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New Year’s Eve with Free Rides on RTD

Golden Eye Candy – Alan Pinkus – Holiday Lights on the Washington Avenue Bridge – enlarge

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?

8AM-4PM Golden Community Center is open.
9:30-11:30AM Full Walking Tour @ Dinosaur Ridge
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose


2PM The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical @ Miners Alley Performing Arts Center – FINAL PERFORMANCE


2PM A Christmas Story @ Miners Alley Playhouse – FINAL PERFORMANCE

7PM – 7AM FREE RIDES ON RTD, SPONSORED BY COORS
My apologies for jumping the gun in yesterday’s email–the free New Year’s Eve rides are tonight!

Coors is once again sponsoring free New Year’s Eve rides on all RTD routes from 7PM tonight till 7AM tomorrow: As anticipation builds for the countdown to midnight, Molson Coors is helping Denver residents celebrate the holiday season by offering Zero Fares on New Year’s Eve. In partnership with Regional Transportation District (RTD), residents can enjoy fare-free rides on Sunday, Dec. 31 from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Monday, Jan. 1 across bus, MetroRide, MallRide, Light Rail and Commuter Rail, providing a responsible transportation option to usher in the new year. More information

SEE THE COMPLETE CALENDAR OF EVENTS.

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December Scenes in Golden – enlarge


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LIVE MUSIC


11AM-2PM Teague Starbuck @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
6PM Hank Cramer @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse


6-9PM Pre-New Year’s Eve Party with DJ Oh’Nikki Ashley @ Golden Mill
6-9PM Pick & Howl @ New Terrain Brewing
8PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
8:30PM Josh Walker Band @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse

STORE HOURS

King Soopers
New Year’s Eve – 6AM-11PM
New Year’s Day – 6AM-11PM

Safeway
New Year’s Eve – 5AM-7PM
New Year’s Day – 8AM-5PM

Natural Grocers
New Year’s Eve – 8:57AM-6:06PM
New Year’s Day – CLOSED

Walgreens
New Year’s Eve – 8AM-10PM  (Pharmacy – 10AM-6PM) 
New Year’s Day – 8AM-10PM (Pharmacy – CLOSED)


NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTIES AND DINING

ABEJAS
807 13th Street
303-952-9745

BRIDGEWATER GRILL @ the Golden Hotel
800 11th Street
303-279-2010

DIRTY DOGS ROADHOUSE
17999 W. Colfax Avenue
303-384-3644

GOLDEN MILL
1012 Ford Street
720-405-6455
4:00 to 9:00 p.m.

INDULGE BISTRO & WINE BAR
1299 Washington Avenue
303-277-9991

NEW TERRAIN BREWING COMPANY
16401 Table Mountain Pkwy
720-697-7848
6:00 to 9:00 p.m. (New Year’s Eve Pre-Party)

WRIGLEY’S CHICAGO BAR & GRILL
18200 W. Colfax Avenue
303-277-1551
8:00 p.m.
Reservations – 720-934-9208


GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT

Postcard of Golden, sent by Don Cameron – enlarge

Don Cameron sent me a scan of this postcard and asked if I could date it. That’s one of my favorite games! I look for landmarks shown in the picture and use them to identify the latest the image could be and the earliest it could be. Here’s what I came up with:

Landmarks showing the top end of the date range – enlarge

1 Geology Museum is missing, so it’s earlier than 2003.
2 Golden Hotel is missing, so it’s pre-1999.
3 History Park is missing, so it’s pre-1999.
4 Mitchell School is still on 12th Street, so it’s pre-1998.
5 The Visitors Center hasn’t been built, so it’s pre-1997.
6 The Community Center hasn’t been built, so it’s pre-1994.
7 The CSM-RI buildings are still there, so it’s pre-1994.

So the photo was taken some time during or prior to 1994.

Coors Office Building – enlarge

The early end of the range was a little more challenging. The Coors Office Building appears in the picture, and that opened in 1981, so the photo was no earlier than 1981.

Similar to Don’s card, with at least two key differences! – enlarge

My last pair of clues came from looking at a similar-but-slightly-newer postcard. First, I noticed that the “Golden Centre” building had appeared downtown–that’s the two-story building with arches. Second, I noticed that townhouses had been built at 12th and Maple. According to the County Assessor’s office, both were built in 1984.

Don’s postcard is missing the Golden Centre building and the townhouses – enlarge

Since those buildings don’t appear on Don’s postcard, the picture must have been taken before 1984. That puts the date of the postcard between 1981 (Coors office building) and 1984. Voila!

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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DECEMBER SPONSORS: Buffalo Rose, Buglet Solar, Foothills Art Center, Golden City Brewery, Golden Cultural Alliance, Golden History Museum, Golden Super Cruise, Miners Alley Playhouse, The Golden Mill, Golden Chamber of Commerce, Golden History Tours, Morris & Mae Market, Miners Saloon, Joy and Jack Brandt, Tom Reiley

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Tall Pines Painting, Baby Doe’s Clothing, Golden Community Garden, Carol & Doug Harwood, Jennings & Litz, Bill Fisher, Brian Quarnstrom, Casey & Gina Brown, Cheryl & Tom Schweich, Robert Storrs, Karen Smith, Sandy Curran, Paul Haseman, Michele Sannes, Kathy Smith, Crystal Culbert, Pat Madison, Donna Anderson, Ann Pattison, Carol & Don Cameron, Tom Hughes, Emeline Paulson, Susan Gray, David Smith, Karen Oxman, Laura King & Scott Wilson, Bill Sedgeley, Mariane Erickson, Carol Abel, Dot & Eric Brownson, Ann Norton & Jonathan Storer, Deb Goeldner, Rosemary Coffman, Jim & LouAnne Dale, Francine Butler, Elaine Marolla, Dixie Termin & Ron Miller, John & Andi Pearson, Chris Ball, Tom Hoffman, Patrick & Lisa Vitry, Alice Madison & Jim Kalivas, Lora Haimes, Nancy & Carlos Bernal, and Stephanie Painter, Holly Thomas, and Brad Miller

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