The Colorado Transcript has been covering Golden since December of 1866. It was a valuable resource for Golden residents of the time, but may be even more valuable for those of us who like to know what life was like during Golden’s pioneer days.
Here are several news/promotional pieces from the May 19, 1869 Transcript.
156 Years Ago
Mrs. Johnson, at her millinery store, adjoining Clark & Doolittle’s, has received another invoice of fashionable bonnets, ribbons, artificial flowers, and other trimmings, making her stock very complete. She is glad to assure the ladies of this vicinity that there is no longer any need of their going away from here for goods in her line, as she has all the latest fashions, and will sell as cheap as any similar establishment.
The fine stock ranch on the north Table Mountain is this year in charge of Messrs. Gainer, Gorman & Co., all careful and responsible men, who will see that all stock entrusted to their care is well cared for. The range is one of the best in the country, being enclosed either by fence or impassable rocks. Grass is excellent, the entire mountain having been burned over this spring, with plenty of fresh living water at all seasons. They have a new advertisement in this issue.
Here’s one last piece that caught my attention:
We had hoped that the day for Vigilance Committees in Colorado had passed forever, and we now believe that our laws are all-sufficient for the punishment of crime, but it seems that all do not think so. On last Friday we visited Denver and being detained later than usual, we started for home a little after dark. As we were approaching the F street bridge, and about to drive upon it, we came suddenly upon a crowd of men, who were very quietly standing on the bridge. The bridles of our horses were seized from either side by two of them while several others approached our buggy, one of whom asked if we had seen anything…we said “yes.” Then they told us that packages they were carrying were bought at Peabody’s, and that if we would let the people of Jefferson county know that Peabody was selling dry goods, clothing, etc., cheaper than any house in Denver, we could depart in peace. We departed, hence this local.
I thought it was going to be a lynching story but was relieved to learn that it was a promotion for a dry goods store.
