NEW BOOK ON GILPIN COUNTY HISTORY by Pam North Alan Granruth has done it again. Just two years ago, Granruth compiled a book, Mining Gold to Mining Wallets, Central City, Colorado, 1859-1999, which centered on Central City's background of mining history, important personalities and historic buildings. His latest volume, titled The Little Kingdom of Gilpin, Gilpin County, Colorado, expands the focus to explore the entire county. While Gilpin County is tiny in area, it played a major role in Colorado's history as the leader in population, government leadership, arts and industry from 1859 to the 1880s. Its nickname as "The Little Kingdom of Gilpin"reflected this early domination of territory and state. While its influence waned as the gold mining industry played out over the years, it again has come to prominence with the legalization of limited gambling in the towns of Black Hawk and Central City, and the resulting taxes from the casinos has allowed Colorado to spend more on historic preservation than any other state in America. Alan Granruth had been a Colorado resident for over thirty years, and traces his interest in Gilpin County's history to his first visit here in 1967. He has been actively involved in the community for many years, serving on the Gilpin Historical Society Board of Trustees since 1986, and acting as Historic Preservation Administrator for Central City from 1991 to 1993. Editor Granruth has enlisted the aid of several local people as contributors to the book's content, such as Lew Cady, Jeri and Roger Baker, Linda Jones, "Chocolate" Dan Monroe, Jennifer Nowak, Leda Reed, Bonnie Cashion and Kathryn Heider, giving added accomplishment to the wealth of information contained in the pages of this fascinating volume. The Gilpin County Commissioners and the Black Hawk City Council donated grants to the Gilpin County Historical Society to publish this work, and the Alan Green Foundation provided a grant to purchase many of the outstanding photographs featured in the book. Permission was given from the Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogical Department to use many of their photos as well. The rare and historic photographs are a major asset contributing to the dimension of Granruth's project. This book has a wide scope, beginning with the establishment of the county in 1861, and profiling its seven towns (Black Hawk, Central City, Nevadaville, Pinecliffe, Rollinsville, Russell Gulch and Tolland), then covering the twenty-nine major gold camps and two gulches lying farther out in the county. The mining industry, from placer methods to hard rock techniques, is touched upon, and also some of the associated violence, tragedies and accidents. Transportation is explored, from the early stagecoach and wagon roads, to the various railroad enterprises, including the Gilpin Tram systems, larger railroads and the Moffat Tunnel. Ranching, business and commerce are examined in this comprehensive volume, as well as the various facets of society, from law and order and entertainment to schools, churches and fraternal organizations. A diverse range of personalities are profiled, encompassing prominent citizens and well-known characters of the time to eccentric local hermits of the area. The book includes a chapter that covers Gilpin County's national forests and parks, and recreational areas of both the past and present, finalizing with a glimpse into the area's cemeteries, even recounting a few ghost stories to tingle the imagination. This is a volume to add to any collection of local history material, as it has some great information on some of the lesser known places and historic events of Gilpin County, from Lincoln Hills, Pinecliffe and the Pactolus and Tolland ice houses to the legendary sunken submarine in Missouri Lake. The famous and the obscure find their places in Granruth's new book, and it's one to buy and enjoy. It's ISBN 0-9672916-1-5 if ordering from a local bookstore, or contact the Gilpin County Historical Society. Note to Guerin or Laura: Could you please italicize the book titles in the above article? The Little Kingdom of Gilpin, Gilpin County, Colorado Mining Gold to Mining Wallets, Central City, Colorado, 1859-1999 Also, you have the book's cover jacket reproduction to accompany this article (sent a couple of weeks ago). For the article on the Shady Ladies theatrical workshop, one of the Harper's Bazaar illustrations could go with it, as the workshop was directed at achieving the nuances of Victorian character. From - Mon Sep 3 11:41:43 2001 Return-Path: Received: from peakpeak.com (tz0062.peakpeak.com [207.174.69.62]) by gash2.peakpeak.