Sunrise Over Golden
Photo by Buglet Battery
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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Friday, Jun. 12th
- All day - The Friday Tour
- All day - TriceraTOTs @ Dinosaur Ridge
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Golden History Tours
- All day - Live Workouts with Community Center Pros
- All day - Golden Sports
- All day - Maintenance at the Community Center
- 9:30-10:30AM - Rooftop Yoga
- 10AM-4PM - Beginning Quilting
- 10:15-10:45AM - A Visit From Dinger
- 10:15-10:45AM - Toddler Time - Registration Required
- 7PM - Kickers World Cup Watch Party
- 7PM - Movies & Music in the Park
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
9 and 10AM TriceraTOTs @ Dinosaur Ridge
Join us at the Discovery Center for this fun, 30-minute craft and storytime! Tickets can be purchased for children aged 2+. Children 1 and under and adults are free to attend, but please limit the total number of children attending in your group to three (3) to leave room for other families due to limited open spots.
$5 | Register
Location:
Main Visitor Center
16831 W. Alameda Parkway (Map)
9:30-10:30AM Rooftop Yoga @ Golden Mill
Enjoy an all-levels class on The Golden Mill’s rooftop patio, with sweeping views of North and South Table Mountains, Zion Mountain, and Clear Creek. Led by Flow Yoga Studio. Rain or shine. Register
Location:
Golden Mill
1012 Ford Street (Map)
10:15-10:45AM A Visit From Dinger @ Golden Library
DinoSOAR into Stories by meeting Dinger, the beloved Triceratops mascot of the Colorado Rockies! Dinger loves reading, and he wants to encourage all the kids by stopping by for a fun chance at photos and quick autographs. More information
Location:
Golden Library
1019 10th Street (Map)
10:30AM and 1:30PM Walking Tours @ the Railroad Museum
Each Friday, join us for an hour of exploring Colorado’s railroad history.
Tours are subject to change and are based on guide availability. Each week’s theme is explored using a variety of museum resources to help bring the subject to life with the understanding that guests are welcome to continue their visit on their own after the tour. Today's Topic
Location:
Colorado Railroad Museum
17155 W. 44th Avenue (Map)
7PM Movies & Music in the Park @ Parfet Park
Music: The Man Cubs
Movie: Zootopia 2
The series features free music and a family-friendly movie each Friday night. Bands begin performing at 7:00 p.m., and the featured movie of the night begins at dusk, around 8:30 p.m. The movies are shown on a giant inflatable screen under the stars. More information
Location:
Parfet Park
10th Street and Washington Avenue (Map)
The Golden Word - 06/12/26
Live Music for Friday, Jun. 12th
- 7PM Ten Years Gone with Live Wire @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)
- More Live Music
5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom
6-8PM Brigitte Benson @ Etta Jeanne
6-10PM Steve & the Cruisers @ Wrigley’s
6:30-9:30PM River Spell @ Goosetown Station
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: Sedgy Banks, Pellucid Water, and Pensile Willows
This postcard image was taken in the early 20th century, but it looks remarkably like George West’s description of June 12, 1859
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167 Years Ago
In 1905, George West recalled his arrival in Golden on June 12, 1859:
…an anniversary of more than passing interest to the writer of this article, as just forty-six years before he arrived for the first time upon the sedgy banks of Clear creek, then known as Vasquez fork of the South Platte. The remarkable pellucidity of its waters, filled as they were with myriads of trout, and the banks skirted with countless pensile willows and waving cottonwoods made it the admiration of all, and it was voted an ideal spot for a camping ground, a veritable haven of rest after more than two months journey with ox teams across the arid plains from St. Joe., Mo.
Our immediate company, known as the Boston company, which made the journey together, comprising seven members who had left the “Hub” late in March, crossed the Missouri at St. Joe on April 1st… Upon our arrival here there were perhaps half a dozen small outfits encamped along the banks of the creek, some of them already preparing to push farther on into the mountains, packing their belongings upon ponies, and even upon the backs of their oxen, as at that time no roads had been opened into or through their rugged fastnesses. This circumstance struck us at once as evidence that if the mines which had at that time been discovered should amount to anything, this as a location for transfer of goods, would be just the place for a town.
