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Dining for Others, Cowboy Music & Poetry, Fishing Flix, and Summer Tourism

A dusting of snow on the mountains west of Golden
Golden Eye Candy – Sottco – Winter Persists – enlarge

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?

8-10AM Sunrise Awards Breakfast @ Golden Hotel
9-9:55AM Silver Sneakers Classic (Virtual)
9:15-9:45AM Baby Time @ Golden Library
10AM and 4PM Wild West Walking Tour
10AM, 1PM, and 4PM Wild West Short Tour
10-10:30AM Call In: Mid-Morning Meditation (Virtual)
10-10:55AM Chair Yoga (Virtual)
11:30AM-1PM Library for All @ Golden Library


5-8PM BGOLDN Give Back Day @ The Golden Mill
Custom Hat Making | Live Music | Raffles

6PM Mines Community Meeting (Virtual)

6PM Mobility & Transportation Advisory Board Meeting @ City Hall
MTAB will discuss Golden Transit Initiatives, the Bike/Ped Project, and the Traffic Calming Manual. There is no meeting packet–just the agenda–so no additional information is available.


6-7:30PM Cowboy Poetry and Music @ Golden History Museum
Join us for a special performance of poetry and music at the Golden History Museum. Travel back in time and celebrate Cowboy Poetry Week by enjoying the traditions of cowboys in the West.

Rex Rideout is a long-time student of the music and songs of the 19th-Century American West. As the proprietor of Time Travel Music, Rex has performed at countless historic sites and museums across the West. His music has also been featured on television and radio. Rex plays many musical instruments: mandolin, fiddle, guitar, banjo, and tin whistle, to name just a few.

6PM Run Club @ Runners Roost

6:30PM Band and Orchestra Pops Concert @ Golden High School

7PM International Fly Fishing Film Festival @ Buffalo Rose

See the complete calendar of events.

LIVE MUSIC


5-8PM Shawn Nelson @ Golden Mill
5:30-8:30PM Elyjah and Myron @ Goosetown Station


6-9PM Derek Hall @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
6PM One Way Traffic @ New Terrain Brewing
8PM Karaoke @ Rock Rest Lodge

GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT

Denver and Intermountain electric car and 13th and Washington, with Castle Rock in the background
Denver & Intermountain car at the Golden terminal, 13th and Washington, in 1940 – Denver Public Library Western History Collection – enlarge

82 Years Ago
On April 27th, 1941, the Denver and Intermountain Railway began offering low-priced round-trip excursions between Denver and Golden. On Sundays and holidays, passengers could make that trip for only 25 cents. The D&IM had been offering those excursions for several years, and they had proven popular, bringing more than 10,000 visitors each summer.


Car after car of people with their cameras and lunches are unloaded at the Golden station. No attempt has been made by Golden people to entertain them–they all seem to know what they want to do. They spend the day in Golden’s parks, admiring Golden’s many beautiful homes, lawns, and flowers, visiting the School of Mines campus or hiking over the mountains and through the canons.


CORRECTION:


Yesterday’s History Moment described the collection of Ronzio photos currently on display at the Golden library. I mentioned that they would be up for six months. In fact, they’ll only be there for six weeks. So if you want to see them, don’t dawdle!

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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