Clara Brown

Bed alert! Madam Lou Bunch Day in Central City this weekend

Each year Central City, Colorado takes a trip down nostalgia lane and connects back with its roots. In honor of the sometimes forgotten gold mining days of the city, they put on what is called the Madam Lou Bunch Day named after one of the cities most notable character. Madam Lou Bunch was a reside ... More >>

Riverside Cemetery is offering moonlight history and mystery tours

If you like Colorado history, gravestone architecture and walking above thousands of dead bodies at night, then Riverside Cemetery has a deal for you! Starting tomorrow and continuing through October 27, the cemetery will be offering its annual Moonlight History and Mystery Tour. Then on Monday, O ... More >>

Central City auctions off a 6.8 acre piece of history today

Head for the hills if you want to own a real piece of history -- or just see history in the taking. At 1 p.m. today, a 6.8 acre piece of property in Central City will be auctioned off, complete with five historic brick and stone buildings.

Gilpin County's Negro Hill is renamed Aunt Clara Brown Hill. Finally.

Negro Hill: Official name of spot near Central City finally changed to honor Aunt Clara Brown

The controversy that broke last fall over Rick Perry's "Niggerhead" sign at a family hunting camp got Roger Baker, manager of Gilpin County, thinking that it was time -- long past time, actually -- to change the name of "Negro Hill." Yes, in 2011 that was still the official name of a spot near the c ... More >>

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Long-Distance Runner

Essie Garrett pulls ahead for Emily's sake

A Real Soap

Clara Brown’s epic story gets a multimedia treatment.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of February 8, 2001

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