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Commemorative Edition 2 of 2

March 21 - April 3, 2017

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COLORADO HISTORY

Ames Monument rededication - Honoring Union Pacific Railroad employees Page 4

A TAILING TAIL

George Crofutt’s observations of Gilpin County Page 8

HOT PROMOS/NUGGETS Black Hawk, Central City promos, specials and giveaways Pages 5-7, 9-11

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Mamie Eisenhower Denver’s own First Lady Pages 18

COUPONS • COLORADO HISTORY • CASINO GUIDE •GAMING • MAP • ENTER TAINMENT

The Last Hand

Poker has become a big-time sport I’ve been enjoying ular basis, along with charity recent poker columns in poker events. The Gambler and have Courts have ruled that pokplayed a few times at a er really is a sport and should friend’s house. Along be treated as such. with the poker, the Most of the avid poker playhosts provide a great ers travel to Black Hawk, Cenassortment of pizza and tral City or Cripple Creek to nibbles that make the engage in real poker at major evening very entertainpoker parlors located within ing. some of the largest casino BY BOB SWEENEY A second great opproperties. tion of this home game is that losers Poker has now become so big start a “cash game”. So, when knocked across the nation that we have major out of the regular game, where the tournaments coming to our local casithree top winners split the $25 per nos. Arriving here March 23 through person pot, there is something to do April 2 will be the Mid-States Poker besides go home mad—or at least dis- Tour, returning to the Golden Gates tressed over those bad “river hands,” Casino in Black Hawk. where that last card beats your two Players who desire to learn poker pairs. can start at the local café, and if they Anyway, in my neighborhood, there find this sport to their liking they can are two weekly free poker games going graduate to the larger cash games at on at a local café and another one at a our casinos. One major difference golf club. These are not done for profit between the café buy-in tournaments by sponsors, but as just-fun-games for and the casino cash games is that a customers. I would assume that there player can quit anytime. That’s hard are hundreds of poker games being to do in a friendly neighborhood game played across the metro area on a reg- where the prize goes to the last players

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Colorado History

Rededicating the Ames Monument By Anna Lee Frohlich

On Nov. 26, 1882, a group of people, braving the cold, stood on the top of Sherman Hill above the Union Pacific railroad town of Sherman, Wyo. to honor and dedicate the recently finished Ames Monument, a 60-foot-high pyramid shaped memorial on the pass between Cheyenne and Laramie. The 60x60x60-foot pyramid with nine-foot-high likenesses of two brothers was designed by architect Henry Hobson Richardson and sculpted by Augustus St. Gaudens. The brothers — Oakes and Oliver Ames — were financiers and had been instrumental in the Union Pacific Railroad portion of the transcontinental railroad. St. Gaudens had been known for carving tiny cameos, so it was unusual that he designed these huge medallions as plaster maquettes. The figures were bas-reliefs chiseled out of long-meadow brownstone by Evans and Tombs in Boston. The monument had first been conceived by the board of the Union Pacific to honor Oakes Ames, chief financier of the railroad. Later, when his brother Oliver died, Oliver’s name and likeness were added to the monument. When Oakes’s son Oliver (later governor of Massachusetts) saw the carving of his

redo the medallion, but that Oliver would have to pay for it. Therefore, the bust of Oakes was the only part of the monument that was not paid for by the Union Pacific Railroad. Although, brownstone was a favorite medium of St. Gaudes, it proved to be unsuited for the medallions on Sherman Hill. Because of its relatively soft characteristics, the monument has been badly treated over the years by weather and vandals. However, because of the softness of the stone, repairs to the medallions are not feasible. The monument is one of at least six that Richardson did for the Ames family. Jump forward to Sept. 28, 2008, when a small group of western history buffs from the Denver area were treated to a tour of the Ames Monument and the surrounding area by Larry Ostresh of Laramie. One of those in the tour was Anna Lee Ames Frohlich, great-greatgreat granddaughter of Oakes Ames. Ostresh said to her that he felt that the monument should really be a National Historic Landmark. After eight years, the National Park Service declared it one. Securing this status was no easy feat and has required the efforts of a number of people. Ostresh began learning about

father during a trip to Wyoming, he did not like it at all. Back in Massachusetts, word got to the architect about Oliver’s opinion. Richardson sent a letter saying that he could have St. Gaudens

what had to be done for the designation, which involved making numerous contacts and forms to fill in. He already had considerable knowledge of the area and the railroads. Frohlich delved into the

