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Last Day for the Quilt Exhibit, Opening Night for Blue Ridge, COVID Stats, and Parkng Spots

Golden Eye Candy – Pole Replacement on South Table Mountain – enlarge

Virtual Events

6-6:55AM Virtual HIIT
8:30-9:30AM Virtual Power Training
9-9:55AStrength and Cardio
11AM-12PM Kimodo for Balance
1-1:55PM Chair Yoga


Real World Events

Quilts by Men at the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum CLOSES TODAY

10AM-4PM FINAL DAY to see the Biennial Exhibit of Quilts by Men – Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum

10AM-12PM Rocky Mountain Quilt Study Group @ Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
10:15-10:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library
1-2PM RPO (Railroad Post Office) Car Tour @ Colorado Railroad Museum
3PM Vaccine, License & Microchip Clinic @ Foothills Animal Shelter
6-8PM Teen After Hours: Weird Arts and Crafts
7-9PM Legally Blonde Opens @ Green Center (Mines)

OPENING NIGHT AT MINERS ALLEY PLAYHOUSE!

7:30PM Opening Night – Blue Ridge @ Miners Alley Playhouse


Live Music

12-1PM Concert at the Arthur Lakes Library – Sandrine Ricote & Dan Robinson

5-8PM Marty Nightengale @ Golden Mill
5-8PM Crooked Cannon @ Goosetown Station
5:30PM Weathered Edges @ Over Yonder
6PM Southern Frey @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse

7-10PM Chris Child @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
7-11PM Karaoke @ Wrigley’s
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern


TOMORROW

This year’s Easter egg hunt in Parfet Park will be held tomorrow morning at 10AM. Don’t be late–they start promptly! This annual event is brought to you by the Kiwanis Club and the Golden Chamber.


COVID Update

83.1%

of residents 5+ have received at least one shot (+0% since 4/8/22)

78.1%

of residents 5+ have received at least two shots (+0% since 4/8/22)

46.2%

of residents 5+ have received 3 shots (+0.1% since 4/8/22) – source

Jefferson County Case Summary:
Cases in Jeffco
– April 7th: 122,327 | April 15th: 123,647 (+830)
Deaths in Jeffco – April 7th: 1,543 | April 15th: 1,421 (-122) (This one’s a mystery! I’ll let you know if I learn the reason for the negative deaths.)
Recovered – April 7th: 120,459 | April 15th: 121,864 (+811)
Currently Hospitalized – April 7th: 9 | April 15th: 7 (-2)
Known Cases in Golden – April 7th: 4,903 | April 7th: 4,976 (+74)

Golden Testing Sites
Mines COVID Testing | Jeffco Fairgrounds COVID Testing

More Public Health References
Sign up for exposure notifications | CDC | Colorado | Jefferson County | City of Golden

Where to get vaccinatedJefferson County


Golden History Moment

Leaving Golden and entering the Denver Mountain Parks – enlarge

Automobiles were all the rage in 1920. The Denver Mountain Parks were specifically designed for access by automobile: they offered miles and miles of good roads and beautiful mountain scenery.

Four seat touring car in the Denver Mountain Parks – enlarge

Many people didn’t own automobiles at that time—and many more were daunted by the prospect of driving mountain roads—so tourists often hired drivers to take them through the Mountain Parks.

Exiting the electric car on 13th Street, just west of Washington Avenue – enlarge

Golden was the natural gateway to the Mountain Parks. Visitors from Denver rode out on one of two electric railways and ended up at 13th and Washington. From there, they could find a place in a touring car that would take them to the mountains.

Busy scene at the depot on 13th Street, with touring cars waiting in their designated stalls – enlarge

102 Years Ago
The April 15, 1920 Colorado Transcript announced that the City would begin licensing cars belonging to transportation companies and requiring their solicitors to wear badges.

“Solicitors” had begun traveling on the Denver-to-Golden lines with the sole intent of drumming up customers, and had been making quite a nuisance of themselves. The new licensing process would restrict the number of solicitors that each transportation company could employ, and would require that they stay in their own designated “stalls” near the depot, rather than accosting visitors on the trip out from Denver or as soon as they stepped off the electric car.

The license would also provide each company with designated parking spots. This would eliminate friction between the companies, which had been building as they contended for the best spots.


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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