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA07599; Tue, 30 Jan 2001 12:37:46 -0700 Sender: snowbear@gash2.peakpeak.com Message-ID: <3A7789A8.A03CE2F5@peakpeak.com> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 20:42:32 -0700 From: Pam North X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12-20 i586) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Green, Guerin" , "Douglas, Laura" , "North, Pam" Subject: Article Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Status: X-Mozilla-Status: 8001 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 X-UIDL: 391deae700000d05 NEW BOOK ON GILPIN COUNTY HISTORY by Pam North Alan Granruth has done it again. Just two years ago, Granruth compiled a book, Mining Gold to Mining Wallets, Central City, Colorado, 1859-1999, which centered on Central City's background of mining history, important personalities and historic buildings. His latest volume, titled The Little Kingdom of Gilpin, Gilpin County, Colorado, expands the focus to explore the entire county. While Gilpin County is tiny in area, it played a major role in Colorado's history as the leader in population, government leadership, arts and industry from 1859 to the 1880s. Its nickname as "The Little Kingdom of Gilpin"reflected this early domination of territory and state. While its influence waned as the gold mining industry played out over the years, it again has come to prominence with the legalization of limited gambling in the towns of Black Hawk and Central City, and the resulting taxes from the casinos has allowed Colorado to spend more on historic preservation than any other state in America. Alan Granruth had been a Colorado resident for over thirty years, and traces his interest in Gilpin County's history to his first visit here in 1967. He has been actively involved in the community for many years, serving on the Gilpin Historical Society Board of Trustees since 1986, and acting as Historic Preservation Administrator for Central City from 1991 to 1993. Editor Granruth has enlisted the aid of several local people as contributors to the book's content, such as Lew Cady, Jeri and Roger Baker, Linda Jones, "Chocolate" Dan Monroe, Jennifer Nowak, Leda Reed, Bonnie Cashion and Kathryn Heider, giving added accomplishment to the wealth of information contained in the pages of this fascinating volume. The Gilpin County Commissioners and the Black Hawk City Council donated grants to the Gilpin County Historical Society to publish this work, and the Alan Green Foundation provided a grant to purchase many of the outstanding photographs featured in the book. Permission was given from the Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogical Department to use many of their photos as well. The rare and historic photographs are a major asset contributing to the dimension of Granruth's project. This book has a wide scope, beginning with the establishment of the county in 1861, and profiling its seven towns (Black Hawk, Central City, Nevadaville, Pinecliffe, Rollinsville, Russell Gulch and Tolland), then covering the twenty-nine major gold camps and two gulches lying farther out in the county. The mining industry, from placer methods to hard rock techniques, is touched upon, and also some of the associated violence, tragedies and accidents. Transportation is explored, from the early stagecoach and wagon roads, to the various railroad enterprises, including the Gilpin Tram systems, larger railroads and the Moffat Tunnel. Ranching, business and commerce are examined in this comprehensive volume, as well as the various facets of society, from law and order and entertainment to schools, churches and fraternal organizations. A diverse range of personalities are profiled, encompassing prominent citizens and well-known characters of the time to eccentric local hermits of the area. The book includes a chapter that covers Gilpin County's national forests and parks, and recreational areas of both the past and present, finalizing with a glimpse into the area's cemeteries, even recounting a few ghost stories to tingle the imagination. This is a volume to add to any collection of local history material, as it has some great information on some of the lesser known places and historic events of Gilpin County, from Lincoln Hills, Pinecliffe and the Pactolus and Tolland ice houses to the legendary sunken submarine in Missouri Lake. The famous and the obscure find their places in Granruth's new book, and it's one to buy and enjoy. It's ISBN 0-9672916-1-5 if ordering from a local bookstore, or contact the Gilpin County Historical Society. Note to Guerin or Laura: Could you please italicize the book titles in the above article? The Little Kingdom of Gilpin, Gilpin County, Colorado Mining Gold to Mining Wallets, Central City, Colorado, 1859-1999 Also, you have the book's cover jacket reproduction to accompany this article (sent a couple of weeks ago). For the article on the Shady Ladies theatrical workshop, one of the Harper's Bazaar illustrations could go with it, as the workshop was directed at achieving the nuances of Victorian character.