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Outdoor Porch Sale at Hiwan Museum

Posted on September 4, 2020 by EMAHS

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Notice posted February 2019: This site is no longer being updated. For news from the Jefferson County Historical Commission, please look for us on Facebook (@JeffcoCOHistoricalCommission) or at the Jefferson Co. website. We are also on Twitter, @JeffcoHistory. Posts and … Continue reading → [...]

2018 Jefferson County Historical Commission Historic Preservation Symposium – “Building Community: A Historical Perspective”
2018 Jefferson County Historical Commission Historic Preservation Symposium – “Building Community: A Historical Perspective”

The Jefferson County Historical Commission (JCHC) held its 2018 Historic Preservation Symposium on May 19th at the Lakewood Heritage Center.  This year’s theme was “Building Communities: a Historical Perspective.” John Steinle, a member of the JCHC, spoke about “How Volunteers … Continue reading → [...]

2018 JCHC Historic Preservation Symposium – May 19, 2018
2018 JCHC Historic Preservation Symposium – May 19, 2018

Registration is now open for the 2018 JCHC Historic Preservation Symposium.  This year the theme is Building Community: A Historical Perspective.  Register early. Space is limited and last year we sold out! Here is the link to register! https://jchc2018symposium.eventbrite.com [...]

Judges Wall Celebrated November 2nd
Judges Wall Celebrated November 2nd

  by Bonnie Scudder, Chair, Jefferson County Historical Commission Judges Wall Project The Jefferson County Historical Commission, 1st Judicial District, and the Colorado Supreme Court Law Library celebrated the completion of Phase III of the Judges Wall, which features biographies of … Continue reading → [...]

The Jefferson County Historical Commission 2017 Hall of Fame and Historic Preservation Awards
The Jefferson County Historical Commission 2017 Hall of Fame and Historic Preservation Awards

The Jefferson County Historical Commission Hall of Fame and Historic Preservation Awards event was held on October 12, 2017 at the Mount Vernon Canyon Club.  The event honored Hall of Fame recipients, Meyer Award winners, recent historic landmark designees and … Continue reading → [...]

Stock market crashes on Black Tuesday
Stock market crashes on Black Tuesday

Black Tuesday hits Wall Street as investors trade 16,410,030 shares on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day. Billions of dollars were lost, wiping out thousands of investors, and stock tickers ran hours behind because the machinery could not handle the tremendous volume of trading. In the ... [...]

Guitarist Duane Allman dies in motorcycle accident

Duane Allman, a slide guitarist and the leader of the Allman Brothers Band, is killed on October 29, 1971 when he loses control of his motorcycle and drives into the side of a flatbed truck in Macon, Georgia. He was 24 years old. After Allman’s death, his band continued to tour and record. In 2004, ... [...]

“Chicago Eight” defendant Bobby Seale gagged during his trial

Following several outbursts, the judge orders “Chicago Eight” defendant Bobby Seale gagged and chained to his chair during his trial. Seale and his seven fellow defendants (David Dellinger, Rennie Davis, Thomas Hayden, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Lee Weiner, and John Froines) had been charged with ... [...]

President William McKinley’s assassin is executed

On October 29, 1901, President William McKinley’s assassin, Leon Czolgosz, is executed in the electric chair at Auburn Prison in New York. Czolgosz had shot McKinley on September 6, 1901; the president succumbed to his wounds eight days later. McKinley was shaking hands in a long reception line at ... [...]

The first store opens in the frontier town of Denver, Colorado

On October 29, 1858, the first store opens in a small frontier town in Colorado Territory that a month later will take the name of Denver in a shameless ploy to curry favor with Kansas Territorial Gover nor James W. Denver. The brainchild of a town promoter and real estate salesman from Kansas ... [...]

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