Shifting Seasons
Photo by Chris Davell
What's happening in Golden today?
- All day: The Friday Tour @ Colorado Railroad Museum
- All day: CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day: Live Workouts with Community Center Pros
- All day: Golden History Tours
- 10:15 AM-10:45 AM: Toddler Time @ Golden Library
- 4:00 PM-4:00 PM: CSM Baseball - Orediggers vs CSU Pueblo @ Colorado School of Mines
- 7:30 PM-7:30 PM: A Jukebox for the Algonquin @ Miners Alley Performing Arts Center
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
New Relating to Golden - March 22, 2024
Lookout Mountain Road Study
Jefferson County
Welcome to the Lookout Mountain Road Survey
About the Study:
Jefferson County is studying Lookout Mountain Road between the City of Golden/Jefferson County boundary to the Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave access. The 4.1 mile-long corridor is a popular for avid bicyclists with bicycle volumes exceeding motorists on weekends. The study will inform future improvements to the corridor, incorporating feedback gathered through ongoing public engagement activities... Read more...
How safe is Lookout Mountain Road? County seeks input in survey
By Corrine Westeman
Golden Transcript
For anyone who’s ever traveled along Lookout Mountain Road and felt unsafe, Jefferson County officials are planning to improve the corridor in the coming months.
The county is hosting an online public survey regarding design recommendations to improve road safety for all users, according to the county’s website... Read more...
Mines Alumni Board president looks toward building a bright future
Colorado School of Mines Newsroom
Few people know Mines better than its alumni, acting as the connective tissue that seamlessly links the university’s past, present and future. Their presence on campus and interconnected relationships with the global Oredigger community stand as a defining feature of the Mines experience, fostering robust connections, innovative collaboration and philanthropic support that are vital to guaranteeing Mines’ vibrant future... Read more...
Griffiths elected to UC Berkeley Academy of Distinguished Alumni
By Cassidy Hannon
Colorado School of Mines Newsroom
D. Vaughan Griffiths, professor and associate head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado School of Mines, has been elected to the University of California Berkeley's Civil and Environmental Engineering Department Academy of Distinguished Alumni for the Class of 2023... Read more...
Sensera Systems Launches Complete Monitoring and Security Solution for Construction Jobsites
Sensera Systems
Golden, CO | March 20, 2024 08:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time: Sensera Systems, a provider of solutions for real-time jobsite intelligence, today announced the launch of its complete site security solution... Read more...
Live Music - Friday, March 22nd
Paizley Park - Price Tribute Band at the Buffalo Rose
7-10PM Bunny Blake @ Buffalo Rose
8-11PM Paizley Park – A Tribute to Prince @ Buffalo Rose
More Live Music:
5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom
6-9PM Talk Box @ Goosetown Station
7-11PM Custom Shop Band @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
Golden History: Early Tourist Attraction: Burro Rides
Early Tourism: Burro Rides Up Castle Rock
Tourism was a new and growing industry in the first quarter of the 20th century. Long-distance railroads were some of the earliest instigators, encouraging people to see the sites in America–particularly the new national parks. From that beginning, tourism filtered down into increasingly local pursuits, including amusement parks such as Elitch Gardens, which were accessed by trolley systems.
One of Golden’s earliest tourist-centric businesses offered burro rides to the top of Castle Rock. The business owner, Charles Quaintance, also operated a photography studio at 13th and Washington. He took photographs of every group as they began their ride to Castle Rock and developed the photos while they were gone. When they returned, he showed them the photos and offered them for sale. (This was a precursor to the sales tactic we still see at popular tourist spots like Disneyworld.)
Those of us who collect old photos of Golden encounter these burro photos fairly frequently, but no two are alike, since every one of them shows a different group of tourists!
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!
Weather
Overnight: Mostly clear, with a low around 36. West northwest wind around 8 mph.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 59. Southeast wind 5 to 9 mph.
Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. West northwest wind 2 to 6 mph.
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