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history of her family from early days through the building of the Ames Monument in 1882. They decided it would help their quest to get inside the monument to document the design and construction. An old workman’s tunnel had been opened due to erosion in the 1940’s when tourists and students had crawled inside. The State of Wyoming finally allowed supporters inside the monument, but for one day only. With architects to help, the monument was measured and photographed for posterity. It has then thoroughly sealed to preserve it. Shortly afterwards, Wyoming’s State Historic Preservation Organization took over the project. A committee worked on planning the new historical signs that now decorate the monument, and another committee chose the team wrote the story of the monument that was presented in Washington D.C. to have the Ames Monument made into a National Historic Landmark. Now, 135 years after the first dedication, the monument is about to be honored and dedicated for the second time. The celebration will begin on July 7, with a symposium of speakers and a dinner. July 8 will be the actual dedication with politicians, introductions and ribbon cutting. Following the ceremony, tours will be available of the old Sherman town site and the Dale Creek trestle that are part of the story of the Ames Monument.

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base point or 30 minutes of rated play on Street Café! Up to $15. Must present valid 100 base points or play 60 minutes of rated tables games then swipe at a promotional table games. Earn 5X entries on Friday, military ID. kiosk. March 31. Visit Guest Services for details.

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Win up to $25,000 cash on Fridays and Saturdays in March, when you match the numbers during our Saratoga 6 drawings. Look for your free entry postcard in the mail or earn additional entries with 250 same-day base points. After the final Saturday drawing each week, drop your expired entries in the drum for a second chance to win $300 Promo Play, and you could be a guaranteed finalist in the 11 p.m. Subaru Grand Prize Drawing on April 1! Visit Guest Services for details.

Get ready for a true Colorado adventure with a new Subaru or ATV! On Friday, March 31, from 7 to 11 p.m., you could be one of nine players to win up to $1,000 cash. The grand prize at 11 p.m. is a 2017 Polaris Sportsman ATV! On Saturday, April 1, from 6 to 11 p.m., you could be one of 17 players to win a share of over $6,000! At 11 p.m., one lucky guest will win a Welcome Military Wednesday On Vietnam Veterans Day, Wednesday, 2017 Subaru Outback! Get your free entry at any promotional kiosk on the day of the March 29, all active military and veterans event and earn extra entries for every 50 are invited to enjoy a free meal in the Main

Weekday Warriors Bus Fare Redemption

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All day, Monday – Thursday, and from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. on Fridays, get $20 cash back or $25 in Promo Play when you redeem your same-day bus ticket at Guest Services with only 75 base points.

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Every Monday and Thursday in March, Elevate Your Winnings and get up to spin the multiplier wheel at our promo- $500 Promo Play when you join the Player tional kiosk and get up to 40X points on Extras club today! your favorite slots! Simply spin the wheel March Money Mania at a kiosk before you play. If you are a March jackpot winner, look for your exclusive invitation to the March Chase the Rainbow Tuesdays in March, play our new Chase Money Mania Jackpot Party on Saturday, the Rainbow kiosk game and reveal a prize March 25, and you could double your jackof up to $1,000 Promo Play! Simply earn pot!

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Every Sunday in March from 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. everyone age 40 or better is invited to stop by for a chance to win $100 in FanPlay every 15 minutes! Be actively playing at your favorite slot machine and we’ll come find you. Plus, receive a free buffet when you earn 200 tier points.

The Farmer’s Pick Buffet is New Member Play 30 & now open! Dine at the Farmer’s Pick Buffet today! 5,000 FanClub Points for Farmer’s Pick offers many delicious items to an Email choose from on the buffet - from the freshest salad bar to our always changing carving station and simply yummy desserts - we offer something for everyone. A wide variety tastes better when the ingredients come right from your own backyard. Local. Fresh. Flavorful. Plus, All-You-Can-Eat Crab Legs Nightly!

$10,000 Jackpot Sweepstakes

Poker and table games play & stay

Take a shot at winning a big cash prize every Wednesday in March between 2 and 7 p.m. Winners will be selected to shoot baskets for a cash prize worth up to $1,000. Receive one free entry and additional entries with every 100 tier points earned.

You Pick ‘Em Challenge

Play & Stay

Courtside Craze

Brush up your bracket skills every Monday in March from 2 to 7 p.m. Winners will go headto-head with one another during each drawing. Your picks could score you up to $500 in cash or FanPlay. Receive one free entry and additional entries with every 100 tier points earned.

Cash Cube

Step into the cube and grab as much cash as you can Fridays and Saturdays in March from 5 – 10 p.m. Grab the special bill and double your winnings up to $1,000! One winner will be selected every half hour. Receive one free entry and additional entries with every 100 tier points earned.

