WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?
9-10AM Keg Conditioning @ Golden Mill
9:30-11:30AM Geology Walk of Kinney Run
10AM-noon Breakfast Burritos @ The Golden Mill
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
11AM-2PM GHS Class of 1983 Reunion Picnic @ Lions Park
12-2PM Full Walking Tour @ Dinosaur Ridge
12-4PM Sunday at the Museum – Know Your Antique Quilts @ Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
1-3PM Tito’s Giveback and Pup Crawl @ Morris & Mae
1-4PM Teen Pride Party @ Golden Library
2PM The Oldest Boy: A Play in Three Ceremonies @ Miners Alley Playhouse – FINAL PERFORMANCE
5PM Sharing the Table @ First United Methodist Church (map)
SEE THE COMPLETE CALENDAR OF EVENTS.
LIVE MUSIC
11AM-2PM Jonny Sterling @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
1-5PM Under Two Tables + Dollhouse Thieves @ Goosetown Station
2-6PM Vince Converse @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
2-5PM Jenn Cleary @ Golden Mill
3-7PM Midnight Vinyl @ Wrigley’s
4PM John Till @ Over Yonder
4-7:30PM Sunday Swing with the Flatirons Jazz Orchestra @ Buffalo Rose
A special evening for fans of big band and swing dancing at the historical Buffalo Rose in downtown Golden. Doors open and delicious food service starts at 4:00. Learn to swing dance with a free dance lesson 4:00-5:00! Then enjoy entertaining live BIG BAND JAZZ MUSIC from 5:00 to 7:30 by the Flatirons Jazz Orchestra – featuring Deborah Stafford. Dance or just enjoy the great Swing Era music of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and more played on one of Colorado great historic stages. All ages welcome.
Dance or just listen to the great Swing Era music of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and more. $20 online / $25 at the door. All ages welcome – under 18 with a guardian. Tickets
8PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT
113 Years Ago
The June 11, 1908 Colorado Transcript announced the opening day of the Castle Rock Resort. This was five years before the funicular railway was built. In 1908, visitors had two ways to reach the resort. A wagon road had been built across the top of the mesa. The special opening day price for a round trip to the summit was 25 cents. The other alternative was riding in a burro train. Both the stage and burros left from the Tramway depot at 13th and Washington.
The resort owner, Charles Quaintance, invited the Golden community to join him on Castle Rock to enjoy the sunset and looking over the lights of Denver. Mr. Quaintance had constructed a dancing pavilion on Castle Rock, “with a fine hard wood floor.” To celebrate the opening, dancing would be free all night. At 8 o’clock, Mayor Vivian would turn on the electric lights, “converting the top of the rock into a glaring tower of light, and opening the resort.”
The reason we have so many photos of people on burros is that Quaintance was a photographer. He took photos of tourists before they headed up the mountain and offered them for sale afterwards. The photo above features a big sign saying
PHOTO CARDS WITH BURROS
CASTLE ROCK IN BACKGROUND
4 FOR 50 CENTERS $1.00 per DOZ
Burros For Hire 35 cents per Hour
Trip To Castle Rock 50 cents
Lookout Mountain $1.00.
KODAKS for RENT
DEVELOPING AND PRINTING
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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