Virtual Events
1-2:30PM Virtual: Dungeons & Dragons for Beginners
Real World Events
8AM-1PM Golden Farmers Market @ Golden Library west parking lot
8AM-1PM Very Fine Wheels Car Show @ VFW Post 4171
9:30AM-12PM Walk With a Geologist @ Dinosaur Ridge
10AM Coffee With Councilors @ Golden History Museum
Each month, the discussion centers around a different value from the Golden Vision 2030 document. This month, the stated value is “History/Education: Appreciation of history and the arts/support for quality education.” Coffee and donuts will be provided.
How to Join the Conversation remotely:
- With the webex meeting link: meeting number (access code) 146 898 1463 and meeting password: COGCWC
- By phone at 720-650-7664 with above access code.
- By video system or application by dialing 1468981463@cityofgolden.webex.com. Or you can dial 173.243.2.68 and enter meeting number 146 898 1463.
10AM, 1PM, 4PM Wild West Tour
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
10AM-3PM Saturday Train Rides @ Colorado Railroad Museum
10:15AM Family Time @ Golden Library
3-4PM Make Something: Summer Mocktails @ Golden Library
3:30-5PM Virtual: Dungeons & Dragons for Advanced Players
5-8:30PM Golden Super Cruise
Live Music
11AM-2PM Bunny Blake @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
4PM Strange Brew @ Wrigley’s
5-8PM Delta Sonics @ Goosetown Station
5PM Swing Aggregate @ Over Yonder
7-10PM Good for Nothin’ Thunder Mountain Boys @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
Golden History Moment
With two car-centric events today (Very Fine Wheels car show at the VFW from 8AM-1PM and the Golden Super Cruise from 5-8:30PM), I wondered when the first car graced the streets of Golden. References to automobiles began to appear in the Transcript in 1899. In the earliest articles, the cars were always in far-away places–first Europe, then big cities in the eastern United States.
The coming vogue of the automobile car is indicated at every turn. In Belgium, where autocars are extremely popular, a company has been formed for the novel purpose of establishing on all the principal high roads of Europe electric-power stations or electric-posting stations for them At each station there is to be a bar and restaurant and a repair shop, which will be in charge of expert mechanics. Storage batteries can be recharged “while you wait,” and medical attendance will be on hand in case of accidents.
Colorado Transcript – March 15, 1899
Isn’t it interesting that in 1899 they thought these “posting stations” would be servicing electric cars?
120 Years Ago
Based on this brief article in the June 25, 1902 Colorado Transcript, I think bank president Jesse Rubey was Golden’s first car-owner:
Some of our well-to-do citizens are flashing elegant rigs upon their more or less poverty-stricken contemporaries. Ed. Rundlett started the ball with a beautiful trap and now Dr. Perry Kelly has done him up completely. Joe Dennis has one or two fine turn-outs in the livery also, but when Jesse Rubey flashes his automobile on the admiring public those fellows will wish they had never been born.
For about the next twenty years, it was always news-worthy when someone bought an automobile, so we have a good record of who bought cars, what kind, and when.
By 1917, automobiles were becoming widespread enough that livery (rental of horses and carriages/wagons) was a dying industry. The March 8, 1917 Colorado Transcript announced that the horses, carriages, harness, etc. of Golden’s livery stable had been sold at auction. The article remarks that the sale “probably marks the end of the livery business in Golden.” For the next several decades, the building was used as a gas/service station.
Thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!
