WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?
10AM-5PM Holiday Art Market @ Foothills Art Center – FINAL DAY!
Now’s the ideal time to snag that cherished masterpiece you’ve had your eye on. Come over and dive into the happiness of unbeatable savings at Foothills Art Center–where each piece has a store to tell, and every purchase is a masterpiece in its own right! No membership required to get the discount!
10:15-10:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library
10:30AM and 1:30PM The Friday Tour @ Colorado Railroad Museum
12-12:55PM All Levels Yoga (Virtual)
1-1:45PM Silver Sneakers Yoga (Virtual)
3PM Vaccine, License & Microchip Clinic @ Foothills Animal Shelter
7:30PM The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical @ Miners Alley Performing Arts Center
7:30PM A Christmas Story @ Miners Alley Playhouse
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LIVE MUSIC
5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom
7PM The Jerseys @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)
7-10PM Johnny O @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT
137 Years Ago
The December 29, 1886 Colorado Transcript reported on “A Lively Blaze – Narrow Escape of the Astor House.” A fire had started in a privy behind the hotel and quickly spread to the wooden stable at the back of the lot.
Fortunately, the Astor House was next door to the fire station where two of Golden’s three fire companies were based, so help came quickly. The stable was beyond saving, so the firefighters focused their efforts on other outbuildings and a wooden “annex” to the main building.
The Excelsior Hose Company attached a hose to the fireplug at “Mary and Second Streets” (now Illinois & 12th) and another to the plug at “Washington and Second” (now Washington & 12th). Soon after, the Loveland Hose Company arrived from their fire station in Goosetown. They were also able to attach a hose to the plug at 12th and Washington, and the combined streams of water brought the fire under control.
The Transcript commented that “Too much praise cannot be awarded to the gallant firemen for their almost superhuman efforts to stay the ravages of the flames at the Astor House fire. They did nobly.”
They Transcript also passed on a request from the firefighters to the “city dads,” asking for a new hose. “The fact is, there is but about 200 feet that will stand the pressure.”
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!
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