Crafts at Dinosaur Ridge, Tours at the Railroad Museum, and Films at the Mountaineering Center

Clear Creek History Park with very green grass, South Table Mountain in the background and bike/pedestrian trail in the foreground, overcast sky — *Golden Eye Candy – Richard Luckin – Wet Spring Day in Golden – enlarge*

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?

6-6:55AM HIIT (Virtual)
9AM, 1PM, and 5PM Colorado School of Mines 2023 Spring Commencement
10AM Wild West Walking Tour
10AM Wild West Short Tour

10-10:30AM TriceraTOTs @ Dinosaur Ridge Discovery Center
10-11:30AM NREL – Public Campus Experience (Virtual)
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)
1-2PM OverDrive to Libby Transition Assistance @ Golden Library
1-5PM Artbeat of America: A Bluegrass Bazaar @ Over Yonder Brewing
2-3PM OverDrive to Libby Transition Assistance @ Golden Library
3PM Vaccine, License & Microchip Clinic @ Foothills Animal Shelter

6PM Reel Rock 17 @ American Mountaineering Center

See the complete calendar of events.

LIVE MUSIC

5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom
5:30-8:30PM Felipe Cantuaria Band @ Goosetown Station
6-10PM Kristin Kay Band @ Wrigley’s
6:30PM The Angle @ Over Yonder

7-10PM Keith Wren @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)

7-10PM Rebecca Jonas @ Morris & Mae

8PM Message in a Bottle & Devil INXSide @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern

COMING UP THIS WEEKEND

Saturday
9AM-12PM Love Your Mother Earth Hike and Painting Class @ American Mountaineering Center
6PM Maypole Dance @ Denver Kickers Sport Club

*Bird Watching Walk with the Stewards of Golden Open Space*

Sunday
Kinney Run Bird Walk
Join Stewards’ knowledgeable birders for an early morning bird walk along the Kinney Run trail on May 14th, May 20th or May 21st. The tour on the 20th will be a joint event with Denver Audubon. We have 12 openings for each day. Send an email to info@stewardsofgolden.org to reserve your spot!

*Sandra Dallas will be signing copies of her latest book at the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum this Sunday, May 14th.*

2-4PM Sunday at the Museum – Sandra Dallas Book Signing @ Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum

GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT

9 pictures of the Golden Smelter — *Photos of the Golden Smelter from the Golden History Museum – Enlarge*

113 years ago today, the Colorado Transcript announced SMOKE AGAIN POURS FROM BIG STACK. The Golden Smelter was built in 1868. Its business was very on-again off-again, depending on competition, the price of metals, etc. May 12, 1910 was another in a series of restarts.

The Transcript (and America in general) just loved heavy industry at this period, and every new plant was a cause for rejoicing. Smokestacks were a symbol of progress, growth, affluence, and everything that was desirable for a city. Since this one belonged to a smelter, it also came with sulfur dioxide, heavy metals, various toxins, and miscellaneous other delights, but in the meantime….

Superintendent James Myers had the blast put on Monday afternoon, and when the clouds of smoke belched forth from the big stack a few minutes later a new era in the prosperity of Golden…was marked.
Colorado Transcript – May 12, 1910

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!