The Lariat Loop
Photo by Bud Rockhill
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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Saturday, Nov. 15th
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Golden History Tours
- All day - Golden Sports
- 8AM - Saturday Morning Run and Social Walk
- 9AM-12PM - Blacksmithing @ Golden History Park
- 9-10:30AM - Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum Intro to Volunteering
- 10AM-3PM - Craft Market & Bake Sale
- 10AM-3PM - Brunch at the Rose
- 10AM-12PM - Cherokee Basketweaving Workshop
- 10:15-10:45AM - Family Time - Registration Required
- 10:30AM-3PM - Sewing Bee
- 10:30-11:30AM - Recycling in Golden
- 12-2:30PM - Walk With a Geologist at Triceratops Trail
- 1-4PM - Nature Journal Club: Winter Ways
- 1-4PM - Mineral ID Day
- 2-3PM - Thankful for Music: A Friendsgiving Violin Performance
- 4-8PM - International Day 2025
- 5-6:30PM - Golden American Legion Dinner
- 7PM - Small Mouth Sounds
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
9-10:30AM Intro to Volunteering @ Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
Learn about RMQM's history, the in's and outs of our operations - and how our volunteers get so much done.
Completion of this class has you ready to start volunteering, and entering into our Shadowing Program for activities like Special Event setup/takedown teams, Trunk Show Presenters, Docents, and Installation team. Other volunteer activities, like office help, mailings, library assistance and education research are done working side by side with staff, so 'on the job' training occurs on your volunteer days - instead of the Shadowing Program. More information
Location:
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
200 Violet Street (Map)
10:30-11:30AM Recycling in Golden @ Golden History Museum
Help us celebrate America Recycles Day by joining us at the museum for a free recycling program presented by the City of Golden Sustainability Department. This program will go over the common questions and important facts to know about recycling. Program is free, but registration is always appreciated!
Location:
Golden History Museum
923 10th Street (Map)
12-2:30PM Walk With a Geologist @ Triceratops Trail
Triceratops Trail - Photo by Bud Rockhill
Walk with a Geologist at Triceratops Trail is a 2-hour guided walking tour of Triceratops Trail in Golden, Colorado. The 1.5-mile, gravel hiking trail winds between vertical walls of sandstone into reclaimed clay pits. A professional or knowledgeable amateur geologist leads the tour and highlights the many viewable dinosaur tracks, fossils, and impressions. Participants meet in the parking lot located one block east of 6th Avenue and 19th Street in Golden, to begin the walk. This tour is designed for participants ages 16 and older. Register
Location:
Triceratops Trailhead
6th Avenue and 19th Street (Map)
1-4PM Winter Ways @ The Nature Center
Lookout Mountain Nature Center - Google Street Images
Discover the ways that plants and animals are getting ready for winter. Afterwards, search for examples of these preparations out on the trails and record them in your nature journal.
All ages. Instruction will be geared for adults, but children who are interested in art are welcome to attend with an adult. Registration is required. Free
Location:
Lookout Mountain Nature Center
910 Colorow Road (Map)
1-4PM Mineral ID Day @ CSM Museum
Let us identify your most mysterious gems, fossils, and minerals!
- Limit of 3 specimens per visitor
- We will only provide identification, not valuation
More information
Location:
Colorado School of Mines Museum
1310 Maple Street (Map)
2-3PM A Friendsgiving Violin Performance @ Golden Library
Soak in the cozy fall vibes with a special violin performance by the talented Marcella Stone-Fox, featuring an engaging blend of jazz, fiddle, pop and Broadway tunes. Treat yourself to some Friendsgiving-themed refreshments while you enjoy the music and relax. Learn more.
Location:
Golden Library
1019 10th Street (Map)
4-8PM International Day 2025 @ CSM
Join us in celebrating the cultures, cuisines, and performances that showcase the global community at Mines and the Golden Community! Tickets are $10 per person, which includes access to food booths, featuring samples from a variety of cultures (4:00 to 6:00 p.m.), and live performances (6:00 to 8:00 p.m.).
Location:
Colorado School of Mines
Green Center (Map)
The Golden Word - 11/15/25
Live Music for Saturday, Nov. 15th
6-9PM Soda Blue @ The Golden Outpost
- More Live Music
5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom6PM Soda Blue @ Golden Outpost
7PM Band of Brothers @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
7-10PM Captain Insano DJ Set @ Etta Jeanne
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: Life in 1860
George West, who founded the Colorado Transcript in 1866, published an earlier paper during the first year of Golden’s existence. The Western Mountaineer debuted on December 7, 1859 and ended on December 20, 1860. Fortunately for history lovers, every issue is available to read online.
163 Years Ago
The November 15, 1860 Western Mountaineer offers a wonderful view into life in Golden during the gold rush.
ADVERTISEMENTS
Stores
Davidson, Breath & Co on Washington (“ready made clothing, blankets, boots, and shoes, hosiery and gloves, hardware, groceries, and provisions, and a general assortment of miners’ supplies”) accepted gold dust in exchange for goods at $16 and $18 per ounce.
Loveland offered most of the same items, plus dishes and “woodenware,” but he ran a Cheap Cash Store, and promised “entire satisfaction and cheap goods.”
J.M. Whitemore had apparently had enought: he wanted to trade his large frame store building on Washington Avenue for horses, mules, oxen, or wagons.
Lodging
The Elkhorn House on Ford St. had good stabling and corrals for stock.
The Miners’ Hotel offered comfortable rooms, an abundant larder, and good attendance.
