What's Happening in Golden - Friday, Jan. 3rd, 2025

Learning to Fish

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What's happening in Golden today?

Events for Friday, Jan. 3rd

• All day - The Friday Tour
• All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
• All day - Live Workouts with Community Center Pros

• All day - Golden History Tours
• 10:15-10:45AM - Toddler Time - Registration Required
• 5-8PM - Crazy Bingo Night

For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar

2024 Retrospective: October - December

October, 2024 Events

OCTOBER

• The Golden History Tours team was kept very busy offering Ghosts and Spirits tours.
• The Quilt Museum held a volunteer Fair.
• The Farmers Market closed down for the season
• The Fire Department hosted Safety and Preparedness Day
• The City announced that they had spent $604,975 managing the crowds along Clear Creek in 2024, but anticipated spending only $450,316 in 2025 and $469,495 in 2026.
• The Chamber held VIBE@5 at Morris & Mae.
• The City posted signs commemorating the former names of several streets. The were originally named after pioneers Helen Berthoud, Jeanette Ferrell, Mary Clow Boyd, Jeanette (Nettie) Burt, and Kate Ferrell.
• Golden City Brewery held their annual chilifest as a fund-raiser for Golden Pantry and Thrift.
• Jefferson Symphony performed "The Music of France."
• The Chamber held their annual "Beverage Tasting & Chili Cook-Off" in Parfet Park.
• The Library Foundation held their Fall Whale of a Used Book Sale at the Jeffco Fairgrounds.
• The Library held a Wild West Escape Room after hours for teens.
• The Railroad Museum held their Harvest Haunt Train.
• The History Museum gave tours of the Golden Cemetery.
• Foothills Art Center held an open house at the Creative Campus (the oiriginal location, at 15th and Washington).
• With most of the blooming season over, Tom Schweich switched from writing weekly columns about "What's Blooming Along Golden's Trails?" to "Where are Golden's Open Spaces?"
• Golden High School held their annual Trick or Treat Street."
• Golden City Brewery celebrated their 31st anniversary on the 31st of October.
• The Chamber and the City hosted the annual Trick or Treat Street on Washington Avenue.

NOVEMBER

• The Quilt Museum held Demo Days every Wednesday, to teach a new skill.
• Officer Evan Dunn was hit and killed while assisting at a car accident on Highway 58.
• Officer Bethany Grusing was seriously injured in the same accident.
• A group of citizens began circulating petitions that would have required City Council to seek voter approval on expenses greater than $20 million.
• Council accelerated their plan to borrow $52.5 million without citizen approval, before the group could gather all the required signatures.
• GoFarm held their annual Harvest Dinner fund-raiser.
• Golden Beer Talks presented Terre Deegan-Young, who described her experiences serving in Viet Nam.
• City Council bought an apartment complex in the Central Neighborhood to serve ans low income housing.
• Planning Commission considered a case where a property owner wanted to add 5 additional dwellin units in the side & back yards of a single family home on 6th Street.
• The Golden Mill and BGoldN hosted a Thanksgiving Feast for anyone who wanted to eat.

Foothills Art Center opened their 49th annual Holiday Art Market.

DECEMBER

Tens of thousands of people gathered in downtown Golden for the Candleligt Walk.

The Railroad Museum ran sold-out Polar Express trains all month.

Brian Q held his annual Pale Boy Ale release at Barrels & Bottles, to benefit the Golden Civic Foundation.

Colorado Gives Day brought thousands of dollars in to Golden non-profits.

The Fire Department acquiredanew fire engine.

The Golden Hayride Outpost hosted a Country Christmas Celebration.

The City hosted a Holiday Parade downtown.

City Council voted to tak on $52.5 million in debt to build a new city hall.

The City hosted free horse-drawn carriage rides downtown.

Live Music for Friday, Jan. 3rd

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• 6:30PM Clay Rose of Gasoline Lollipops @ Buffalo Rose
  Buffalo Rose (main venue)

• 7-10PM Jeff Goodwin @ Buffalo Rose
  Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
• More Live Music
  5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom
  5:30PM Tres Cajones @ Over Yonder
  9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern

For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar

Golden History: News from the Turn of the Century

State Industrial School Campus - Golden History Museum Collection
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125 Years Ago
The January 3, 1900 Colorado Transcript described many recent upgrades to the State Industrial School in South Golden. At that time, there were 143 boys living there. The school had recently added steam heat, allowing them to replace 20 stoves. The new boiler would use only half as much coal are the individual stoves had. The school was now equipped with 62 radiators.

The officers building had been given anew iron roof. New brick sidewalks had been laid and new lawn had been planted around the cottages. The school had grown 40 tons of sugar beets, which were being fed to their 10 milch [milk] cows. The cows provided all of the milk consumed by the boys, and most of the butter.