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Try the New Desserts at Tradewinds

Tradewinds at the Isle has a new menu that features the best hamburgers in Black Hawk. Whether you try the classics, the California or the Tradewinds Classic Burger, you will not be disappointed. Tradewinds now offers the best desserts in town; visit Tradewinds at the Isle Casino Hotel Black Hawk.

In March, all new members of the Fan Club will receive a food offer after playing 30 minutes on their new Players card. Guests who provide an email address at the time of enrollment will receive 5,000 FanClub points.

During the month of March, poker players who play three hours of poker in one day, any day of the week, will be eligible for their $23 bus fare reimbursement or if they play six hours of poker in one day, Sunday – Thursday, will be eligible for a free night’s stay. Table games players who play two hours of table play in one day, any day of the week, will be eligible for their $23 bus fare reimbursement or if they play four hours of table play in one day, Sunday – Thursday, will be eligible for a free night’s stay. Only one offer can be selected per day. Offer only valid on day earned. Excludes holidays and blackout dates.

Jackpot winners are invited to join us for a special giveaway on Saturday, March 18 from 3 – 9 p.m. Receive one entry with each jackpot of $1,200 or more, now through March 18.

your email with Cashier Services to receive special promotion emails.

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Only at Lady Luck can you play like the pros and get paid like the pros! Join us every Tuesday in March from 12 – 6 p.m. for your chance to participate in our Basketball Bucks giveaway and score up to $250 FanPlay. We’re looking for one lucky winner each half hour to shoot the basketball and rack up some points. Receive one free entry, plus additional entries for every 50 unadjusted points. Management reserves all rights.

Payday Riches

During the month of March, earn 800 tier points on your Fan Club card Sunday’s through Thursday’s between 8 a.m. and 12 a.m. (midnight) and stay the night on us! On Fridays earn 1,250 tier points and your hotel stay is free. This offer is valid only on the day the points are earned and is based on availability, blackout days may apply. Offer subject to availability. Excludes holidays and blackout dates.

Hit a big payday at Lady Luck when you join us Fridays and Saturdays, March 3-24 between 2 and 8 p.m. for our Payday Riches Giveaway. We’ll pick two winners each hour to compete against each other and see who can build the biggest winning paycheck. Winners are guaranteed $100 FanPlay. Receive one free entry, plus additional entries for every 100 unadjusted points. Management reserves all rights.

Social Media

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Make sure to ‘like’ Isle Black Hawk on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram. To stay up to date with all promotions, events and special contests! Also, make sure to register

Now, Luck is just a click away. Check out our latest merchandise and apparel at Ladyluck. com. While you’re there you can play your favorite classic casino games online.

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$15,000 Rolling Riches Progressive

It’s time for our Rolling Riches Grand Finale Weekend! Join us on Friday, March 31 and Saturday, April 1 from Noon – 9 p.m. for your chance to be the lucky winner of our $15,000 big progressive! At 9 p.m. you could be one of 25 winners who will get to select an envelope that contains anywhere from $50-$250 in FanPlay or the $15,000 cash progressive. Receive 2X entries every Tuesday in March. All players receive one free entry on the day of the giveaway and earn additional entries for every 100 unadjusted points. If no one wins the $15,000 progressive on Friday, March 31, we will add $5,000 and it increases to $20,000 for the Saturday, April 1 Rolling Riches Drawing! Management reserves all rights.

Spring Fling Earn/Get

Join us every Thursday in March from 12 to 8 p.m. and earn 300 unadjusted points by playing with your card in your favorite slot machine to earn your weekly Spring Fling gift! Each week features a different gift, including coffee and two ceramic mugs, a Sherpa blanket, an insulated mug, a skillet, and a wax warmer with wax cubes. While supplies last. Management reserves all rights.

$10,000 Jackpot Frenzy #1

Here the ding, ding, ding of your machine and you could win even more cash! You’ll receive an entry into Lady Luck’s next $10,000 Jackpot Frenzy! Join us for our Jackpot Frenzy on March 25, we will be awarding $500 at 2 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. and then $1,000 every half hour till 7 p.m. Just place your entries in Lady Luck’s drawing barrel. A total of $10,000 in cash prizes will be given away! Guests receive one free entry for every jackpot $1,200 or better won from Feb. 6 through noon on March 25. See guest services for rules and additional details. Management reserves all rights.

Club 40

We’re multiplying the fun every Wednesday in March! Join us for Club 40. All guests age 40 or better will receive 6x points on slots and 2x points on video poker. Guests will also receive a free entrée at Otis & Henry’s once they earn 25 Tier Score points on their Lady March 21 - April 3, 2017

Luck Player’s Card. See guest services for rules and additional details. Management reserves all rights.

