The National Western Stock Show ends tomorrow, and the holiday lights will be turned off after that!
What’s Happening in Golden Today?
10AM Breakfast Burritos @ The Golden Mill
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
10AM Wild West Walking Tour
10AM-3PM Saturday Train Rides @ Colorado Railroad Museum
10:15AM Family Time @ Golden Library
10:30-11:45AM Transform Your Life @ PranaTonic Yoga & Wellness
10:30AM-3PM Sewing Bee @ First Presbyterian Church of Golden
11AM-2PM Golden Fitness Passport Block Party @ The Spot Gym
12-5PM Local Art Fair @ Morris & Mae (map)
12-1:45PM Foods for Fitness @ Natural Grocers
1-4PM Nature Journal Club: Sketchbook Nature Journaling Basics @ Lookout Mountain Nature Center
1PM Wild West Pub Crawl
2-3:30PM Hydroponic Gardening Basics @ Golden Library – FULL – Join Waitlist
Live Music
1AM-2PM Johnny O @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom
5-8PM Chaz DePaulo Trio @ Over Yonder
7-10PM Howard Dlugasch @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
7PM Dave Frisk @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
7-10PM Alan Bennet @ Morris & Mae
8PM Rush Archives @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
Golden History Moment
54 Years Ago
The January 21, 1969 Colorado Transcript reported that one of the high tension electrical towers at W. 10th Avenue and Johnson Road had been destroyed with explosives. Dynamite was placed at the base of each of the four legs.
“Officials stated that the methods employed indicated that the person who set the charge had military training in demolition. The force of the blast was such that pieces of the tower were thrown for a great distance. One large piece was found embedded in a mobile home…more than 1-1/2 miles from the blast.”
By mid-February, the FBI had identified a suspect. Cameron David Bishop was already wanted for an attempted takeover of a building on the CSU campus, and the Golden bombing put him on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted list.
Why was he bombing Golden? It was an attempt to undermine the Viet Nam War effort. Coors Porcelain was making nose cones for missiles at that time, and the tower that was bombed supplied power to the Coors plant.
The blast may not have been as disruptive as the bomber had hoped. While a large part of Jefferson County lost power, Public Service was able to route around the problem and had service partially restored within 15 minutes and fully restored in about an hour.
Canadian police found him in Vancouver in June of 1970 and began extradition procedures. He apparently slipped away, and was next seen in New York in June of 1971. He again evaded capture, but was arrested in Rhode Island in 1975. Local police had approached him in his car and found it contained “a small arsenal of weapons.” At that point, he was identified and brought back to Colorado. He was released on $277,500 bond, which was guaranteed by his mother.
Bishop was convicted of three counts of sabotage and sentenced to seven years in prison, but remained free on bond, pending appeal. The ruling was overturned on appeal, so he remained free.
His attorney later defended Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City bomber.
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!
