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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Saturday, Apr. 18th
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - SnowE-Days
- All day - Golden History Tours
- All day - Golden Sports
- 8AM - Saturday Morning Run and Social Walk
- 9AM-12PM - Shred-a-Thon
- 9AM-12PM - Blacksmithing
- 9:30AM-12PM - Walk With a Geologist
- 10AM-3PM - Spring Craft Fair
- 10AM-3PM - Brunch at the Rose
- 10AM-5PM - Volunteer Pop-Up Show
- 10AM-3PM - Saturday Train Rides
- 10:15-10:45AM - Family Time - Registration Required
- 10:30AM-3PM - Sewing Bee
- 11AM-3PM - Ride Into Spring Open House
- 1-2:30PM - Golden Silent Book Group
- 1-3PM - Spring Board Your Writing with Lighthouse Writers Workshop
- 2-3PM - Artist Talk with Rob Bell
- 5-6:30PM - Golden American Legion Dinner
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
E-Days Events
SnowE-Days turned out to be a more apt name than we might have expected!
There are three events that are open to the public today:
9AM Cardboard Boat Race | Clear Creek
Noon-3PM Carnival | North IM Field / D-Lot (map)
9PM Fireworks | North IM Field / D-Lot (map)
9AM-12PM Blacksmithing @ Golden History Park
Have you always wanted to learn about blacksmithing but you’ve had trouble finding a good option? Join our volunteer every third Saturday at Golden History Park for a fun morning of observation and learning about blacksmithing. Our recreated blacksmith shop, complete with historic tools and coal-fired forge, will transport you to the 1800s. Bring your technical questions and your camera and we’ll take care of the rest. More information
Location:
Golden History Park
1020 11th Street (Map)
10AM-3PM Saturday Train Rides @ Colorado Railroad Museum
Ride on-board a passenger car pulled by a powerful locomotive.
More information
Location:
Colorado Railroad Museum
17155 W. 44th Avenue (Map)
10AM-5PM Volunteer Pop-Up Show @ Foothills Art Center - Astor House
Join us for a celebration of creativity and dedication at the Foothills Art Center’s Volunteer Pop-Up Show! Come witness the incredible talents of our devoted volunteer team as they present their latest creations across a diverse range of mediums, including woodturning, jewelry, paintings, ceramics, and graphic art. Our volunteers invest their time and energy throughout the year to enhance visitors’ experiences and support programs and events. This show is our heartfelt way of expressing gratitude for their invaluable contributions. Free. More information
Location:
Foothills Art Center - Astor House
1133 Arapahoe Street (Map)
1-2:30PM Golden Silent Book Group @ Golden Library
Join the Silent Golden Book Group—a cozy series held on the 3rd Saturday of each month from January through March. Adults gather to read in peaceful silence for one hour, followed by 30 minutes of optional conversation and mingling. Refreshments are served at the start, so settle in with your current read. No deadlines, no prep—just reading and connecting at your own pace. More information
Location:
Golden Library
1019 10th Street (Map)
2-3PM Artist Talk with Rob Bell @ Foothills Art Center - Astor House
Rooted in portraiture and the human form, Bell’s work often features dual-posed figures joined at the hips, symbolizing fluidity, connection, and the evolving nature of lived experience. Working with chalk pastel, spray paint, metallic leaf, and resin on layered wood panels and cutouts, he creates vibrant, three-dimensional surfaces that merge organic and geometric forms. Through this fusion of the familiar and the fantastical, his work explores our connection to one another and the natural world while inviting curiosity, reflection, and emotional engagement. Free. More information
Location:
Foothills Art Center - Astor House
1133 Arapahoe Street (Map)
1-3PM Spring Board Your Writing with Lighthouse Writers Workshop @ Golden Library
This writing workshop will offer creative prompts in a free session led by instructor Jenny Chu from the Lighthouse Writers Group. Write your way through the season's transitional energies and find your own internal Spring. No previous writing experience is required.
Participants will use the season as inspiration for our writing. What makes Spring so hopeful after Winter? What can we also see as the Northern Hemisphere defrosts, and the sun and heat return? Register
Location:
Golden Library
1019 10th Street (Map)
Premier Coaching by Unite Fitness
Unite Fitness (across from Golden High School) is launching another 8-week Premier Session on June 2nd. We all need to strength train with professional coaching and programming tailored to our needs. Premier is a welcoming, supportive, and all-levels place to start or progress your strength and fitness. It is limited to 8 people per group, and you work closely with an assigned coach.