Monday Funday Multiplier

Join us every Monday in March and April from 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. when you register at promotions to receive a special point multiplier. You can receive anywhere from 10X to 20X points on all slots and 5X points on Video Poker. Plus, you could win some FanPlay! All guests who registered prior to 8 p.m. will receive 20X points from 8 p.m. to midnight. You must register prior to playing. See guest services for rules and additional details. Management reserves all rights.

New member

There has never been a better time to sign up for the Fan Club at Lady Luck. Join the club today. When you’re a fan, you get better rewards faster than ever. For all new members, just play 10 unadjusted points and receive $20 in Otis & Henry’s Bar & Grill and $10 in Match Play on Table Games. Sign up your email address, receive $5 and start raking in those rewards. See guest services for rules and additional details. Management reserves all rights.

Social media

Make sure to ‘like’ Lady Luck Black Hawk on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and Instagram. Stay up to date with all promotions, events and special contests! Also, make sure to register your email with Guest Services to receive special promotion emails.

Monte Carlo

Monte Carlo Jackpots make the fun of winning a progressive jackpot that much easier with 12 individual progressive prizes that can hit multiple times a day. There are jackpots for Royal Flushes, Straight Flushes, and any 4 of a kind. Monte Carlo Madness takes effect when our bad beat jackpots all reach $25K and 100% of the jackpot rake gets distributed to the Monte Carlo hands making the amounts increase twice as fast. Visit the Lady Luck Poker Room for details and updated jackpot amounts.

Lady Luck Poker

It’s easier than ever to win big in the Lady Luck Poker Room! The Bad Beat Jackpot now includes a decreasing qualifier element starting

March 21 - April 3, 2017

at Aces full of Kings. Here at Lady Luck we’re giving you more options, when you play-you pick - Play three hours and receive $23 bus refund back or play six hours and earn a hotel room Sunday – Thursday. See Poker supervisor for more information. Management reserves all rights.

Table Games

Up your odds with the best table games crew in Black Hawk! Play Craps, Roulette, Buffalo Black Jack Bonus and Double Deck Blackjack every day of the week! There are 20X odds on Craps Everyday! $5* games open daily. Here at Lady Luck we’re giving you more options, when you play-you pick - Play two hours and receive $23 bus refund back or play four hours and earn a Play n Stay Sunday – Thursday. See table games supervisor for additional information, promotions and details. Table games is located on the second floor of Lady Luck. *Limits subject to change, management reserves all rights.

Platinum and Millionaire Bonus Points

The tier rewards are racking up with a great point multiplier day for Platinum and Millionaire players. Tuesday, March 14. Platinum players will receive 8X points and Millionaire players will receive 10X points. You don’t need to register, come on in and enjoy your favorite slot machine and receive bonus points all day!

Select and Gold Bonus Points

The tier rewards are racking up with a great point multiplier day for Select and Gold players. Tuesday, March 28. Select players will receive 3X points and Gold players will receive 5X points. You don’t need to register, come on in and enjoy your favorite slot machine and receive bonus points all day!

Bus Fare Redemption

Ride in style to Lady Luck! Guests who play with a Fan Club Card can receive up to $23 cash back on bus fare every day. Earn 350 unadjusted points on Lady Luck Player’s Card to receive cash back. Poker and table games guests can earn too! Ask Supervisor for details. Guests must redeem bus ticket at Guest Services. Limit one bus redemption per person per day.

Club Z

Sign up for a new Club Z card at Z Casino and receive up to $100 in Z-Play the same day! See Club Z for complete details.

www.zcasino bh.com Mr. Coffee Tea Kettle

Stop by Z Casino March 22 to pick up your free Mr. Coffee Tea Kettle! All you need is 50 same day base points, the giveaway will start at 11 a.m. Quantities are limited see Club Z for details.

10X Points

Z Casino is the place for the most points. Every day this month win up to 10X Points, just play our kiosk game!

Get in the Zone!

Don’t want to pay for breakfast?

On Mondays and Tuesdays just earn 10 same day base points before 11 a.m. and receive a voucher for a free Double Down Breakfast and Wednesday through Sunday just earn 20 same day base points before 11 a.m.! Receive your voucher from the promotional kiosk.

Prime rib dinner special

Join us every Friday this month for our $3.99 Prime Rib dinner special after you earn 50 same day base points. Receive your voucher from the promotional kiosk.

Prime Rib dinner

Everyday earn 25 same day base points and receive your Prime Rib dinner for $7.77. Receive your voucher from the promotional kiosk.

