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What Is It? March 2022

What Is It? March 2022

Thank you to Unique Treasures of Wheat Ridge for our March What Is It. (Sad to say we had no correct answers this month.) This object was used to send the logs down river in the logging industry. It is a vintage forged grappling hook or chain link.  Log driving is a means of moving logs (sawn tree trunks) from […]

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Denver’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Denver’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Back for first time since 2019 Early Parade Days How it all began. By Maureen Gargan-Caldwell Denver St. Patrick’s Day Historian  How do you begin to tell the story of one of Denver’s finest community events since 1889? Many argue that the parade has become the single largest gathering of Colorado residents every year in one place, where everyone sets […]

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A Success Story —  Fleischmann’s Yeast

A Success Story — Fleischmann’s Yeast

By Carol Mobley  Founded in 1868 by Charles Louis Fleischmann, his brother Maximilian, and James Gaff in Riverside, Cincinnati as Gaff, Fleischmann & Company, the Fleischmann Company is now 154 years old and still thriving.  The success of their products is simple.  They provide a high-quality product for both industry and the home, yeast.  The Fleischmann brothers wanted to produce […]

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Look for Bright Yellow, You Won’t Miss Unique Treasures on 44th Street in Wheat Ridge, Colorado

Look for Bright Yellow, You Won’t Miss Unique Treasures on 44th Street in Wheat Ridge, Colorado

By Peggy DeStefano  Janet and Julie McCoy, mother and daughter, were always shopping for collectibles and antiques. They needed a place for their treasures and decided it was time to get serious about putting an inventory together for their very own shop. They already had a booth up at Old Wagon in Northglenn and still do but wanted to expand […]

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Junktique Then & Now

Junktique Then & Now

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