grave.

Marker is on Jerry ...

Settler Farm Wife’s Initiative

Here is a story from the Colorado Transcript of August 12, 1885:

“We like to hear a good story, and here is one on Jim Boyd: Last spring Jim’s wife wanted to peddle vegetables in Denver. Jim laughed at her, believing ...

Bill Burton Fishing Pier

Dedicated September 19, 2009 in Memory of William (Bill) Joel Burton

Legendary Maryland Outdoors Writer, Natural Resource Advocate and Fisherman

A resident of Pasadena on Stoney Creek, Bill Burton was a true newspaperman who wrote about fishing and hunting in the Chesapeake ...

Irrigation and Farming

Clear Creek irrigation ditches provide water to farmers east of Golden. Many irrigation ditches were dug in the 1800s, making the Clear Creek valley the breadbasket of early Colorado. Golden’s first resident, David King Wall, introduced irrigation following his arrival ...

Ferrell/Berthoud Home (Miners Hotel)

John M. Ferrell came to the Golden valley from upstate New York in June of 1859. He camped on the southeastern banks of Clear Creek and created the Washington Avenue crossing for the gold rushers. When Golden was organized, Ferrell ...

Fremont’s Trail 1844

On January 27th, a cold winter day in 1844, Captain John C. Fremont and his guide Kit Carson, led as small band of half-starved men west past this point. They were in search of the fabled Buena Ventura River, which ...

Jewels of the High Country

Fred Leighton first entered this emigrant wilderness basin in 1895 to tend cattle with his uncle Alvah Shaw. Thanks to his vision to build check dams, first one in 1920, on the stream flows in the area. The water was ...

Constitution Forest

In 1938, the celebration of the 150th anniversary

of the United States Constitution, the Virginia

Daughters of the American Revolution sponsored

the planting of Constitution Forest in this area.

With the help of the Civilian Conservation Corps

and the United States Forest Service, the memorial

forest ...

The Emigrants of 1852-1853

Originating from Ohio & Indiana, the Clark Skidmore party of 1852 – 75 people & 13 mule wagons – was the 1st wagon train to gross the Sierra-Nevada via the Walker River-Sonora route. 35 days were spent to blaze a ...

Chief William Fuller

In respect to the memory of Chief William Fuller

who succeeded to the chieftainship of the Mi-Wuk tribe at the age of 15 in 1888 and until his death continued his great interest in the welfare of California Indians A rancher, ...