Featured exclusively at Z Casino in Black Hawk, the Multiplier Zone. Play slots in the Zone and get 10X points all day and night. That’s right, a full 10X points on all of your slot play in the Multiplier Zone! Why settle for less when you can play in the Zone?

Free gas

Jeep Renegade Getaway Drawings

Play and Ride!

Every Wednesday through Sunday from March 5 - May 20, join us for out $150,000 Jeep Renegade Getaway Drawings from 1 – 11 p.m., win up to $250 in Z-Play at each drawing. We will have two winners per drawing hour. Earn entries with every 100 same day points. On May 20 from 1 p.m.- Midnight every hour we will have one drawing winner for $150 in Z-Play. Earn entries from March 5 through May 20 with every 250 points at 9:30 p.m. we will have one Jeep Renegade winner and four $500 in Z-Play winners.

Silver Tsunami Club

Are you 60 years of age or older? Join us every Monday and Tuesday this month for our Silver Tsunami Club 60+ days. Just earn 60 base points that day and receive one free special of the day and a free nonalcoholic soft drink, coffee or tea. Just one more way to win at the Z!

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Want to convert your comps to Free gas? Earn Turbo, Nitro or Flame status and redeem your comps for up to $20 in gas each day!

Earn 75 same day base points, redeem your bus ticket at Club Z and receive $25 in Z-Play. Earn 500 same day base points and get an additional $5 in Z-Play.

Get reimbursed for your ATM fees

Stop by the Z Stop Gas Station to use our ATM, bring your receipt to Z Casino within two hours from the time on your receipt. You will receive $5 in Z-Play or $3 Cash back!

Catch the free shuttle!

The shuttle stops at Z Casino (on Selak Street adjacent to our free parking lot).

Z Cafe

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A Tailing Tale George Crofutt’s observations of Gilpin County (1885) A Tailing TaLe

Gilpin County, of $2; Nederland, 16 miles, which Central is the $2.50; Caribou, 20 miles, commercial center, $3. Buses from the depot, is the oldest and perBy Maggie 50 cents. haps the best develThe Gilpin county Magoffin oped mining portion seat, Central City, at an of the state of Coloaltitude of 8,516 feet rado. Its population is 540 feet higher than is 7,000. The veins Black Hawk. The city has hereabouts are all true a permanent population fissures, and there are of 3,250, and like the many shafts down to people of Black Hawk, the depths of 700 to one mile distant, they are 1,800 feet. The people all connected with the are generally prospermining industry, more or ous; some rich and less. the money has been Maggie@maggiempublications.com The Register-Call, a made here. The froth, daily and weekly newsscum, and driftwood of paper, enlightens citizens civilization incidental to mining camps, on the news of the day, while the Teller have long since floated away to “new dig- and American hotels provide accommogings,” leaving a substantial class of citi- dations for the traveling public. Central zens, any one of whom will tell you, with has three banks, many quartz mills, nuthe greatest confidence, “Gipin County is merous churches and schools, an opera good enough for me!” house, and some fine private residences. Humphreys Concentration works, at The latter are scattered around about the Black Hawk, with one exception is the hills, rocks, stumps, and prospect holes, only enterprise of the kind in the country. in the most irregular order. It has a capacity of 60 tons per day. The Bald Mountain, Gilpin County, forHazeltine Company in Russell has works of this character, which have a capacity of 30 tons per day. There are 13 stamp mills now in operation in Gilpin County, aggregating 593 stamps. Other mills will be running in the spring and summer, which are now closed for lack of water. The gold and silver taken from the mines in Gilpin County since 1871, have gradually increased from $1,389,289 in 1872 to $2,656,901 in 1884. Central City is the terminus of the “C.C.” division of the Union Pacific railway, 39 miles west from Denver, seven miles north from Idaho Springs; one mile from Nevadaville or Bald Mountain as the post office department calls it. Fare from Denver $2.65; Idaho Springs, by stage $1; Rollinsville, 12 miles, PAGE 8

