Spring Run-Off Season on Clear Creek
Photo by Chris Davell
Spring Runoff Season on Clear Creek
Photo by Chris Davell
What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Friday, Jun. 7th
- 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
- 5-9PM - Night at the Mines Museum
- 5:30PM - Lions Club 4th of July Raffle Ticket Sale
- 6-7:30PM - Mind Bath
- 6-8PM - Teen After Hours: Happy Little Trees Paint Along
- 6:30-8:30PM - Colorado Rails and Cocktails: Eating, Drinking, and Railroading with Buffalo Bill
- 7-9:30PM - Line Dancing
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
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Golden Visitors Center, 2003 - Photo by Barb Warden
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A Thank You Note from CAG
Scenes from the 2024 Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive - Volunteers sorting and shelving the community food donations.
To Our Golden Friends:
We are deeply thankful for your participation in this year's Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive to aid CAG's Food Pantry in Golden. Your kindness and generosity have filled the tables of those facing food insecurity in our community with nourishment and healthy meals. Together, we collected over 23,000 pounds of food, roughly 12% of all the food CAG distributed in 2023.
On behalf of the CAG Food Pantry and Thrift Store's staff, volunteers, and our clients, we thank you. Please know how much your donations mean and the significant difference you have made in the lives of hundreds of families in the Golden area through your participation in Stamp Out Hunger.
CAG Food Pantry and Thrift Store
It's never too late! You can make a cash donation or learn more about volunteering on this page.
6:30-8:30PM Eating, Drinking, and Railroading with Buffalo Bill
Steve Friesen has published four books and numerous articles about American history. He retired from a 40-year museum career in 2017, after serving as director of the Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave for 22 years, located right here in Golden. This month’s program is based upon his latest book Galloping Gourmet: Eating and Drinking with Buffalo Bill, released in December 2023.
William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody was a hunter, frontiersman, and showman. Less well known was the fact that Cody was as comfortable eating at Delmonico’s in New York City as dining on wild game around a campfire. He dined with kings, queens, princes and presidents, as well as notables including Thomas Edison, Oscar Wilde, and James McNeill Whistler. He was even an innovator on the culinary scene, opening the first Mexican restaurant east of the Mississippi (in New York City), introducing popcorn to the European continent, and promoting American cocktails in England.
In this presentation, Friesen will showcase Buffalo Bill’s life as a gourmet, as well as the important role that the railroad played in his life. “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World” traveled throughout the U.S. during its heyday, with America’s railroads doing the job of transporting the show’s many aspects including animals, tents and more. It’s a story filled with intrigue, excitement, even a train wreck—with this presentation weaving railroading and gourmand together into a truly “Galloping Gourmet” of a program!
Admission: $20 Adults. Ages 21+ only. Admission includes 2 beverages of your choice (beer, wine or soda) and snacks. Presentation begins promptly at 7:00pm, bar opens at 6:30pm. Tickets
Colorado Railroad Museum
17155 W. 44th Avenue (map)
5-9PM Night at the Mines Museum
Join us for our upcoming event series, "Night at the Museum," happening every 1st Friday of every month starting April 5th, from 5 pm-9 pm.Enjoy the museum after-hours, with all its wonders illuminated and ready for exploration!
Take in live music, grab a drink from the bar, and partake in special activities run by our favorite local museums.It promises to be a night of fun and discovery! Admission: FREE
Visitors of all ages are welcome!All proceeds go towards supporting the Mines Museum's mission to foster an appreciation of the Earth, energy and the environment through exploration, engagement, and enlightenment.
Admission: FREE
More information
Mines Museum
1310 Maple Street (map)
7-9:30PM Line Dancing @ Morris & Mae
Join for an evening of fun line dancing to country music. Bring the whole family and dance the night away! More information
Morris & Mae
18475 W. Colfax Avenue (map)
5:30 Golden Lions Club Raffle Tickets Available Tonight at Golden City Brewery
Every year, the Golden Lions Club puts on a fabulous 4th of July party in (where else?) Lions Park. The party is funded by raffle tickets, and the prizes are donated by Golden merchants.
