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What’s Happening in Golden Today?


9-10:30AM Return on Membership Breakfast @ Golden Visitors Center

9-10:30AM Visit Golden Stakeholder Committee

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


10-11:30PM Everything Dinosaur Lecture: Iguanodonts @ Dinosaur Ridge Discovery Center
10:15-10:45AM Discovery Play @ Golden Library
6PM Run Club @ Runners Roost

6:30PM Economic Development Commission Meeting @ City Hall
EDComm will nominate new officers tonight. Staff is evaluating various tools for creating a business profile for the city. They have included several examples in tonight’s meeting packet for the board’s evaluation. Staff will report on a tool called Qwally. The meeting menu describes it as “a platform to support local businesses.” They last discussed Qwally in November. At that time it was described as “a digital economic development platform.” Staff will update the board on recent business retention visits and business inquiries and will provide updates on the Clayworks (CoorsTek) development plans and the status of the Mines Venture Center. PowerPoints about both organizations are included in the meeting packet.

7PM The SpongeBob Musical Opens @ Golden High School Opens


Live Music

5-8PM Zea Stallings Duo of The Copper Children @ Goosetown Station
5-8PM Teague Starbuck @ Mountain Toad

6-9PM Jon Ridnell @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
6PM Hardwood Heart @ New Terrain Brewing
8PM Karaoke @ Rock Rest Lodge


Golden History Moment

All images from the Golden History Museum collection. Top row – Golden Mill, Calvary Church, Coors Porcelain. Middle row – Tramway, Roy Hartzell, Williams Transportation. Bottom row – Woods & Rubey Bank, Woods Mortuary, and Linder Hardware building. click to enlarge

107 Years Ago
The March 9, 1916 Colorado Transcript touched on several interesting topics. Council was determined to “do away, once for all with the disagreeable odors and taste which has permeated the city water at times.” The article said that the odor was caused by algae in the City’s reservoir. “Last year vitrol was used but the war in Europe has placed this chemical at an almost prohibitive price.”

Really? “Vitrol?” More commonly spelled “vitriol,” that’s sulfuric acid. I’m not surprised that it kills algae, and I’m glad it didn’t kill the population. With vitriol in short supply, council was looking at a variety of options, including trying to create more circulation in the reservoir to discourage algae growth.

Roy Hartzell, a Golden-born professional baseball player, was going to play for the New York Yankees.

The Golden Mill was releasing a new brand of flour: Golden Queen.

The Williams Transportation Company (Agent for The FORD–“The Universal Car”) was advertising a 5 passenger touring car for $478.20 and a Roadster for $428.20. Their ad said “You need one–You want one–EVENTUALLY You will buy one.”

Woods & Rubey Bank was paying 4% interest.

J.H. Linder Hardware Company was advertising garden, field, and flower seeds as well as berry boxes and crates.

Woods & Sanders Mortuary ran their standing ad because–well, you never know when you might need a mortuary.

The Tramway was planning to run an express theater car from Denver to Golden on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Golden residents could attend plays and movies and catch the express back to Golden at 11:30PM.

Calvary Church had ordered a new pipe organ and they expected to have it in time for Easter services. They planned to hold a series of recitals by well known organists to celebrate the new instrument.

An article explained that–because of the war–the United States had lost its supplier of laboratory glass and porcelain. We had been accustomed to buying such things from Germany, but we were no longer trading with them. The article stated that the U.S. would need to start manufacturing laboratory wares ourselves. This article is of interest because it was this very need that brought Coors Porcelain (now CoorsTek) into existence.


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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