Real World Events
9AM Keg Konditioning @ Golden Mill
9AM Yoga @ Lions Park with Revolutions Yoga
Revolutions yoga will begin offering a free all-levels class this morning in Lions Park. The class will be offered every Sunday morning at 9AM through July 31st. Donations will be accepted.
9:30AM-12PM Walk With a Geologist @ Dinosaur Ridge
9:30-11:30AM Full Walking Tour @ Dinosaur Ridge
10AM-12PM Wild West Walking Tour @ Golden Visitors Center
10AM-3PM All Things Engine @ The Railroad Museum
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
11AM-2PM Wild West Pub Crawl @ Golden City Brewery
2:30-4:30PM Textile Society @ Golden Library
3-6PM Wild West Pub Crawl @ Golden City Brewery
Live Music
11AM-2PM Good for Nothin’ Thunder Mountain Boys @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
2PM Band of Brothers @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
3PM Jewel & the Rough @ Wrigley’s
4-7PM Mike Heuer @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
4PM Scoopers @ Over Yonder
5-8PM Scott Slay and the Rail @ Golden Mill
8PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
Golden History Moment
98 Years Ago
In 1924, the City bought a lovely, shaded block at 23rd and Jackson Street to serve as a City Tourist Camp. They offered camp sites or stone cabins, with access to privies and a central kitchen cabin. Cities all over the country were doing the same thing. Automobile tourism was a new thing at that time, and anyone who could afford an automobile and take vacation time was seen as a highly desirable visitor. The City planned to offer free accommodations at the Tourist Camp, with the assumption that the patrons would be spending money with local merchants.
The June 19, 1924 Colorado Transcript described a change of heart. The article started with a discussion of the hobo problem–how people who lived near railroad tracks were plagued with unwanted visitors who had jumped the trains.
Now they were concerned with the unpaid guests at the Tourist Camp. They found that undesirable visitors were arriving and staying for long periods of time–presumably without adequately supporting the local economy. Town leaders were concerned that these “undesirables” were driving off the clientele the City wanted to attract.
The plan was to begin charging a fee for the accommodations–fifty cents for the first night and twenty-five cents for each night thereafter. It was thought that this would drive off freeloaders, and–as the article stated–“real people” would pay readily.
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!
