ELECTION DAY
One last time! Here’s the information about this year’s City Council Election.
There are ballot drop-off boxes in City Hall, the Jefferson County Courthouse, and other locations around the County buildings campus. Check the map showing all locations.
You will be able to watch the election results come in AFTER 7PM on the County Election Results page.
No matter what the outcome of this election the people of this country will, as one person, settle down to work again, building and protecting one of the grandest and freest countries the world has ever known. This unity of purpose, after saying such awful things about each other, is something other nations are not able to understand about America and Americans. – Colorado Transcript – November 7, 1940
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?
9AM Golden Seniors – Coffee Klatch @ Golden Visitors Center
9-10AM Women’s Exercise and Bible Study @ First United Methodist Church
9:15-9:45AM Baby Time @ Golden Library
10-10:45AM Storybook Tour @ Colorado Railroad Museum
10AM and 1PM Wild West Walking Tour
10AM and 1PM Wild West Short Tour
10:15-10:45AM Preschool Time @ Golden Library
1-3PM English Paper Piecing Enthusiasts @ Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
5:30-7:30PM Textile Society @ Golden Library
5:30-8PM Exploring the Elements of Art @ Foothills Art Center
6-8:30PM Sip N Paint @ Morris & Mae
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PUB GAMES
6PM Trivia Tuesdays @ Golden Mill
6:30-8:30PM Team Trivia Tuesdays @ Buffalo Rose
6:30-8:30PM Bar Bingo @ VFW Post 4171
LIVE MUSIC
6PM Karaoke with Linda @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
6PM Open Bluegrass Pick Night @ Over Yonder Brewing
GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT
55 Years Ago
The November 7, 1968 Colorado Transcript announced the upcoming dedication ceremony for the bell at the Baptist Church.
The article included the bell’s interesting history. Golden’s original Baptist church was built in 1863 at 12th and Jackson Streets. In 1868, town father W.A.H. Loveland offered to donate a bell if the congregation would build a bell tower. They gratefully accepted his proposal, so Loveland ordered the bell.
At the time, the railroad stopped at Omaha Nebraska, so Loveland hired teamster C.W. Burbridge to drive a team of oxen to Omaha to collect the bell and bring it to Golden.
After having crossed the plains about halfway, he was attacked by a band of roving Indians. Burbridge realized his small party was outnumbered and to engage in a fight would be foolish. He greeted them in a friendly manner and the Indians agreed not to harm anyone. They took his relief ox and after they had butchered it, gave him a generous portion. Without further molestation, they permitted his party to continue their journey. Colorado Transcript – November 7, 1968
The bell tower was completed in May of 1868, and the town celebrated. The bell was used, not only for calls to worship, but for fire alarms and other public alerts.
In 1961, the Baptists built a new church at 1805 Washington (map). A new outdoor bell “tower,” consisting of three crosses, was completed and dedicated in 1968. The bell still hangs there, a reminder of Golden’s earliest days.
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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