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What's Happening in Golden - Saturday, Apr. 27th, 2024

News and events in Golden, Colorado. Saturday, Apr. 27th, 2024

,   and  Barb Warden
12 min read
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Spring Flowers

Photo by Jen Rutter

What's happening in Golden today?

Events for Saturday, Apr. 27th

Golden History Tours
Saturday Train Rides
Family Time

For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar

Free Admission at the Railroad Museum!


All aboard! Colorado Gives Foundation is pleased to provide Jeffco residents with free admission and a train ride on Saturday, April 27, while supplies last. As Jefferson County’s community foundation, Colorado Gives Foundation believes that community is built through connections with each other and the organizations that help our communities thrive – which is good for everyone!

Doors & Exhibits open 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Rides Depart 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Capacity is limited and advanced reservations are recommended. Children under the age of 2 do not require a ticketed reservation. The Colorado Railroad Museum features a large, outdoor exhibit space and is effectively an active rail yard. Please wear appropriate clothing for Colorado weather and good footwear – we recommend good walking shoes or hiking boots as well as flexible layers. Grounds open 9am–5pm. Your ticket includes a scheduled train ride departure, please arrive at least 20 minutes before your scheduled departure to allow for check-in.

CLICK HERE to reserve your free ride & admission.
Jeffco residents must furnish proof of residency.

Not a Jefferson County Resident? Regularly priced admission & train rides are available on Saturday April 27, 2024, just Click Here!

1:30-3PM History of Outdoor Gear in Colorado


No escape to nature is complete without a trip to an outdoor recreational store or a browse through online offerings. Nowhere is this more true than in Colorado. Holubar, Gerry, and Frostline are among the outdoor companies that helped establish Colorado as a hub of innovation for the outdoor industry after World War II.  Rachel S. Gross argues that the success of these outdoor gear pioneers was predicated not just on creating functional equipment but also on selling an authentic, anticommercial outdoor identity. In other words, shopping for the woods was also about being—or becoming—the right kind of person. Demonstrating that outdoor culture is commercial culture, Gross examines Americans’ journey toward outdoor expertise by tracing the development of the nascent outdoor goods industry, the influence of World War II on its growth, and the boom years of outdoor businesses.

Register

Golden History Museum
923 10th Street (map)

11:30AM-3:30PM Día de los Niños, Día de los Libros


Celebrate Dia de los Niños immersed in books! Meet other book lovers and share your own stories about books. We will let our imaginations run wild creating a mini book, crafting, and moving! We all love books and stories, and this is a party for you!

11:30-12:30 Taller para Familias: Vamos a Leer Juntos

Apoyemos a los más pequeños a desarrollarse y a crecer fomentando que la lectura es divertida para todos. Te haz preguntado como ayudar a tu hij@ a desarrollar el amor por la lectura a través de formas divertidas y sencillas. Animamos a las familias a visitar la biblioteca y disfrutar del mundo mágico de los libros en este taller. Los niños son bienvenidos, pero no habrá servicio de guardería.

Nota: Se require una inscripción por familia, máximo de 4 participantes por familia, materiales limitados. Register

2:30-3:30 Children's Day, Book's Day / Día de los Niños, Día de los Libros

¡Celebra el Día de los Niños inmerso en libros! Conoce a otros amantes de los libros y comparte tus propias historias sobre libros. ¡Dejaremos volar nuestra imaginación creando un minilibro, haciendo manualidades y moviéndonos! A todos nos encantan los libros y los cuentos, ¡y esta es una fiesta para ti! Register

Golden Library
1019 10th Street (map)

11AM-4PM Pop-Up Market at Morris & Mae


Drop by Morris & Mae to check out Arabella Adventures and their Rocky Mountain Styles. (While you're there, enjoy a bite or a drink!)

Morris & Mae
18475 W. Colfax Avenue (map)

5PM VFW Testicle Festival


Enjoy a dinner of Rocky Mountain Oysters (or chicken for the chickens)!

$15.00/plate
Food - Drinks - Fun & Raffles

Raffle Tickets $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00

More information

VFW Post 4171
15625 W. 10th Avenue (map)

Clean Out Your Medicine Chest


Twice a year the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office joins law enforcement agencies nationwide to remove potentially dangerous controlled substances from our nation’s medicine cabinets. The Drug Take-Back Day provides an opportunity for the public to surrender expired, unwanted, or unused pharmaceutical controlled substances and other medications for destruction. These drugs are a potential source of supply for illegal use and an unacceptable risk to public health and safety. The DEA holds the National Drug Take-Back events in April and October of each year.

