Fishing Clear Creek on New Year's Day
Photo by Scott Wilson
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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Friday, Jan. 2nd
- 10:15-10:45AM - Toddler Time - Registration Required
- 10:30AM - The Friday Tour @ The Railroad Museum
- 5:30-6:30PM - Women's Circle
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
2025 Retrospective: July
- The Railroad Museum held their monthly Story Tour.
- The creek calmed down enough to permit tubing.
- Mines Park was nearly finished.
- The Planning Commission considered a proposed porch on DeFrance Way.
- Colorado Whitewater held the Golden Community Rodeo on Clear Creek.
- Colorado Summit offered a GoldenToday readers a chance to score free tickets to their game.
- The Lions Club sponsored a Fourth of July Festival in Lions Park.
- The VFW hosted their annual Very Fine Wheels car show.
- Miners Alley hosted Adult Summer Camp.
- Councilors Evans and Vitry held an educational meeting about pesticide-free gardening at DeLong Park.
- The Arts & Culture Commission discussed artwork for Ulysses Park and future art installations.
- Xcel hosted a meeting for residents to learn more about their Wildfire Mitigation (tree-cutting) program.
- The Golden Anti-Racism Collective Book and Media Group discussed Black Magic.
- The Golden Outpost offered free line dancing & lasso lessons.
- Foothills Art Center offered a Bee Spa Clay Workshop.
- Lookout Mountain Nature Center hosted Preschool Nature Nuts - Spiders are Super!
- The Golden Optimists celebrated the birthday of their Bicycle Recycle Program.
- GURA discussed possible new urban renewal areas and two grant requests.
- Foothills Art Center offered a Plein Air painting class.
- Golden Beer Talks learned about Makers Spaces.
- The Front Porch organized a Washington Avenue flower walk with Golden's horticulture team.
- The Parks Board discussed pesticide-free form parks maintenance.
- Many people participated in the Good Trouble protest on Washington Avenue.
- City Council (minus Patty Evans) concluded that preservation is not as important to them as density.
- Council and Staff held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new City Hall.
- MTAB took an e-bike tour around town.
- Buffalo Bill Days was celebrated with a pancake breakfast, parade, live music, crafts, and children's activities.
- The Golden Bike Cruise celebrated Buffalo Bill Days with a Wild West costume theme.
- Golden City Brewery celebrated their new permanent food truck with a Chamber ribbon-cutting.
The Golden Word - 01/02/26
Live Music for Friday, Jan. 2nd
- 7PM Disco Revue "Live Dance Band" @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)
- 5:30-8:30PM Jeff Goodwin @ Buffalo Rose Sky Bar Stage
- More Live Music
5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: Seasonal Windstorms
Roofless DeFrance home – Colorado Transcript – January 2, 1908
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118 Years Ago
The January 2, 1908 Colorado Transcript featured this photo of the DeFrance home, which was located at 16th and Illinois. The home was less than a year old when the roof was roof was blown off in a windstorm.
The walls crumbled off for a considerable distance, windows were broken and the rooms filled with dirt and plaster…. This residence was built by a Denver contractor, and was one of the finest and most costly in the city. It is estimated that it will require from $1500 to $2000 to put the place in shape it was.
The same storm blew down one of the chimneys on the Loveland building. It fell to the sidewalk below.
The front wall collapsed on the bakery next door to the Transcript building. This left the awning flapping around, which broke the windows in both the bakery and the Transcript.
The farms and ranches around Golden also took a beating. “Otis Rooney, South of Golden, lost nearly his entire stock of hay, something like 100 tons being blown away. Windmills were torn down, or so badly twisted as to make them useless at scores of ranches.”
113 Years Ago
The January 2, 1913 Colorado Transcript reported on another windstorm.
A gale which apparently had a velocity of at least a million miles an hour, held sway in this section Sunday night, causing a considerable amount of damage. Windows were blown in all parts of town, and scores of chimneys were blown off. Sheds were blown over, and trees were uprooted. The monster fir tree which has stood in front of Dr. Kelly’s residence for thirty years, was blown over and completely uprooted.
The same storm blew down a telephone poll at the Industrial School, leaving only one line available between Golden and Denver. Electrical service was down for several hours. A chimney blowing off the Methodist church narrowly missed a pedestrian.
Weather
Overnight: Partly cloudy. Low around 48, with temperatures rising to around 50 overnight. West southwest wind around 7 mph.
Friday: Partly sunny. High near 58, with temperatures falling to around 53 in the afternoon. West wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Friday Night: Mostly clear. Low around 39, with temperatures rising to around 43 overnight. West wind around 9 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Friday Night: Mostly Clear, 39°F
Saturday: Mostly Sunny, 62°F
Saturday Night: Mostly Cloudy, 41°F
Sunday: Sunny, 63°F
Sunday Night: Partly Cloudy, 40°F
Monday: Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Light Rain, 60°F
Monday Night: Slight Chance Rain And Snow, 35°F
Tuesday: Mostly Sunny, 54°F
Tuesday Night: Partly Cloudy, 33°F
Wednesday: Mostly Sunny, 53°F
Wednesday Night: Partly Cloudy, 31°F
Thursday: Chance Light Snow, 48°F
News About Golden - January 2, 2026
Photo Gallery: Transcript staff’s favorite photos of 2025
By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then Golden is worth a thousand pictures.
Throughout the year, the Transcript staff members and their freelance photographers took thousands of photos of Golden’s people, pets, parades, festivals, races, wildlife and much more... Read more...
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