Travel during the 8 weeks? We provide travel workouts and ensure you stay on track with your progress. We would love to have you! Email us at Premier@Unite.fitness to have a quick chat and see if Premier is a good fit for you. (Groups are a mix of men and women)
Spots will fill, and you can get $50 off if you sign up soon.
Location:
Unite Fitness
2600 East St. (map)
The Golden Word - 04/18/26
Live Music for Saturday, Apr. 18th
5:30-8:30PM Adam Rey @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
- More Live Music
2-5PM Live at the Crow @ Old Crows Antiques
5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom
6:30-9:30PM JAWA w/Buzz Funk @ Goosetown Station
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: Bunzel's Addition
Advertisement for the Bunzel Addition from the June 7, 1951 Colorado Transcript - excerpt from the City's annexation map on the right
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You may have heard terms like “Welch’s Addition, and “Bunzel’s Addition,” to refer to certain neighborhoods. The original boundaries of the City of Golden were laid out in 1871. Since that time, we have annexed many additional parcels to be part of the city. The parcels are sometimes called “Additions.” At other times, the City’s annexation map just shows the name of the developer or some other descriptive name; for example–“Morey Gibson, year accepted 1969,” or “Tripp Ranch, year accepted 1988.”
Bunzel’s addition was annexed to the City in 1950, as part of the big post-WWII house-building frenzy.
Who was Bunzel?
Everett Bunzel’s first appearance in the Colorado Transcript was in 1930, when he was graduating from Junior High. Interestingly, he graduated in the same class as the late Bill Coors. Bill was the class valedictorian. The Bunzel family lived in Pleasant View, where the father, Charles, had built a cobblestone house. Charles died in 1933, leaving a wife and four children. Everett was the oldest child, at 16.
Everett joined the navy after his high school graduation, in 1934. He was back in Golden by 1941, living at 2149 East Street. He worked as a mail carrier during World War II and began investing in and selling real estate in the area near his home (at 22nd and East).
In 1945, he bought several more lots in that area for back taxes. The land had belonged to Charles Quaintance (who owned the Castle Rock Funicular). By 1947, Bunzel was selling “Beautiful Building Sites in one of Golden’s Most Desirable Residential Areas.” These sites were within the Welch Addition.
By 1950, he wanted to sell more building sites in the area, this time creating his own Addition to the city. The 76 homesite Bunzel Addition got off to a rocky start. City Council gave preliminary approval to the addition in August, but Bunzel wanted to build 55 foot-wide streets instead of the 66 feet width required by code. He also wanted the lot for his own home to be excluded from the city. The two sides faced off on those issues until November. At that point, the city yielded on the street width and Bunzel agreed to include his own lot in the City limits.
By mid-1951, the City had extended their water and sewer lines to 24th and Ford, and Bunzel took it from there, laying the lines into his new subdivision. Bunzel had to pay $150 per homesite for sewer connections and $50 per site for water taps.
The first family to move into the subdivision (at 419 Lookout View Drive) was Mr. and Mrs. Roy Meyer and their children. Mr. Meyer and his brother Joe owned Meyer Hardware. Other families soon followed. Street signs were installed in the summer of 1953, so the post office began to provide mail delivery that fall. Curbs and gutters were added and the streets were paved in 1956.
The lots were large, and most of the homes were custom designed in the mid-century ideal: long, sprawling ranch homes.
Weather
Overnight: Mostly clear. Low around 24, with temperatures rising to around 27 overnight. West wind around 8 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph.
Saturday: Sunny. High near 55, with temperatures falling to around 53 in the afternoon. North wind 5 to 8 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy. Low around 36, with temperatures rising to around 39 overnight. West southwest wind around 7 mph.
Saturday Night: Partly Cloudy, 36°F
Sunday: Sunny, 70°F
Sunday Night: Mostly Clear, 43°F
Monday: Mostly Sunny, 76°F
Monday Night: Partly Cloudy, 49°F
Tuesday: Mostly Sunny, 80°F
Tuesday Night: Partly Cloudy, 53°F
Wednesday: Mostly Sunny, 80°F
Wednesday Night: Mostly Clear, 46°F
Thursday: Mostly Sunny then Chance Rain Showers, 66°F
Thursday Night: Chance Rain Showers then Chance Rain And Snow Showers, 38°F
Friday: Chance Rain And Snow Showers, 57°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, and Unite Fitness
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, 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, Joy Brandt, and Golden PT & Pilates
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, Frank Young & Terre Deegan-Young, 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, and Vicki Greivel
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, and Carie Chimbel
