Locomotive Tour, Book Signing, Talking Dead, and Policing the Beavers

*Golden Eye Candy – Richard Luckin – a Splash of Orange – enlarge*

What’s Happening in Golden Today?

6-6:55AM HIIT (Virtual)
8:30-9:30AM Power Training (Virtual)
9-9:55AM Strength and Cardio (Virtual)
10-10:55AM Barre (Virtual)
10AM-12PM Rocky Mountain Quilt Study Group @ Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
10:15-10:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library
12-12:55PM All Levels Yoga (Virtual)
1-1:45PM Silver Sneakers Yoga (Virtual)

1-2PM The Friday Tour – The Locomotive: Steam & Diesel Tour @ Colorado Railroad Museum
2-4PM DeLong Park Weedbusters @ DeLong Park
3PM Vaccine, License & Microchip Clinic @ Foothills Animal Shelter
2-4PM Weedbusters @ DeLong Park

2-5PM Golden Author Charles Monlezon will sign copies of his book, Becoming Charlie, this afternoon at Bank of the West (map).
7-9PM Colorado Haunted History: Murder, Mayhem and Madness Tour @ Golden Visitors Center

8PM The Talking Dead Haunted Pub Crawl
The 7PM Pub Crawl is sold out, but there is still room in the 8PM. Tickets are also available for Saturday night’s crawl. This is a great opportunity to meet some of Golden’s honored dead in the flesh!

Live Music

5-8PM Wylie “Crazy Horse” Jones @ Golden Mill
5-8PM Splendid Blend @ Goosetown Station
6PM Southern Frey @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
6-8PM Vada @ Over Yonder

7-10PM Howard Dlugasch @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)

8PM Citizen Dan @ Buffalohttps://buffalorosegolden.com/shows/ Rose (main venue)
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern

Golden History Moment

*I used an old map and a Google satellite view to trace the course of the mill race. Click to enlarge.*

Parfet Park was bisected by a mill ditch until the mid-1950s. The water running through the ditch powered the grinding operations at the Golden Mill.

96 Years Ago
In the October 21, 1926 Colorado Transcript, Mayor Bert Jones expressed concern about beaver depredations in Parfet Park.

The beautiful trees growing along the Golden mill ditch where it runs through the Parfet Memorial park are being badly damaged by beavers. The marshals, city clerk and police judge have borrowed all the bear and coyote traps they can find and are doing their best to get Messrs Beaver. I hope by the time these lines are on their way to the linotype the editor can add a line stating the police gang has won out.

*This excerpt from an aerial photo taken in 1950 shows the mill run and the trees in Parfet Park – Denver Public Library Western History Collection – enlarge*

By the time the paper went to press, the editor was able to add the following note:

The mayor has his wish. Marshal Tom Rowe made the first catch last week, a big papa beaver, and now the men are after the rest of the family.

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!