merly Nevadaville, is really a suburb of Central City, from which it is distant one mile west. Here are located a great number of mills and mines. Quartz Hill, on which the city is located, is one series of pit-falls, rocks and prospect holes, with 2,000 engaged in all kinds of work, connected with the mining interests, which alone occupy the attention of the citizens. Rollinsville, Gilpin County, is on South Boulder River, 13 miles north from Central City, via Black Hawk; population, about 170; elevation 8,323 feet. It has a post office and hotel—Rollins House; one stamp mill and a concentrator. It is situated in a beautiful little valley, surrounded by mountain ranges in every direction. The Middle Park wagon road commences here and extends westward, via Boulder Pass, to the Middle Park, and is said to be a good, easy grade. Distance to Hot Sulphur Springs, 40 miles, and Grand Lake, 35 miles. Some railroad reports say the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Company is building a railroad up the South Boulder, past this place to the Middle Park, with Utah for an objective point. We don’t know, no fellah can find out, but it is certain some company is at work. Rollinsville is the headquarters of the Rollins Gold & Silver Mining Company, which has a great many patented mines in the vicinity, amounting to 26,000 lineal feet; also 1,100 acres of farming land under fence and patent; 1,000 acres timberland, and 400 acres of patented placer mining lands. The company through their superintendent, the veteran miner, J. Q. A. Rollins, Esq., one of Colorado’s early pioneers, has acquired all this vast property. The farming yields the company in hay, oats, wheat and vegetables, an average of about $8,000 a year. The placer lands patented, as well as the whole valley and mountains, in this region, show the “color” in every pan of dirt, but the necessary water supply for washing, has heretofore been wanting to make these diggings

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profitable. To supply this want, the Rollins Company, after securing titles to the best lands, commenced building a canal and flume to take the water from the river and carry it along the side of the mountain where the necessary fall can be had to work the placers by hydraulic methods. The canal is nearly three miles in length, six feet deep, capable of furnishing sufficient water to run a number of Little Giant hydraulics for placer mining, with a pressure of 160 feet.

FROM MAGGIE Be sure to check out my website for past columns at www.MaggieMPublications.com. The first two books in my Misadventures of the Cholua Brother’s Series are available on my website, on Amazon.com, Lulu.com and BarnesandNoble.com. They can also be bought through the Gilpin Historical Museum and Mountain Menagerie in Central City. Watch for the release of the third and final book in the series Bonanza Beans available in late February or early March. Cholua Brothers Mining Company specialty coffees are available at Mountain Menagerie in Central City or from their website at www.choluabros.com. This column was previously published in the Central City Weekly Register-Call. Send in your tales – Mail your stories with contact information: Maggie M P.O. Box 746495 Arvada, CO 80006-6495 Email: Maggie@maggiempublications.com If you prefer to tell me your story orally and have me write it for you, please feel free to call me at 303-881-3321. March 21-April 3, 2017

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Humor

Cruising to judgment

I have my radio and all is well for 10 cranked up. I’m singminutes or so, until the ing at the top of my black pickup speeds lungs, cruising down by me again. I’m not the interstate. Then a a competitive person. black pickup whizzes In fact, I avoid competition altogether beby me, pulls back into cause I hate to lose. I’d the right-hand lane be perfectly fine if he and slows down, like passed me and kept on the driver just forgot going. But no! He slows what he was doing. BY DOROTHY ROSBY down again—just to I hate it when peodrosby@rushmore.com ple do that. I holler at make me mad. him, “Don’t you have cruise conI hold out as long as I can, but trol buddy? Set it and forget it!” I eventually my cruise control and don’t think he hears me. I catch up, so I pass again. This Well, I do have cruise control, time I get a good look at the driver and I always set it and forget it. So as I’m going by. I can clearly see it doesn’t take me long to be too he’s one of THOSE people: the close for comfort. I give the driver ones whose sole purpose in life is my “mean stare” as I pass him. to irritate me—or you. You know I’m not worried about retaliation; the kind. They wake up in the my mean stare probably isn’t that morning, pull your name out of a mean. Plus, I have the confidence hat, and set out to wreck your day. that comes with tinted windows. I bet he’s the type who speeds I get back into the driving lane up just so he can beat everyone

they call during dinner to tell you there’s a problem with your credit card, or your computer, or the IRS. “Take that, spammer,” I say as I pass him again. Oh yeah; he’s definitely the kind of guy who shares dumb political posts on Facebook. And texts when he drives. And spits gum on the sidewalk. And I’m quite sure he doesn’t call his mother often enough. I sure hope he’s not going where I’m going, because he’s probably one of those people who slams their hotel room door no matter what time of the day or night it is. There he goes again,

else to the stoplight. And takes up two parking spaces so he won’t get a dent in his vehicle. And leaves his shopping cart in the middle of the parking lot because he doesn’t care if anyone else gets a dent in theirs. I bet he’s the kind of guy who takes the last paper towel and doesn’t bother to get more from the basement. And doesn’t wipe his feet on a snowy day. And tosses his litter on the street. He probably thinks his mother is going to come by later and pick up after him. I’m just getting warmed up when he passes me again. Yup. He’s definitely that kind of guy. He’s got one of those bumper stickers with itty-bitty print you can’t read. It probably says, “If you can read this, you’re too close.” I’ll bet he makes his living as a spammer. And he probably moonlights at a fake call center where

passing me and slowing down, oblivious to the annoyance he’s causing everyone else on the road. Oh wait. That’s not the same truck. Dorothy Rosby is the author of several humor books, including I Used to Think I Was Not That Bad and Then I Got to Know Me Better. Contact drosby@ rushmore.com.

