73 Years Ago
There'll be great fun this Saturday, April 4, for all Golden kids from the ages of 2 to 12! It's Golden's first annual Easter egg hunt, and it's being sponsored by the merchants committee of the Golden Chamber of Commerce. The hunt will be full of surprises, and there'll be over a hundred "numbered" eggs good for prizes in downtown stores.
Colorado Transcript - April 2, 1953
The article goes on to explain where kids of various age groups should line up, based on age: 2–4-year-olds by the tennis courts, south side of the mill ditch; 5–6-year-olds remainder of the park, south side of the mill ditch; 7-12-year-olds north of the mill ditch.
The mill ditch was a man-made stream that bisected Parfet Park. It was dug in the 1860s to provide water power to the Golden Mill. The ditch was an attractive hazard for a park, and more than one child drowned there over the years. Later that same year (1953), the City purchased the water rights from the Golden Mill and filled in the ditch.
The 2026 Edition of the Golden Easter Egg Hunt, sponsored by the Golden Kiwanis Club, takes place this Saturday, April 4th. It starts at 10AM and it's over very quickly, so don't be late!