Lots were selected by the Boston company and a party sent to the mountains to prepare the timbers for a substantial building, as there was at that time no lumber to be had in the country. Logs were cut and hewn and hauled to the site selected, and a substantial log building, two stories in height was erected as rapidly as possible. It was the first business house to be completed and occupied in the town, and as an evidence of its merit it is standing today, in good repair…all the windows intact with their 10×12 glass the largest to be had when the structure was built…..
In an earlier description, written in 1877, Captain West reported that their campsite had been “upon the ground now occupied by Fitzpatrick flouring mill.” Today, that spot at 11th and Washington is occupied by the Golden Hotel.
Weather
Overnight: Clear, with a low around 54. West wind around 7 mph.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 88. North northwest wind 2 to 12 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Friday Night: Mostly clear. Low around 58, with temperatures rising to around 60 overnight. West northwest wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.
Friday Night: Mostly Clear, 58°F
Saturday: Sunny, 78°F
Saturday Night: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 55°F
Sunday: Chance Rain Showers, 69°F
Sunday Night: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 53°F
Monday: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 77°F
Monday Night: Mostly Clear, 56°F
Tuesday: Mostly Sunny, 88°F
Tuesday Night: Partly Cloudy, 62°F
Wednesday: Sunny, 97°F
Wednesday Night: Mostly Clear, 62°F
Thursday: Sunny, 88°F
Supporters
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Sponsors:
($100/month or $1,175/year)
Buffalo Rose, Buglet Battery, Foothills Art Center, Golden Cultural Alliance, Miners Alley Performing Arts Center, The Golden Mill, Golden Chamber of Commerce, Golden History Tours, Miners Saloon, Clothilde Elingbow, Michael Mason, Earth Sweet Boutique, and Colorado Railroad Museum
Friends:
($50-99.99/month or $575/yr)
Tall Pines Painting, Baby Doe’s Clothing, Paul Haseman, Donna Anderson, Carol & Doug Harwood, Stephanie Painter, Greg Poulos, Ann Norton & Jonathan Storer, Mary & Don Parker, Saré Merrigan, The Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Vic DeMaria, Unite Fitness, and Joy Brandt
Supporters:
($25-49.99/month or $285/yr)
Laura King and Scott Wilson, Bobby German and Alison McNally, Forrest Jones, Barry & Liz Bettis, Cheryl & Tom Schweich, in memory of Marjorie Sloan, Chris and Joyce Davell, Rick Flint, Forrest Jones, Cynthia Merrill Tamny, Stephen Pero, Meg Van Ness & Steve Kalasz, Steve & Karla Schaefer, Bud Rockhill, Steve Enger, Kristie Brice & Mike Schwartz, The Golden Hotel, Kurt & Janet Siegfried, Ella Lyons & Jeanne Fritch, Robert Thresher, Tonie Mattox, Centennial State Wealth Advisors, Steve & M.L. Richardson, Jeremy & Stephanie Keller, AC Development, Golden PT & Pilates, and Frank Young & Terre Deegan-Young
Members:
($10-24.99/month or $115/yr)
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, 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, Kathy Hirons & Jack Markin, Jess & Anthony Monasterio, 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, Colleen & Michael Ramey, Nancy & Pete Torpey, Jax Baker, Simon Maybury, Rose McLaughlin, Cameron Chambers, Joyce Gravina, Patrick Klein, Barb Robie, Richard Caldwell, Janice Waring, Sam & Marilyn Baron, Carmen Johnson, Mary Eiberger, Kevin Nichols, Ed & Carol Freza, Laura and Curtis Moore, Ruth Hund, Shelley & Jerry Devitt, Eileen Masterson, Kate Olivier, Amy Korengut, Pam Logan, Clare Shier, Wendy Weiman, Marge Frueh. Nannette Johnson, Edgar Walker, Bivy Beer Bar, Nancy Cooper, Jane & Mike Templeton, Vicki Greivel, and Kim McDonough
Followers:
($5-9.99/month or $55/year)
Golden Community Garden, Lora Haimes, Mariane Erickson, J.J. Fraser, Mel Perkins, Bob Hamilton, Steve Stevens, Vicki Olson, Emily Kurzinski, Nanette Johnson, Peyton Gibson, Sally Berger, Kristen Morgan, Joyce Sutton, Mary Rains, Craig Champlin, Stan Swisher, Bill Way, Chris Toney, Alicia Zimmerman, Tamara Feucht, Carie Chimbel, GoldenBrokers, and Elizabeth Coil