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Going Green

Going green with indoor gardening containers When the weather gets warmer, one thinks of spring and gardening. Those who don’t have available space to plant a garden can still go green by starting an indoor garden in recycled containers. Need a little inspiration to get your garden started in containers but don’t have a lot of extra cash? Go green by using containers from recycled household items, like tea kettles, colanders, vases, antiques, and large tin cans. You can haunt yard sales and second hand stores or ask restaurant owners to save empty metal or plastic containers for you. Here are some creative ideas for growing an indoor garden.

Choose your plants wisely

If buying plants, choose the plants for your container garden

that will work with your lifestyle. You don’t like to water? Grow succulents and other drought resistant plants. Want to grow herbs for cooking? Place herb seeds or transplant bedding plants into pot soiling in small containers. Then place these containers on window sills on the south or west side of your home or

apartment. Want a more formal look for an entryway? Choose large containers in classic shapes and plant them with luxurious ferns and eye catching plants. Whatever your style, there are indoor plants that can work for your lifestyle. You just have to do a little research and experimentation to find what works. Before going to a garden shop, decide what plants you want and

of the plant to die. You can often increase drainage by drilling, punching or carving large holes. It is easiest to punch holes in plastic containers. Then place the filled, punched containers inside decorative planters.

then find out if they need sun or shade or anything in between. Plant tags are critical. They will tell you how big your plant will get, how much light, water and food it needs, and how much care it will need. The tag will also tell you about your plant’s “habit,” which means its shape and how it will grow. This is important when considering your container design.

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ting soil with fertilizer in a bucket, or fill a pot with potting soil and then mix in the fertilizer.

Evaluate Your Light

Many people wildly overestimate how much sun their containers get. While you can find a great plant for almost any amount of light, you have to know how much light your container will get before you choose your indoor plants. To figure out how much direct light your container will get, place it where you want it and then time how long the sun hits it. Container gardening does take time and attention. If you use recycled containers and start your plants from seeds, it doesn’t have to be expensive. You will discover that some plants with thrive and some will not. When plants thrive, however, indoor gardening becomes exciting, rewarding and endlessly interesting.

Horoscopes

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, be your own person, even when someone else tries to guide you into his or her line of thinking. Don’t fall for any subterfuge or get carried away.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Old stories from your past may resurface, Gemini. These could be humorous, so approach them with a positive attitude and enjoy the fun-filled trip down Memory Lane.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Cooperation instead of competition may be the way to get ahead this week, Scorpio. Take a look at what others are doing and see if you can combine your efforts.

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SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, meeting new people is often exciting and you could have the opportunity for new introductions this week. Just remember that first impressions last.

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Trail’s End Mamie Doud Eisenhower The First Lady’s Denver Years Denver’s own Mamie Doud Eisenhower was the First Lady of the United States and held the position with style and grace for both of her husband’s terms, from 1953 to 1961. One biographer said “... the world never really knew Mamie Eisenhower...as she was perceived as quiet and reluctant to serve the media.” Yet Denver knew her and loved her; she was one of our own. Mamie Geneva Doud was born in Boone, Iowa, on Nov. 14, 1896, the daughter of John Sheldon and Elvira Matilda Carlson Doud. The family moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa the following year, where Mamie’s father started his own meatpacking business. Very successful, the Doud family moved to Colorado for opportunity and to ease a medical condition affecting Eleanor, one of Mamie’s three sisters. They lived for a brief time in Pueblo and Colorado Springs, before moving to Denver in 1905, where the Doud family lived for the rest of their lives. With his successful business and investment holdings, John Doud was able to pay a little over $7,000 in cash for his home at 750 Lafayette Street, in Denver. This is the home Mamie would grow up in, the only family home she would know and recall with great fondness, the home she would later be married in. This house, so rich in family lore and history, would remain in the family until the death of Mamie’s mother, in 1960. The Doud’s were well known in the community as being fun-loving, involved with their neighbors, a caring, loving family, with deep religious commitments. They attended church in the community, where they often helped the needy. Mrs. Doud was the cornerstone of the neighborhood “women’s social tea.” This amazing woman organized regular social events in the neighborhood, usually hosted in her home. Among the neighborhood housewives included in Mrs. Doud’s teas, was my great-grandmother, Olga Berglund. She often