This one-day effort is intended to bring national focus to the issue of increasing pharmaceutical controlled substance abuse.

  • The program is anonymous.
  • Prescription and over-the-counter solid dosage medications, (tablets and capsules) are accepted.
  • Intravenous solutions, injectables, needles and oxygen containers will not be accepted.
  • Illicit substances such as marijuana or methamphetamine are not a part of this initiative.
  • The prescriptions should be removed from the original containers and placed in a plastic bag prior to dropping off.

More information

Sheriff's Office Headquarters
200 Jefferson County Parkway (map)

Earth Day Celebration Postponed

DeLong Park - Photo by Liz Erickson


Due to the weather forecast, this event has been rescheduled to May 18th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

The City of Golden and Weedbuster volunteers invite you to DeLong Park to Celebrate Earth Day, learn about the pesticide free park and the native plants that live there.

There will be games for children, exploration learning, giveaways and more.

More information

Live Music for Saturday, Apr. 27th

Southside Mike @ Buffalo Rose
  • 5:30 PM-8:30 PM: Southside Mike @ Buffalo Rose @ Buffalo Rose
    Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
  • More Live Music
    1PM     The Goonies @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
    5-9PM Live Music @ Bridgewater Grill
    5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom5PM Seeing Stars Band @ Over Yonder
    6-8PM Jeff Goodwin @ Cannonball Creek
    6-9PM Wandering Roads Band @ Goosetown Station
    6PM Grind 5280 @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
    7PM Swing Spontane @ Golden Moon Speakeasy
    9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern

For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar

Golden History: Part II The Binder Warehouse – Continued story

The Binder Warehouse/Feed Mill - later renamed Vogel & Niedermeyer


Today we continue describing the historical uses of the CoorsTek property, which is now being cleared for its next iteration. Yesterday, Preston Driggers related the early years of a warehouse built by Joachim Binder in about 1880. Binder used the warehouse in concert with his Eagle Corral Hardware and Feed Store. Today, Preston continues the history of the warehouse after Binder's death.

1882 Birdseye View Map of Golden Colorado with the CoorsTek property highlighted and Binder Grain Warehouse & Eagle Corral labeled

Within a month after Joachim Binder died in 1891 at the age of 68, his oldest daughter, Marion (Binder) Niedemeyer took over the management of the Eagle Corral and Warehouse. She had worked in the family business from the beginning and knew the employees and customers.

Marion terminated J.D. Ward, a long partner with her father and an early pioneer. He was replaced with the younger, George Vogel who was made the operations manager. The published business notices stated, “Vogel & Niedemeyer successor to J. Binder”. She had both of their names painted on the side of the warehouse.

The Vogel and Niedermeyer partnership of the Eagle Corral and Warehouse lasted until October 1894 when the business became Vogel & Churches. The dissolution of the partnership was probably due in large part because George Vogel was charged by the police as the ringleader of the mob that lynched Alexander McCurdy. In consultation with Judge DeFrance, who was long standing attorney in town and a friend, Vogel was able to change the venue to a different judge from the one assigned. Charges were eventually dropped. Vogel sold the business in 1897. Multiple ownerships followed.

The Eagle Corral and the Binder warehouse had always been components of the same operation; however, in July 1901, the Golden Milling Company purchased the warehouse from the owner of the Eagle Corral.

sepia-toned hand-drawn 3D map showing Golden in 1882
Excerpt from the 1882 Birdseye View Map of Golden with the Golden Milling Company and Binder Warehouse circled

With the purchase of the warehouse, the Golden Milling Company gained ready access to the railroad for shipping out flour and wheat. John F. Vivian, the warehouse manager and city mayor, oversaw the addition of a new boiler and steam engine as backup to water power. The company added an additional story to the height of the elevator. New elevator machinery was installed. Within a couple of years, Golden Milling ran into financial problems, probably related to the economic panic of 1893.

By 1910 the warehouse had not been in operation for a number of years. Early on Sunday morning (March 20, 1910) a large fire broke out in the warehouse.

The fire at the old elevator was started somewhere in the interior of the building, and the entire building was a mass of flames before being discovered. The walls were of brick, with few windows, which were boarded up. The roof was of iron, and the interior was a seething mass of flames when the roof fell in, the fire then shooting up into the air for seventy-five feet. Dense clouds of smoke covered the lower part of the city, and great pieces of burning wood were carried several blocks, in many instances igniting fires, and only the watchfulness of property owners prevented other blazes being started.

