WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?
8:30-9:30AM Power Training (Virtual)
9:15-9:45AM Let’s Dance @ Golden Library
10-10:55AM All Levels Yoga (Virtual)
12-12:30PM Mondays with the Mayor (Virtual)
1PM Wild West Walking Tour
1PM and 4PM Wild West Short Tour
2-3PM Active Minds Mondays – Wildfires (Virtual)
4-4:30PM Kids Martial Arts Class (Virtual)
7-8PM Colorado Trivia League @ Morris & Mae
1-5PM Sketch and Paint on the Go with Janet Nunn @ The Eddy
5-8PM Monday Market @ Cannonball Creek Brewing
SEE THE COMPLETE CALENDAR OF EVENTS.
CITY MEETINGS
5:30-7:30PM Bike & Pedestrian Master Plan Final Open House @ City Hall
Learn about the final walking and biking recommendations, experience the online pedestrian prioritization tool and meet the community organizations helping the plan come to life.
TRIVIA
7-8PM Colorado Trivia League @ Morris & Mae
GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT
104 Years Ago
The August 7, 1919 Colorado Transcript provided farm statistics from a report by the County Assessor.
At that time, Jefferson County had 1,021 farmers. They held a total of 140,267.84 acres, though only 41,816 of those acres were under cultivation. The average farm size was 136.24 acres.
There were 55 silos, 23 tractors, and 6 threshing machines. They owned 36,014 hens.
The biggest crop in Jefferson County was alfalfa (15,911 acres). Alfalfa is used primarily as feed for horses and cattle. Horses were still widely used at that time for both farming and transportation.
Wheat was in second place, at 12,485 acres. Those local wheat crops explain why Golden had two active grain mills at the time.
Crops grown in smaller quantities were: timothy (823.75 acres), rye (816 acres), alfalfa cut for seed (374 acres), potatoes (321.33 acres), cabbage (220 acres), grain sorghum (50 acres), orchard (41.75 acres), sweet clover (40 acres), sweet sorghum (36 acres), berries (35 acres), field peas (34 acres), sudan grass (23 acres), beans for seed (20 acres), beans (8 acres), garden (7 acres), asparagus (5.25 acres), tomatoes (4.25 acres), and carrots (1 acres).
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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