In national news, the Transcript was unhappy about a proposed change to postal rates, which would allow mail order houses to ship parcels at low rates. The paper called this "A Plan to Annihilate the Small Merchants Throughout the Country.

A brief promotional piece trumpeted "The Crowning Success of Modern Railroading," which was the Union Pacific train that left Denver at 3PM and arrived in Chicago at 8:15PM the following evening. (This was a 29 hour trip, accounting for the time change. The same trip now takes 20 hours).

It was just as well they were advertising, since page 2 of the paper included an article describing "AN AWFUL CRASH" of a Union Pacific train in Brighton. One man had been burned to death and sixteen others were injured, including one man who had lost a leg.

Weather

Overnight: Mostly cloudy. Low around 27, with temperatures rising to around 31 overnight. Southwest wind around 6 mph.

Friday: Partly sunny. High near 55, with temperatures falling to around 49 in the afternoon. South wind 3 to 7 mph.

Friday Night: Patchy fog after midnight. Partly cloudy. Low around 31, with temperatures rising to around 35 overnight. West wind around 6 mph.

Friday Night: Partly Cloudy then Patchy Fog, 31°F

Saturday: Chance Light Snow, 44°F

Saturday Night: Chance Light Snow, 24°F

Sunday: Slight Chance Light Snow then Partly Sunny, 37°F

Sunday Night: Partly Cloudy, 24°F

Monday: Partly Sunny then Chance Light Snow, 40°F

Monday Night: Chance Light Snow, 21°F

Tuesday: Chance Light Snow, 29°F

Tuesday Night: Partly Cloudy, 17°F

Wednesday: Mostly Sunny, 39°F

Wednesday Night: Slight Chance Light Snow, 24°F

Thursday: Slight Chance Light Snow, 39°F

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Sponsors:
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Buffalo Rose, Buglet Solar, Foothills Art Center, Golden City Brewery, Golden Cultural Alliance, Miners Alley Performing Arts Center, The Golden Mill, Golden Chamber of Commerce, Golden History Tours, Miners Saloon, Golden Hayride Outpost, Unite Fitness, Tom Reiley, and Michael Mason

Friends:
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Tall Pines Painting, Baby Doe’s Clothing, Goozell Yogurt & Coffee Paul Haseman, Donna Anderson, Carol & Doug Harwood, Beth Bidwell, Stephanie Painter, Greg Poulos, Ann Norton & Jonathan Storer, Mary & Don Parker, Saré Merrigan, The Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Joy Brandt, and Vic DeMaria

Supporters:
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Laura King and Scott Wilson, Bobby German and Alison McNally, Forrest Jones, Barry & Liz Bettis, Cheryl & Tom Schweich, Marjorie Sloan, Chris and Joyce Davell, Rick Flint, Forrest Jones, AC Development, Cynthia Merrill Tamny, Stephen Pero, Meg Van Ness & Steve Kalasz, Steve & Karla Schaefer, Bud Rockhill, Steve Enger, and Kristie Brice & Mike Schwartz

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Brad Miller & Julie Bartos, Holly Thomas, Jim and LouAnne Dale, Ann Pattison, Thomas Hoffman, Carol Abel, Brian Quarnstrom, Sandra Curran, Bobby German and Alison McNally, Kathy Smith, Karen Smith, Carlos & Nancy Bernal, Robert Storrs, Michele Sannes, Elaine Marolla, Dixie Termin & Ron Miller, E Tom Hughes, Crystal M Culbert, Patrick A. Madison, Alice Madison & Jim Kalivas, Deb Goeldner, Christopher Ball, 6th Chair Home Services, Dot & Eric Brownson, Rosemary Coffman, Emeline Paulson, Sandy Schneider, Mark and Cathy Pattridge, Cheryl G Leidich, Jen Rutter, Carol Abel, Frani R Bickart, Jennings and Litz, Bill Sedgeley, Nancy Hughes, Justin L Wade, Kathi Eggers, Traci Case, Donna Owen, Leslie D Lutz, Karen Oxman, Catherine Skokan, Ross Fraser & KC Gilliland, Lynne Haigh, Elizabeth Hilliard, Frank Young & Terre Deegan-Young, Kathy Hirons & Jack Markin, Jess & Anthony Monasterio, Ella Lyons & Jeanne Fritch, Heather Duncan, Lee Ann & Pete Horneck, Carol Cameron, Cheryl Williamson, San Daugherty, Jim Garner, John and Carol McEncroe, the Golden Welcome Center, the Golden Transcript, Koshare Eagle, Ken and Colleen Krantz, Traci Neuman Lacey, Jo Barber, Jamie Cookinham, Kermit Shields, Meridee Cecil, Vicki Olson, Colleen & Michael Ramey, Nancy & Pete Torpey, Jax Baker, and Simon Maybury

Followers:
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Golden Community Garden, Lora Haimes, Mariane Erickson, J.J. Fraser