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Cases Climbing, Election Day, and the Reach of the Road

Golden Eye Candy – Paul Moreau – Blue Moon, Golden Sunrise, and a Herd of Elk – click to enlarge

Coronavirus/COVID-19

Public Health References
CDC * Colorado * Jefferson County * City of Golden

JCPHD updates these numbers Monday through Friday at about 3 PM. Here’s the most recent Coronavirus report from Jeffco Public Health’s Case Summary Page:

Cases in Jeffco – Fri: 9213 | Mon: 9941 (+728)
Deaths in Jeffco – Fri: 318 | Mon: 320 (+2)
Ever Hospitalized in Jeffco – Fri: 729 | Mon: 738 (currently 75) (+7)
Recovered – Fri: 7228 | Mon: 7634 (+406)
Known Cases in Golden – Fri: 309 | Mon: 324 (+15)

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Virtual Golden

10:15AM Toddler Time with the Library
2-3PM South Golden Merchants’ Meeting


Real World Golden

ELECTION DAYIn-person Voting @ Golden City Hall (map) For other locations, visit  jeffco.us/3907/Find-Voting-Locations. Visit jeffco.us/elections/results for election results after the final count is in.


Golden History Moment

Lookout Mountain Road – More Than You Think – Part 2
by Paul Haseman

As explained yesterday, Cement Bill’s Lariat Trail reached the new Lookout Mountain Denver Mountain Park in 1913. But wait, Cement Bill was not done!

Idaho Springs, reachable by Cement Bill’s Road by 1918 – click to enlarge

He extended the road to Floyd Hill and Idaho Springs as the first and for several years only auto road into the mountains and it came through Golden. In 1918, 116,000 cars traveled up the Road.

Williams Garage/Woody’s Pizza – Golden History Museum Collection – click to enlarge

In view of this throng, Cement Bill, with his eye on the dollar, bought a few Stanley Steamer tour cars and charged $1.50 to Idaho Springs and $2.50 round trip. His fleet garage is now Woody’s Pizza.

Attendees of Buffalo Bill’s Funeral – click to enlarge

In June 1917, 20,000 attendees went up Lookout Mountain Road to Buffalo Bill Cody’s funeral on Lookout Mountain, a site identified a day after his passing in the Transcript to be on “the summit of Lookout Mountain.” The Denver Mountain Park System had recently acquired the Lookout Mountain Park the same month, anticipating it as the burial site for Mr. Cody. Yet there was one more hurdle to overcome. Denver owned the park but did not own the actual gravesite. Guess who owned it? Yes, you guessed right. Cement Bill owned it and with great reluctance, he sold them that scenic spot.

The Grand Entry Pillars – Photo by Paul Haseman – click to enlarge

The grand entry pillars to the Lariat Trail, now known as the Lariat Loop, were completed a month after the burial on 12 July 1917 at this north entrance to the Lariat Trail. The matching south entry pillars near Morrison on Rte 74 have long since vanished but the Golden Pillars stand proud at the entry to now Lariat Loop, which was placed in 1990 on the National Register of Historic Places. Way to go Cement Bill!

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