Golden Community Center
Photo by Joyce Davell
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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Saturday, Mar. 15th
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Golden History Tours
- All day - CSM Baseball - Orediggers vs New Mexico Highlands
- All day - CSM Softball - Orediggers vs Colorado Christian
- All day - Denver Restaurant Week (in Golden)
- All day - CELEBRATE ST. PATRICK'S DAY
- 8AM - Saturday Morning Run and Social Walk
- 9AM-12PM - Blacksmithing
- 10-10:45AM - Preschool Nature Nuts - Hawks and Falcons
- 10AM-3PM - Brunch at the Rose
- 10AM-3PM - Saturday Train Rides
- 10:15-10:45AM - Family Time - Registration Required
- 10:30AM-3PM - Sewing Bee
- 12-12:45PM - Magnesium: A Missing Link to Your Health
- 1PM - The Adventures of Juan Bobo / Las Aventuras de Juan Bobo - MAPAC Children's Theater
- 4-5:30PM - State 38 Cocktail Class
- 4PM - Masonic Family Night - St. Patrick's Day Celebration
- 6:30-7:30PM - Soundbath
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
10-10:45AM Preschool Nature Nuts - Hawks and Falcons @ Lookout Mountain Nature Center
Jefferson County’s many beautiful and mesmerizing birds include hawks and falcons. These daytime raptors are among nature’s finest hunters, using their keen eyesight and strong feet to catch prey. Join us to learn about these magnificent flyers through a puppet show, games and activities, making a craft, and more!
Location:
Lookout Mountain Nature Center
910 Colorow Road (Map)
When:
10-10:45AM on Saturday, Mar. 15th
1-8PM St. Patio Days @ Golden Mill
Annual celebration of St. Patrick's Day and the unofficial opening of patio season!
1:15PM Connolley Irish Dancers
5-8PM DJ Matt Cassidy
Festive evening of live music, delicious food and drinks, and plenty of Irish cheer. DJ Matt Cassidy will be spinning tunes to keep the party going, and our taps will be flowing with a wide variety of Irish beers. Whether you're Irish or just Irish for the day, come and celebrate with us at St. Patio Days!
Location:
Golden Mill
1012 Ford Street (Map)
When:
1-8PM on Saturday, Mar. 15th
4PM Masonic Family Night - St. Patrick's Day Celebration @ Golden Event Center/Golden Masonic Lodge
The public is invited to a St. Patrick's Day dinner with a dancers/pipers performance.
4:00 p.m. Corned Beef/Cabbage or Vegetarian Lasagna dinner
4:30 p.m. Dancers/Pipers Performance
$10.00 donation / Reservations 303-519-6117 by March 14, 2025.
More information
Location:
Golden Event Center/Golden Masonic Lodge
400 10th Street (Map)
When:
4PM on Saturday, Mar. 15th
Live Music for Saturday, Mar. 15th
- 8PM The Petty Nicks Experience @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)
- 5:30-8:30PM Maya Ogea @ Buffalo Rose Sky Bar Stage
- More Live Music
5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom6:30-9:30PM Jeff Crosby Band w/ Derek Hall Solo @ Goosetown Station
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: In the Dumps
Beautiful Parfet Park - formerly the town dump
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Before the Kiwanis Club created Parfet Memorial Park, that piece of ground was the town dump. When the dump was dislodged from that location, the city was forced to find somewhere else to serve in that capacity.
For decades, the accepted practice was to take your refuse beyond the city limits and dump or burn it there. A June 18th, 1903 article in the Colorado Transcript chided residents for using streets and alleys as common dumping grounds for old shoes and clothes, decaying vegetable and animal matter. An October 8, 1903 article added that both sides of Washington Avenue on the north side of the creek were used as a dumping ground for old bottles, trash, and dead cats.
The dump moved around over the years, and the Transcript generally didn’t specify the location, since its readers at the time would have known where “the dumping ground” was. In addition to Parfet Park, various articles indicated that the dump was located on 10th Street, on 11th Street, on 44th Street, “on the main Golden-Morrison road,” and near the water treatment plant.
Rats were a recurring problem. A 1921 article says that “people living near the city dump–especially those who keep chickens–are being plagued with rats. Some exceptionally large specimens have been trapped on 12th St.” A 1923 article reports that rats from the dump travel all over the city. In 1928, “the marshals” poisoned the rats, so citizens were advised to keep their pets away from the dump. In 1929, the city “made war” on the rats. They used poison, and “one man with a small rifle killed several dozen in the space of a few minutes on the creek bank at Eleventh Street.” One promising Golden High School student was praised for spending much of his spare time shooting rats at the city dump.