Jefferson House on Washington Avenue offered a pleasant and comfortable retreat, along with a large and commodious stable. It also offered convenient access to a daily line of coaches running to and from all parts of the country.
Services
George West at the Western Mountaineer also advertised his printing services for forms, certificates, bills, ball cards, pamphlets, posters, and programmes. He promised a large assortment of types, borders, rules, inks, etc.
C.N. Belcher on Ford Street offered blacksmithing and wagon repairing in all its branches.
Sponsored Content
It was a common practice at the time for manufacturers to bring their products to the newspaper office, in hopes of generating a favorable review in print. “Mr. Colby of the Denver Soap and Candle Factory has left at our office a box of candles and one of soap.” As a result, the printing office was illuminated at night and the printer’s assistant appeared to be washing his face every other day. “We commend Mr. Colby to the unwashed and unlighted multitude.”
Product Review
Speaking of revolvers, several paragraphs were devoted to a comparison of various handguns, preceded by this paragraph:
We do not propose to enter into a lengthy discussion of the evils of the practice of carrying deadly weapons. Newspapers may protest, clergymen and philanthropists may hurl their anathemas, Legislatures may pass prohibitory laws and the moral confidence-man may insist upon walking unarmed among desperadoes and highway robbers. All these will neither induce nor compel every individual to follow the doctrine of non-resistance. In a quiet village in the moral and respectable East, the necessity for a man to arm himself would not exist except in exceedingly rare instances; but in a terrestrial pandemonium like Australia, or Pike’s Peak, or with the facetious people of Arkansas—who are said to hang every man able to read—-self-preservation becomes the first law of nature.
NEWS
National
The Mountaineer reported initial returns (conveyed via Pony Express) from the all-important 1860 presidential election. The northern states voted for Lincoln, while the south went for Breckinridge. The editor opined that the southern states were unlikely to make good on their threat to secede from the Union.
Society Column
P.B. Cheney, proprietor of the Chicago Saloon, had given an oyster supper for his friends and patrons, which was “eminently successful. Speeches, songs and sentiments were given in the old fashioned style.”
Former residents of New England were planning a Thanksgiving Dinner. A planning meeting was set for Friday night.
Editorial Response
The Denver News was quoted as claiming that Golden residents visited Denver for its warmer climate. The Mountaineer retorted that “they go down to see your people chase each other with 8-inch revolvers.”
Public Service Announcement
A brief article announced that the paper’s junior editor would be journeying to Canon City and would be gone 10-12 days. “The publisher will be left behind, and any fighting that may be necessary will be cheerfully attended to by him during the ensuing week. Visitors will please enter at the front door, and will be thrown from a rear window, to avoid confusion.”
Weather
Overnight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. West wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Saturday: Partly sunny. High near 71, with temperatures falling to around 61 in the afternoon. Southwest wind 5 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 45. West northwest wind around 5 mph.
Saturday Night: Partly Cloudy, 45°F
Sunday: Sunny then Chance Rain Showers, 68°F
Sunday Night: Chance Rain Showers, 42°F
Monday: Slight Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Sunny, 59°F
Monday Night: Partly Cloudy, 38°F
Tuesday: Partly Sunny, 57°F
Tuesday Night: Partly Cloudy then Slight Chance Rain Showers, 38°F
Wednesday: Chance Rain Showers, 56°F
Wednesday Night: Slight Chance Rain And Snow Showers, 35°F
Thursday: Slight Chance Rain And Snow Showers, 52°F
Thursday Night: Slight Chance Rain And Snow Showers, 35°F
Friday: Slight Chance Rain And Snow Showers, 51°F
News About Golden - November 15, 2025
Pfau beats Sung in race for Golden’s City Council Ward 2
By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript
For anyone who doubts the phrase “Every vote counts,” remember this year’s Golden City Council Ward 2 race.
Daniel Sung and Gerchard Pfau were vying to represent southwestern Golden on City Council on the Nov. 4 ballot. As of Nov. 5, the race was within 16 votes while the counting continued... Read more...
Cyberhawk moves North America HQ to Golden for expansion
ColoradoBiz
GOLDEN, Colo. — Cyberhawk, a global company specializing in drone-based asset inspection and aerial data management, has relocated its North American headquarters from Littleton to a larger office in Golden... Read more...
‘Best brewery in Colorado’ a place where outdoor recreation and great beer meet
By Spencer McKee
Denver Gazette
It’s no secret Colorado has no shortage of great breweries – granted, when more than 400 breweries call a state home, it’s bound to have plenty of top-notch spots. In what was likely no easy task, a recent effort from Only In Your State sought to dub the ‘best brewery’ in each American state, and their Colorado pick is indeed a favorite among locals... Read more...
GOLDEN HIGHLIGHTS - WINTER 2025
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Sponsors:
($100/month and up)
Buffalo Rose, Buglet Solar, Foothills Art Center, Golden Cultural Alliance, Miners Alley Performing Arts Center, The Golden Mill, Golden Chamber of Commerce, Golden History Tours, Miners Saloon, Golden Hayride Outpost, Unite Fitness, Tom Reiley, Michael Mason, Colorado Railroad Museum, Goosetown Station, and Earth Sweet Boutique
Friends:
($50-99.99/month or $550/yr)
Tall Pines Painting, Baby Doe’s Clothing, Goozell Yogurt & Coffee 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, and Joy Brandt
Supporters:
($25-49.99/month or $250/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, and Steve & M.L. Richardson
Members:
($10-24.99/month or $110/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, Vicki Olson, 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, and Wendy Weiman
Followers:
($5-9.99/month)
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