The building was a regular fire trap, being filled with wooden hoppers, spouts, grain bins, etc.... It seems almost certain that the fire must have been the work of an incendiary, as the plant had not been operated for a number of years, and nothing was stored in the building which might have caused spontaneous combustion.
Colorado Transcript - March 24, 1910

All the Golden firemen could do was work to save surrounding property.

Joachim Binder and Adolph Coors were friends and had business relationships, including Adolph’s first first attempt to fill beer into bottles.

Thank you, Preston Driggers, for this two-part history of the Binder warehouse and feed mill!

Weather

Overnight's Weather

Overnight: Rain and a chance of thunderstorms. Cloudy. Low around 37, with temperatures rising to around 42 overnight. North wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday's Weather

Saturday: Rain and a chance of thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Cloudy, with a high near 37. North wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.

Saturday Night's Weather

Saturday Night: Rain and a slight chance of thunderstorms before 2am, then a slight chance of thunderstorms and rain and snow likely. Cloudy, with a low around 34. North northwest wind 5 to 12 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Saturday Night: Light Rain then Slight Chance T-storms, 34°F

Sunday: Slight Chance Rain And Snow Showers then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 54°F

Sunday Night: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy, 38°F

Monday: Mostly Sunny, 62°F

Monday Night: Mostly Clear, 43°F

Tuesday: Sunny, 68°F

Tuesday Night: Slight Chance Rain Showers then Partly Cloudy, 43°F

Wednesday: Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 63°F

Wednesday Night: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 40°F

Thursday: Chance Rain Showers, 53°F

Thursday Night: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 36°F

Friday: Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 59°F

News Relating to Golden - April 27, 2024

Now behind a fence, what’s next for the Arapahoe City monument near Golden?

By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript

On April 28, 1946, Goldenites both young and old gathered to dedicate a monument honoring “the almost forgotten, but once prosperous placer camp of Arapahoe City,” according to Colorado Transcript archives... Read more...

Suspect wanted in Golden road rage shooting

By Morgan Whitley
Fox 31

DENVER (KDVR) — Golden police are investigating a road rage shooting that left one person injured.

At 3:10 a.m. on Thursday, the Golden Police Department said officers responded to the area of eastbound U.S. Highway 58 and Washington Avenue on reports of a victim with a gunshot wound... Read more...

By Zuri Anderson
iHeart

Mexican cuisine never fails to entice Americans. Who doesn't love stuffed burritos, nachos stacked high with goodies, and lip-smacking tacos bursting with flavor? Beyond those popular eats, people also enjoy indulging in more traditional recipes or lesser-known dishes... Read more...

Golden’s REDI Task Force hears about community concerns, promotes inclusion

By Jo Davis
Golden Transcript

Golden’s city officials kicked off their Race, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion meetings with the Golden Heights community on April 18. A crowd filled the Green Conference Room at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds in Golden for the meeting, led by Golden’s Thriving Communities Director Sarah Vaine... Read more...

Golden resident with a love of walking creates 177-mile trail orbiting Denver

By Dan Daru
Fox 31

GOLDEN, Colo. (KDVR) — It is fair to say Mike Tormey likes to walk — and walk — and then walk some more... Read more...

EXPERIENCED HOSPITALITY AND CULINARY PROFESSIONALS JOIN THE PANCHO & JANE TEAM

Pancho & Jane

GOLDEN, Colo. – April 25, 2024 – Pancho & Jane, a new taco spot serving Mexican favorites with a rebellious twist coming to Golden, Colorado, in summer 2024, announces Nate Andzulis as chef de cuisine and Jonathan “J.J.” Ziemke as general manager... Download press release below.

EXPERIENCED HOSPITALITY AND CULINARY PROFESSIONALS JOIN THE PANCHO
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Buffalo Rose, Buglet Solar, Foothills Art Center, Golden City Brewery, Golden Cultural Alliance, Golden History Museum, Miners Alley Playhouse, The Golden Mill, Golden Chamber of Commerce, Golden History Tours, Morris & Mae Market, Miners Saloon, Colorado Railroad Museum, Tom Reiley, Bud Rockhill, Michael Mason, Lisa DeCaro and Len Matheo

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Laura King and Scott Wilson, Bobby German and Alison McNally, Ann Norton & Jonathan Storer, Forrest Jones, Barry & Liz Bettis, Cheryl & Tom Schweich, Marjorie Sloan, Chris and Joyce Davell, Rick Flint, Forrest Jones, AC Development, and Cynthia Merrill Tamny

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