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'The City of Mills'

Black Hawk- 1870 - (www.photoswest.org)
Black Hawk, 'The City of Mills,' is one of Colorado's oldest cities. It is one of a number of towns that grew up in 'Gregory's Gulch,' the
Mountain City was the first name given to the ragged string of camp- like settlements, but as the boom subsided and the hard work of
Nevada, also known as Nevadaville or Bald Mountain. Below it lay Central City, and further down, where the gulch flowed into the North
and mills and supplies to be shipped up to the growing mining towns. The town's skyline also boasted a new school and Presbyterian
was an environmental disaster.
Through it all, the towns continued to grow and prosper. From the outset, many of the miners and mill workers were immigrants,
opportunities and challenges are there for those who will respect its rich heritage while at the same time welcoming its unlimited future
Directions from Denver:
Take 6th Ave. west out of Denver toward Lakewood and Golden. W 6th Ave. becomes US-6 W. Continue on US-6 W until you reach CO-
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The ghost of Black Hawk Grade School
By: Joan Pomeroy
Published: November 26th, 2009
From the Weekly Register-Call/ Gilpin County News
www.gilpincountynews.com/2009/11/26/the-ghost-of-black-hawk-grade-school/
Looking back to the ‘50’s from a student’s perspective
Growing up in, Black Hawk, Colorado, a small community was an experience that I only began to appreciate after I was married and lived
County, territory of Colorado. I can only imagine the twenty four hour a day noise that rumbled through the gulches and bounced off the
taking back the gold. Saloons were open 24 hours a day and the beds in the hotel were rented by the eight hour shift. Sheets were
deaths in the high altitude of 8,500 feet.
Soon the miners began to send for their families and with the families came the, churches, schools, and opera houses. Once I read an
overlooking the town.
The gold veins petered out, and some of the miners left to find another boom town. By the time we moved to Black Hawk in 1952, it was
side, and to sit near the stove it was too hot, but to sit on the other side of the room it was too cold. First through eight grades were all
teachers retire. She was single, came from Indiana, and lived in Central City a mile away. We, as a community, were lucky to have Mrs.
some of the schools, as the town of Rollinsville was at least 20 miles away.
Some of the uniqueness of being in this one room school house was that every morning a man from town would bring a jug, made out of
indoor plumbing. The bathrooms were interesting. In the hall just outside our room, was a wide, windowless flight of stairs that led to the
of stairs that led to the outhouses. The outhouses were really one building, divided into two sections with two doors; one door was
clear of the snow, which caused them to be approached with caution. I had been in school about two months when the three of us
looked up the stairs, we saw a young girl. Well almost saw a young girl, as we could see right through her. The other two girls
and faded away. I was so young I did not realize I had just seen a ghost, but ever since that day, I have never been afraid of a ghost. In
Christmas time was my favorite pot luck dinner, because a special menu was created by the women in charge of the occasion. Each
realize that many children today do not have the opportunity to get to know their community as the people of my one room school house
Blake, Miss English brought the soda pop, and my Mom brought green beans with bacon and almonds. The list goes on and on. After
much later that I realized how similar he looked to the sheriff. When the last Christmas carol was sung and people started to go home,
got into a fight on the school ground. Apparently Henry delivered a low blow to the Berillo boy where boys should not be hit, and as
bread. By the time she arrived at school without her son, school was back in session. As I remember it happened something like this –
flour, and in her right hand was a rolling pin. The words from her mouth could have only been understood by someone of her
saying, for the words were not fit for my young ears. We all turned to look at her, and then saw that Henry Fisher had jumped out of his
saying in English “My boy, my boy.” They must have run around the room three times before Henry Fisher exited the door. In the
tune to her saying “Now Mrs. Berillo, now Mrs., Berillo,” over and over again. Just for a moment in time, I thought that Miss. English was
room until we could gain control of our laughter.