The Lions Club will be at Golden City Brewery tonight, selling their tickets. Drop by, fill a growler or enjoy a pint, and buy some raffle tickets!
Golden City Brewery
920 12th Street (map)
Friday Tours at the Railroad Museum
Each Friday, the Colorado Railroad Museum offers two traditional walking tours. The Highlight Tour (10:30AM) acts as a wonderful introduction to the Museum, its collections and the railroads impact on Colorado’s history. Visitors can also join us for the afternoon tour (1:30PM) where each week our trained guides delve more deeply into a different aspect of 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 their tour.
Learn more and purchase tickets
Colorado Railroad Museum
17155 W. 44th Avenue (map)
6-8PM Teen After Hours: Happy Little Trees Paint Along
Find that happy little feeling as you paint along! Bring your friends and make new ones as you learn how to paint beautiful landscapes, enjoy some tasty treats, and complete a masterpiece of your own to take home. There's always something fun happening when the library shuts down!
These after-hours events are for the 12-18 crowd. Registration is required.
Note: Registration is full, but you can join the waitlist.
Golden Library
1019 10th Street (map)
Live Music for Friday, Jun. 7th
- 7-10PM: Southside Mike @ Buffalo Rose @ Buffalo Rose
Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage) - More Live Music
5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom
6-9PM Fangz & Friends - Lily Fangz w/Elyjah Tribe + Myron Hendley @ Goosetown Station
6-10PM Jewel & The Rough @ Wrigley’s
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: A Dam Break Above Golden
Flood escaping through a 60′ wide breach in the dam at Georgetown – click to enlarge
68 Years Ago
The June 7, 1956 Colorado Transcript described a June 4th flood on Clear Creek. “Flood waters roared down Clear Creek canon Monday afternoon after a dam broke below Georgetown when a spillway collapsed. The flood washed out several bridges, sending debris downstream, took out part of Highways 6 and 40 and caused much property damage in Idaho Springs and that area.”
Fortunately, the canyon widens as it approaches Golden, and the damage here was minimal. The baseball fields in Lions Park and about half a block of 10th Street were covered with water.
City personnel were warned of the impending flood at 11AM and the crest reached us at 3:02PM. According to the City Engineer, the water rose a full foot at the Ford Street bridge between 2:57 and 3:02PM. The flow went from 6.1 miles per hour to 10.4 miles per hour.
The Transcript reported that the flood carried debris from washed out bridges and parts of automobiles. We were in the process of building a new bridge at Ford Street that summer, and the City was very concerned that no harm should come to it. Street and Water Department employees were ready with poles to dislodge any debris that threatened the bridge, but none accumulated. They attributed that to the increased span (10 feet wider) and height (1 foot higher) of the new bridge.
June is always an exciting time to watch the Creek! The USGS provides near-real time information about the flow of Clear Creek.
The Golden Transcript (originally called the Colorado Transcript) has been publishing since 1866. The Golden History Museum has been working on digitizing the historic issues. You’ll find old Transcripts online at coloradohistoricnewspapers.org.
Weather
Overnight: Clear, with a low around 63. West southwest wind around 8 mph.
Friday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1pm and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 3pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny. High near 89, with temperatures falling to around 85 in the afternoon. West northwest wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Friday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Mostly cloudy. Low around 61, with temperatures rising to around 63 overnight. West northwest wind 5 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday Night: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy, 61°F
Saturday: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely, 80°F
Saturday Night: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy, 59°F
Sunday: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely, 77°F
Sunday Night: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy, 58°F
Monday: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely, 78°F
Monday Night: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy, 60°F
Tuesday: Partly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 81°F
Tuesday Night: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy, 60°F
Wednesday: Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 88°F
Wednesday Night: Partly Cloudy, 63°F
Thursday: Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 90°F
News Relating to Golden - June 7, 2024
BizBeat: Lutheran Hospital opening in Applewood area Aug. 3
By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript
After almost three years of construction, the new Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital near Interstate 70 and West 32nd Avenue is nearly complete... Read more...
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