Spring Paddling
Photo by: AndiPearson
What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Monday, Apr. 8th
- 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: Let's Dance @ Golden Library
- 11:28 AM-1:53 PM: Solar Eclipse Watch Party @ The Eddy Taproom & Hotel
- 12:00 PM-12:30 PM: Mondays with the Mayor
- 12:00 PM-4:00 PM: Stitch'n B*tch @ Golden Quilt Company
- 5:30 PM-8:00 PM: The Principles of Artistic Expression @ Foothills Art Center
- 6:00 PM-9:00 PM: Teach Me to Play! Mondays @ Golden Game Guild
- 6:30 PM-6:30 PM: GURA Board Meeting @ City Hall Council Chambers
- 8:00 PM-9:00 PM: Colorado Trivia League @ Morris & Mae
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
The Eclipse in Golden
Photo provided by Frank Hanou
Our frequent photographer Frank Hanou contributed this helpful eclipse information:
Get ready for the Great American Solar Eclipse on Monday, April 8! It's the last one visible in the U.S. until October, 2044 (which happens to come right through Colorado). Sadly, Golden is not in the 110 mile wide swath of totality - that's pretty much running through Texas, the Midwest, and all the way to New England.
You won't see the dazzling corona here but it will still be well worth your effort to take a look (wear certified eclipse glasses to avoid eye damage!). In Golden, the "obscuration" (coverage) will max out at 64.539%. We'll see a total of 2 hours and 25 minutes of the partial eclipse.
You'll first see a bite at 11:28 am, maximum coverage at 12:40 pm, and the (sad) end at 1:53 pm.
The photo above is close to what Goldenites will see on Monday. The second picture is what those who are lucky enough to be in the "Path of Totality" will see. Hoping for clear skies. And remember - wear eye protection (and use a solar filter if you plan on taking photos)!!!
More Affordable Housing in East Street Neighborhood
Former Golden Motel/Current Copper-Gold Apartments
5:30PM Golden Urban Renewal Authority Meeting @ City Hall (and online)
The Urban Renewal Authority will approve the $400,000 grant to Foothills Housing Authority. This, in addition to a $100,000 grant from the City and a $500,000 grant from the County, will support the $2.7 million purchase of the former Golden Motel.
The meeting packet includes several positive letters from supporters of Affordable Housing, one letter from a neighbor who asked why the East Street Historic District is "once again being flagged as the low-income area," and one who expressed concern at the replacement of our urban tree canopy by more brick and concrete. This last item was a reference to the Housing Authority's plan to redevelop the property, similar to their Flats on Ford project across the street. Historian Richard Gardner sent a detailed description of the historic significance of the existing Golden Motel building.
Golden History: Road Building, 1926
Entrance to Golden Gate Canyon - Google Satellite Images
98 Tears Ago
The April 8, 1926 Colorado Transcript wrote that work was beginning on the Golden Gate Canyon Road. They were using convict labor to build the road, and set up a camp at the mouth of the canyon to house the convicts.
Convict labor had long been subject to debate--not as a humanitarian issue, but because it provided competition to free market labor. In 1893, the Transcript wrote:
The convict labor question is a vexed one in most of the states, as free laboring men object to prison labor being brought into competition with their own. There is a good deal in this, of course, but it seems as though it was just as bad to compel the people to use their free earnings to support criminals in idleness.
Colorado Transcript - January 18, 1893
The state more or less resolved the issue by using convicts for building state highways. As the state became more populated and automobiles came into wider use, the need for roads was unending.
In 1910, the Transcript wrote:
Laboring men and trade unions should have no objection to the proposition to work convicts on the public roads. The work they perform is extra work, and something that could not be done if it were necessary to pay for it at regular wages...no good citizen should discourage the plan.
Colorado Transcript - December 15, 1910
Little more was said about the Golden Gate Canyon Road project, but the convicts worked on the road from mid-April till mid-December.
A 1927 Transcript article said that the highway department preferred using non-convict labor.
The highway department states that convict labor is not profitable in performing road work and that money can be saved to the state by contracting road jobs.
The article went on to cite George Duvall, a Golden resident who owned Duvall-Davison Lumber and was the Chairman of the State Highway Advisory Board.
Illustrating this point Geo Duvall, who is a member of the state highway advisory board, supported by Peter Seevil, a member of the same board, states that the convicts as they are sent to them are tender not used to hard work, and when put to heavy road duty, often get sick and are a liability in the place of an asset.
Colorado Transcript - May 12, 1927
Weather
Overnight: Partly cloudy. Low around 33, with temperatures rising to around 35 overnight. West southwest wind around 8 mph.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 54. North northwest wind 6 to 9 mph.
Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. West northwest wind 2 to 7 mph.
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