Does it seem strange that the city would have placed the town dump in such unarguably residential areas as 11th Street or 10th Street? The theory was that people would only bring “sanitary” waste to the dump. That meant things that weren’t going to decompose, attract rats, and produce undesirable odors. That included cinders, branches, leftover construction materials, and other reasonably “hard” things. They were used to create landfill.
The creek bed used to be much wider than it is now. The ground holding the Clear Creek History Park is landfill, as is some of the land supporting City Hall. When the City moved the dump to 11th Street, it’s because they wanted to make the bank higher and 11th Street wider.
The members of the council had considerable discussion regarding a suitable dumping ground. Previous to a decision made several weeks ago to use Eleventh Street, between Arapahoe and Cheyenne Streets as a dumping place, everything was piled east of Parfet Park. Very strenuous objection, however, on the part of the Eleventh Street residents against using their street as a general dump makes it necessary that a new location must be sought where ashes and perishables may be deposited. Dirt, cinders and clean debris will be permitted to be dumped on Eleventh street to widen out the street.
Colorado Transcript, October 10, 1929
In 1948, the city instituted curbside garbage pickup. It was collected every day in the downtown section and twice weekly in residential neighborhoods (thrice weekly during the summer). The city paid a company $1200/year to provide this service. Garbage was strictly defined as food waste, because the collection was used to feed hogs.
Well into the 1960s, small, flammable trash items were generally burned in backyard trash barrels. This practice was banned in the early 1970s, when the Clean Air Act was passed.
Larger items were too often dumped in alleys, convenient gullies, or along country roads. The City finally enacted an ordinance that required curbside trash pickup in Golden in 1967. Some residents protested, considering the ordinance to be an overreach of government power, but the Golden has definitely been a cleaner place since we adopted mandatory garbage collection.
Weather
Overnight: Mostly clear, with a low around 27. Southwest wind around 5 mph.
Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 47. West wind 5 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. West northwest wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Saturday Night: Partly Cloudy, 31°F
Sunday: Sunny, 59°F
Sunday Night: Mostly Clear, 42°F
Monday: Mostly Sunny, 69°F
Monday Night: Mostly Clear, 41°F
Tuesday: Slight Chance Light Rain then Rain And Snow Likely, 56°F
Tuesday Night: Rain And Snow, 27°F
Wednesday: Chance Light Snow, 41°F
Wednesday Night: Partly Cloudy, 25°F
Thursday: Mostly Sunny, 54°F
Thursday Night: Slight Chance Light Rain then Slight Chance Rain And Snow, 32°F
Friday: Partly Sunny, 53°F
News About Golden - March 15, 2025
Jeffco, Clear Creek legislators’ new bill would help cut down on commercial truck noise
By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript
Almost 10 years ago, when Casey Brown was running for Golden City Council, one of the most common concerns he heard was about traffic-related noise.
With so many highways in and around Golden city limits — many of which are main routes to and from local quarries — Goldenites have long complained about noise from commercial trucks frequenting the area... Read more...
BizBeat: South Golden Road’s new food truck perfect spot for tortas, tacos and more
By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript
José “Pepe” Garayoa has been driving his food truck around the Denver area for seven years. Given that it’s a larger truck and an older model, he said navigating traffic was challenging.
Now, though, he’s found the perfect permanent spot for the Ricas Tortas Calientes truck along South Golden Road... Read more...
Colorado School of Mines dangles “golden ticket” of guaranteed admission for Jeffco STEM students
By Olivia Prentzel
Colorado Sun
Jeffco Public Schools students who graduate with a high GPA and a STEM diploma will also earn a “golden ticket” to Colorado Schools of Mines with guaranteed admission to any bachelor of science degree program starting in 2026... Read more...
Colorado School of Mines, Jeffco Public Schools announce guaranteed admissions pathway for STEM students
By Emilie Rusch
Colorado School of Mines Newsroom
Colorado School of Mines (Mines) and Jeffco Public Schools (Jeffco) are partnering to create a guaranteed admissions pathway to Mines for local
high school students with an aptitude and interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Under the new agreement, Jeffco students who maintain a certain GPA, complete advanced math and science coursework, and graduate with a STEM-endorsed diploma from any high school in the district will be eligible for guaranteed admission into any four-year Bachelor of Science degree program at Mines... Read more...
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