I was in fifth grade when one day all of the students were late for class. It was early spring – a sunny, warm morning with no wind. The
certainly were. The donkeys were turned loose by the miners when the mines closed so they wandered the mountains and usually came
for which others would admire you if you could catch one of the donkeys and ride it for more than five minutes? Not in the least. On this
students were skating on the pond. Then the donkeys approached the creek by way of the steep mountain on the opposite side of the
and was riding it across the frozen pond. The ice broke, and into the waist deep water fell the boy. The donkey, remaining on the frozen
going to be happy with us. Nevertheless many of us stayed to help the boy out of the water, and his best friend walked him home to
decided that she could not punish all of the students, so she made each of us promised never to let this happen again. True to our
from helping them. It is a lesson that I valued the rest of my life. I knew that not everyone learned the same way. What I struggled with in
in first grade could sound out words a lot better than those of us who were taught word recognition by memorization.
Two years before, the seventh and eight grade students had been moved to Central City, to attend Gilpin County Junior High. That left
send the students out for lunch recess, and then fall asleep at her desk. She had done this since the beginning of the school year.
signaling the end of recess. When the students settled down at their desk, we would start them on their school work. One day Mrs.
next month’s school board meeting, it was unanimously decided to not renew Miss English’s contract.
In many ways it was the end of an era, gone were the pot luck dinners, community dances and school plays. The new teacher, a young
schools, the old school house was renovated. It is now the police department and the church is the annex. When I am in Black Hawk, I
are getting on with the ghost. The officers always seem surprised that I know there is a ghost and give me a variety of answers. I then
the suggestion worked and her papers were no longer thrown around the room, nor did she have problems finding her keys or purse at
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Jere Collins Baxter
December 3rd, 2009 at 7:16 pm
Really enjoyed the article on the Black Hawk grade school. The donkeys that were around the school were our donkeys and think that
school first grade thru the 4th in that school and Bobby Clay and myself were the only two in our class and all the class were in the one
wonderful memories of that old school. Thanks for the memories.
Diane Rittenhouse
December 19th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
Would love to know Joan’s maiden name. I have a guess but don’t know for sure. I also don’t remember a little girl who fell of the wall
her in school and always waited until I went home for lunch to go to the bathroom. Bathrooms were added when I was in second grade
William Styles(sp?)
4. Lindy
January 17th, 2010 at 1:39 am GREAT story!
5. Karen
January 24th, 2010 at 8:22 am
Was 'Mrs. Garwood' Mrs. Mary Ann Garwood, who later taught music for many years in the Denver Public Schools?
If so, further information on her?
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The Lace House Museum
161 Main Street
The historic Lace House Has been relocated to Mountain City Historic Park to make way for gambling. The area where the historic
Gaming.

The Lace House is a very good example of the decorative trim that is sometimes called gingerbread trim.
**Note: The Lace House is owned by the City of Black Hawk and MAY be closed to the public at this time.
.....Currently closed for remodeling, but group tours can be arranged by calling the City Clerk at (303) 582-5221.
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The decorative Lace House, built in 1863, has since been restored by the city and offers a glimpse into mountain mining history and at
which earned the building its nickname and also a reputation as one of the finest examples of Gothic Revival architecture in the Rockies.
In 1974 the house was donated to Black Hawk as a museum. It was renovated just in time for Colorado's centennial and for the next
afternoon, she was working alone in the 133-year-old house, researching and dating the furniture inside as part of a project to restore
'Just the house settling'
'I'd been working in this house by myself, and throughout the summer I kept hearing the floorboards creak upstairs, but I thought it was
'One afternoon, I was standing in the dining room in front of the mirror, talking on the phone. I glanced up in the mirror and I saw
Heart pounding, Donaldson walked warily into the parlor, but the ethereal form apparently had moved on.
'I immediately left the house and went up to city hall and said, 'How come you guys didn't tell me I was working in a haunted house?'
Policeman Al Elio could have told Donaldson that much. He had his own close encounter with the ghost. And in 4 1/2 years on the Black
Two years ago, Elio and another officer responded to a motion-detecting alarm at the Lace House at noon on a summer day.