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spoke of the kindness, generosity, and more importantly of the ordinary manner the Doud family preferred. Just a short seven years after arriving in Denver for a better climate, Mamie’s sister, Eleanor Carlson Doud, died Jan. 8, 1912. Sadly, Mamie’s younger sister, Eda Mae Doud, died Nov. 9, 1918. Both were buried in the family cemetery plot in Mamie and Ike in Washington D.C. durDenver. ing his presidency. In keeping with Photos courtesy DPL. the community lifestyle, young Mamie attended Denver’s public schools, Corona Elementary, (later instance, when John Doud bought a ily had a home. Mamie disliked the named Dora Moore Elementary) brand new car in 1914, (for $4,000) trips, as it took her away from her and then went on to graduate from it was the talk of Lafayette Street. I friends in Denver. However, that East Denver High School. At her remember my great-grandmother thinking soon changed when she parent’s insistence, she completed talking about it some 60 years later, met a young West Point graduate. It was at nearby Fort Sam Housher education at Miss Wolcott’s, it really was a major event. Mamie was seen and photographed drivton, in October 1915, that Mamie a prestigious, private finishing ing the black vehicle with plum was introduced by mutual friends, school for the daughters of prominent Denver families. During all interior around town to Cheese- to the striking Second Lieutenant, her school years, Mamie attended man Park, Washington Park, Elitch Dwight D. Eisenhower. Both say dances classes and piano lessons. Gardens and occasionally to the there was an instant attraction to As a young teenager, Mamie and Wolcott school. Mr. Doud kept that the other. Of that first meeting, Ike her friends often took the trolley to car all his life and today it is on ex- would later say, “...a vivacious and Colfax Avenue or Curtis Street, pop- hibit at the Eisenhower Museum in attractive girl, saucy in the look about her face and in her whole atular teenage hangouts. They would Abilene, Kan. For the last four years of Matitude.” And of Ike, Mamie would shop, attend various shows or movies, snack on sodas and ice cream at mie’s teenage years, the Doud fam- say, “...he was different...I think his ily spent a portion of the winter vitality appealed to me.” The young Baur’s shop. Despite the ordinary lifestyle the months in the warmer climate of officer, just out of West Point, courtSan Antonio, Texas, where the fam- ed young Mamie with patience and Doud family tried steadiness to maintain, of character, photographs Ike and Mamie and in the of the popular walk out of the end the Den“Miss Doud” Corona presbytever socialappeared frerian church. The ite was won quently in the Doud family home over. He got Denver Post’s on Lafayette Street on well with society pages. in Denver is now the Doud After all, the on the state’s list of family, freDoud’s were a Historic Places. quently visitprominent faming their Denily in Denver, ver home. and at times, as W h e n these things ofthe couple ten happen, the announced Doud family actheir engagetually brought ment on Valthe attention to entine’s Day themselves. For

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1916, it was happy occasion was bittersweet. Ike marked the ceremony by placing a miniature copy of his West Point ring, an amethyst set in gold, on Mamie’s finger. However, the news astonished Mamie’s Denver friends. It was their opinion, that Mamie was marrying beneath her class. West Point graduate aside, he was still just a soldier, they said. And, while the Doud family had a fondness for Ike, John Doud had a stern fatherly talk with his 19-year-old daughter about life as an Army wife. In the end, Mamie’s strong will and good sense won out, as she later said, “...I was willing to accept whatever would come.” The Doud home, on Lafayette Street in Denver was the scene of the wedding, at noon, on July 1, 1916. The wedding was a grand event, yet held to the Doud family values of respectful modesty. Only family and close friends were in attendance. Even so, my greatgrandmother later recalled the narrow street scene on Lafayette as crowded and impassable, due to all the vehicles. The wedding ceremony was simple in style, yet strong on family and religious values, when Ike pledged his vows and took Mamie as his bride. Mamie was radiant in an ivory laced gown, escorted down the broad staircase by her father. Ike was equally splendid in his dress white military uniform, completed with sword and stars and bars of rank. Following the ceremony, the new couple enjoyed a 10-day honeymoon, spending the first days in Colorado. Then, the newlyweds left by train to Abilene, Kan. for a brief visit with the Ike’s parents. Looking back in history, this was perhaps Denver’s finest hour in the first decade of the 20th Century, yet no one in Denver or the nation knew at the time how important this union was, or how fortuitous it would become in later years.

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