Spring on Washington Avenue
Photo by Barb Warden
What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Friday, May. 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
- All day - CSM Baseball - Orediggers vs UCCS
- 8-9AM - Golden StArt with Jenny Wilson
- 9AM - Special Meeting of the Community Sustainability Advisory Board and Planning Commission
- 10:15-10:45AM - Toddler Time
- 12-3PM - Local Food System Community Listening Session
- 5-10PM - Kyffin Krawl
- 5-9PM - Night at the Mines Museum
- 5:30-7PM - Cannabis Unveiled
- 6-8PM - Meet the Orchestra
- 6:30-7:30PM - Band Concert
- 7:30PM - The Full Monty
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
5-9PM Night at the Mines Museum
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
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Mines Museum
1310 Maple Street (map)
5-10PM Kyffin Krawl - Derby Style
Building on the success of the Kyffin Experience last year, this year we're adding a pub crawl to the Kyffin Experience. Picture a silent and live auction filled with opportunities to meet other Kyffin families and have fun building community.
Avenue Vision
1323 Washington Avenue (map)
8-9AM Golden StArt with Jenny Wilson
Golden StArt is a joint one-hour coffee meetup program designed to bring artists in the area together with the Golden community to meet and talk about art. Come and join us for drinks and apps with artist, Jenny Wilson.
More information
The Brick Room
1112 Washington Avenue (map)
Live Music for Friday, May. 3rd
- 7-10PM Chris Child @ Buffalo Rose Sky Bar
- More Live Music
5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom
6PM Ken Earl Band @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
6-9PM Human Kind Band @ Goosetown Station
6-9PM Matt Aitch and Mike Gleason @ Mountain Toad
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: Farming as a Vocation
State Industrial School, taken in 1928 from Castle Rock
The Lookout Mountain Mountain Youth Services Center was originally chartered as the State Industrial School for Boys. Through much of its existence, it included a sizeable farm.
The Industrial School was chartered in 1881. Originally, it included only 5 acres. It was the original site for the Colorado School of Mines, which had moved to its current location several years earlier.
The school provided vocational training for boys. Over time, the options included broom making, stenography, carpentry, and blacksmithing, but the strongest and longest-lasting program was farming. By 1888, they had purchased an additional 40 acres, and they soon laid out an extensive garden. An 1893 Transcript article said the school had 37 acres in cultivation, including garden, orchard, and vineyard.
The school grew apples, plums, pears, cherries, grapes, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, currants, and gooseberries. They also cultivated watermelons, muskmelons, cantaloupe, rhubarb, tomatoes, turnips, cabbage, beets, parsnips, beans, squash, pumpkins, sweet corn, lettuce, spinach onions, asparagus, and cucumbers.
Twelve acres were devoted to alfalfa, which fed the school’s nine cows. They also grew oats for their eight horses and corn for their hogs. The boys milked the cows and sold their hogs.
The School was always short on funds, and the food they raised helped considerably in augmenting the students’ diet. Occasional sales of livestock brought in much-needed cash.
In 1910 and again in 1915 and 1921, the school requested funding to purchase more farm land, to help them become more self-sustaining. I’m not sure how much land they were able to acquire, but in 1926, the Transcript reported on their fine 50-acre wheat field and their equally-impressive 50 acre oat field. They also grew corn and still maintained gardens and orchards. They had their wheat ground at one of the Golden mills and produced enough flour to supply their bread for the year. They also produced 5,500 pounds of bran and several hundred pounds of chicken feed. They had 40 head of cattle that year, including dairy cows.
During WWII, the school shared their farm goods with the townspeople to help offset food rationing.
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: Partly cloudy, with a low around 41. West southwest wind around 5 mph.
Friday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny. High near 68, with temperatures falling to around 60 in the afternoon. West southwest wind 7 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. East northeast wind 3 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday Night: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy, 39°F
Saturday: Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 63°F
Saturday Night: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy, 45°F
Sunday: Partly Sunny, 74°F
Sunday Night: Slight Chance Rain Showers, 46°F
Monday: Chance Rain Showers then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 59°F
Monday Night: Partly Cloudy, 43°F
Tuesday: Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 62°F
Tuesday Night: Mostly Clear, 42°F
Wednesday: Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 63°F
Wednesday Night: Chance Rain Showers, 41°F
Thursday: Slight Chance Rain Showers then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 57°F
News Relating to Golden - May 3, 2024
Disabled students cycle, try archery at new Golden adaptive sports complex
By Tom Hellauer
Denver Gazette
More than 100 students from Aurora Public Schools had a field day — literally and figuratively — Wednesday at the National Sports Center for the Disabled's recently-opened complex in Golden, Colo., on the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. Students, many of whom were disabled, got to experience archery, cycling and an obstacle course — some for the first time... Read more...
Film release prompts more visitors to Mother Cabrini Shrine in Golden
By Esteban L. Hernandez
Axios
JoAnn Seaman, executive director at Mother Cabrini Shrine in Golden, tells us she's recently noticed more visitors to the tranquil space overlooking Denver... Read more...
Avenue Flashes: Cruising into summer
By John Akal
Golden Transcript
Now that May has arrived, it’s time to start kicking off some of those warm weather traditions that happen around here every year. So, let’s get right into it... Read more...
Golden’s Bonfire Burritos adding two more locations
By Maia Luem
Denver Post
Bonfire Burritos has held a steady blaze in Golden for decades.
And for the first time ever, the owners are expanding that flame out of the western city.
Co-owner Ian Lanier said Bonfire is opening its second and third locations in Arvada and Wheat Ridge, pending city and municipality approvals... Read more...
Capstone Design team qualifies for finals in NASA human lander competition
By Cassidy Hannon
Colorado School of Mines Newsroom
Colorado School of Mines has qualified for the finals of NASA’s 2024 Human Lander Challenge (HuLC) Competition.
The Capstone Design student team, comprised of seven mechanical engineers and three electrical engineers, will compete against 11 other collegiate teams this June in Huntsville, Alabama, where they will present their final concept to a panel of NASA and industry experts... Read more...
18 Mines faculty members awarded promotion, tenure for 2024-2025
By Emilie Rusch
Colorado School of Mines Newsroom
The Colorado School of Mines Board of Trustees has awarded promotions and/or tenure to 18 Mines faculty members for the 2024-2025 academic year... Read more...
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