'We had an alarm; I went there. Officer Todd Renner showed up with me. We got the key from our office and went into the Lace
laugh, a female laugh, kind of a younger child laugh, coming from upstairs.'
'Did you hear that?'
Guns drawn, the two officers searched the entire house once, then twice. 'Then we walked back outside and said to each other, 'Did
'Should I tell someone about this or not?'
A few times since, Elio has been summoned to the house by the alarm. But each time, after the alarm was turned off, the house was
Sources: DENVER POST March 26, 1996
Section: Living Page: E-01 Michelle Mahoney Denver Post Staff Writer
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Past article:
'No right answer' in landmark's future
Redrawing of historic district lines means move for Lace House
By Joe Garner, Rocky Mountain News
July 27, 2005
BLACK HAWK - The historic Lace House is to be moved as part of a recommendation to redraw the boundaries of Black Hawk's historic
direction. The two-story, wooden house, built as a wedding gift, takes its name from its fanciful gingerbread trim, which made it a
Riviera that conjure up faraway places instead of small-town preservation - the original goal of Colorado gaming.
That end of the mountain town would lose its historical designation, but longtime residential areas and casinos that have opened in
to turn it into a museum among the casinos failed and it has fallen into disuse. Part of its charm is a second-floor doorway to a steep
After August 2006, the house will be eligible to be moved about a half-mile to the Mountain City Historic Park, where 11 other historic
offices, and the Lace House could be restored as a museum.
Eagle Gaming, which owns the ground on which the house sits, has agreed to pay the $500,000 cost of the relocation to the park site,
Lace House site.
Mark Rodman, executive director of Colorado Preservation Inc., a nonprofit, said he doesn't support moving the Lace House.
'However, it is a complicated situation because the neighborhood has lost its historic context,' Rodman said. 'There's really no right
On the other hand, tourists Tuesday saw benefits to relocating the house.
'It's better to move it than to lose it,' Nick Dixon, a tourist from Kansas City, said Tuesday. 'To the casinos, it's just a loss of revenue.'
Dave Spangenberg, a vacationer from Boise, Idaho, agreed with the move, pointing out that, 'No one sees it here.'
A steep site in the park has been identified for the Lace House. The site also would allow the second-floor privy to be moved with the
garnerj@RockyMountainNews.com or 303-892-5421
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The Gilpin Casino
111 Main Street
303.582.1133
www.thegilpincasino.com
The Gilpin Hotel- 1896 - (photo from www.photoswest.org)
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Do Ghosts Haunt The Gilpin?
The Gilpin Casino was mentioned in a Denver Post article entitled Do Ghosts Haunt Many of State’s Venerable Hostels? Here is what
bag on the floor, and stretched out on the bed, exhausted. Almost immediately he felt something thrown on his chest; it was his duffel
second-floor room. When he approached the room, no one was there. He’s sure it was Lucille Malone who jumped to her death a
Lucy Malone is said to haunt part of the hotel's dining room. Several construction workers rebuilding the hotel for the casino's 1991
'I lived with the ghosts quite comfortably. But I did have one fellow leave after being in one room for an hour. He fell asleep and he said
DENVER POST March 26, 1996
Section: Living Page: E-01 Michelle Mahoney Denver Post Staff Writer
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Private Home
Julia Anderson, the local county court bailiff, told stories of strange happenings at her home to videographers.
'I know there are spirits here,' Anderson said as she gave a visitor a quick tour of the 130-year-old home. 'People who walk into this
Anderson's husband, James, who works in audiovisual production at Red Rocks Community College, has even named one ghost 'Lily.'
'I've seen her twice for sure,' Anderson said. 'I was standing at the top of the stairs looking down and saw a shadow go by from left to
Source: DENVER POST March 26, 1996
Section: Living Page: E-01 Michelle Mahoney Denver Post Staff Writer
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