Summer Flowers in the History Park
Photo by Richard Luckin
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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Sunday, Aug. 11th
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Church Services
- 9AM-2PM - Country Market
- 9AM - Yoga in Parfet Park & Brunch at Kona Bowls
- 9:15AM - $5 Yoga Class - Vinyasa Flow
- 9:30-11:30AM - Full Walking Tour @ Dinosaur Ridge
- 10AM-3PM - Brunch at the Rose
- 10AM-5PM - 34th Annual Golden Fine Arts Festival
- 10AM-3PM - Gold Rush Days
- 12-2PM - Felted Wool Pets
- 1-3:30PM - Golden Library Presents: D&D Adventurers' Guild
- 1-4PM - Rock, Mineral & Fossil Sale!
- 2-4PM - Sunday at the Museum - Appliqué is My Super Power
- 2PM - School of Rock - The Musical
- 4-7:30PM - Sunday Swing Supper Club
- 4PM - $5 Yoga Class - Afternoon Vinyasa Flow
- 5-9PM - Board Game Night
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
9AM-2PM Country Market
Join us for the inaugural season of the Country Market at The Golden Hayride Outpost on Sundays May-October. Visit the Market for fresh produce, local vendors, food trucks, refreshments, and community fun!
The Country Market at The Golden Hayride Outpost features a variety of local vendors throughout the season, with several vendors including:
- Heinie’s Market fresh produce and canned items
- Mac Nation serving up delicious mac and cheese bowls
- Fire Crafter (Alicia Welch, former Golden Fire Chief)
- Olde Time Haberdasher (customized hats)
- Demalt Farms Orgnic Produce
- Nancy Notable Gluten Free Nibbles
PLUS a rotating list of other amazing local vendors on varying dates!
We have indoor and outdoor seating to enjoy your meal and relax with a beverage after browsing the marketplace. We hope to see you there! More information
Golden Hayride Outpost
17695 S Golden Road (map)
9AM Yoga in Parfet Park & Brunch at Kona Bowls
Join a community of wellness offerings this summer with Sunday morning movement & healthy superfood eats. We will start with a gentle ALL-levels yoga in the park at 9:00 a.m. led by Alissa Mattson, certified yoga instructor and owner of Kona Bowls. Community brunch and social hour to follow at Kona Bowls!
*Yoga is donation-based and will benefit local charitable organizations to be named each month.
More information
Yoga in Parfet Park, 10th Street and Washington Avenue (map)
Brunch at Kona Bowls, 1111 Washington Avenue (map)
2-4PM Sunday at the Museum - Appliqué is My Super Power
Everyone has something they are really good at, be it sports, cooking, games, decorating, etc. Joan Duncan happens to be very good at making quilts, and appliqué in particular. Come learn more at the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum during this fascinating presentation from an expert in the field!
Doors open at 1:30pm
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
200 Violet Street, Suite 240 (map)
10AM-5PM Golden Fine Arts Festival
A Golden icon for over three decades, Golden Fine Arts Festival is a prestigious juried art show located in the heart of historic downtown Golden, Colorado. This premier event traditionally draws over 30,000 visitors over 2 days to enjoy art, live entertainment, beer and wine gardens and food vendors.
The event, rich in community tradition and a well-established reputation, is limited to just over 100 artist booth spaces. Artists are selected through a competitive jury process selected by art professionals. Traditionally, over half of participating Artists travel to Golden from outside of the state of Colorado. Colorado is also home to many talented Artists who participate at the event each year. Cash prizes are awarded to 1st and 2nd place winners in nine categories, as well as Best of Show and Best of Colorado honors.
Produced by the Golden Chamber of Commerce, Golden Fine Arts Festival is a favorite of those who value an attentive and welcoming ‘home hospitality’ of Golden, Colorado for artists and patrons alike.
Pet Policy at Golden Fine Arts Festival - Dogs are highly discouraged at the Golden Fine Arts Festival! Please leave your furry friends at home. This is in an effort to protect the art on display and for your pet’s safety, protecting paws on hot asphalt. The pet owner will be responsible for any damaged art. Thank you for your understanding!
Golden Fine Arts Festival
11th Street, from Arapahoe to Maple (map)
9AM-5PM Gold Rush Days @ the Railroad Museum
As summer begins to wind down celebrate Colorado’s Gold Rush heritage with special programming and ride behind one of the last coal-fired steam locomotives operating in Colorado!
Activities will include Gold Panning demonstrations, turntable demonstrations, and more happening around the Museum’s 15-acre railyard. Plenty of photo opportunities will of course also be on hand—including the Museum’s very own mascot, Spike the Railroad Dog! Food and tasty treats will also be available for purchase.
Activities will include:
• Rides on a train pulled by a coal-fired steam locomotive around the Museum’s half-mile circle of track, with rides departing every half-hour from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Pan for Gold and learn about mining history
• Experience live blacksmith demonstrations
• Try your hand at pushing the Museum’s “Armstrong”-powered turntable!
• The Museum’s own mascot “Spike, the Railroad Dog” will be on hand for photo opportunities.
• There will be food, drink, and tasty treats available for purchase.
Capacity is limited, so don’t delay!
Advance Tickets Available Online (Click Here)
Colorado Railroad Museum
17155 W. 44th Avenue (map)
1-4PM Artifacts, Mineral, and Fossil Sale at the Mines Museum
Come shop our biannual blowout sale! Up to 85% off of art, artifacts, fossils & minerals. Don't miss out on this extraordinary opportunity to support the Museum & secure your favorite pieces before they're gone! Sale starts Saturday, August 10th, from 9am-4pm, ends Sunday, August 11th, 1pm-4pm.
Mines Museum
1310 Maple Street (map)
Live Music for Sunday, Aug. 11th
- 4-7PM Howard Dlugasch @ Buffalo Rose
Buffalo Rose Sky Bar Stage - More Live Music
12-2PM Jesse Seegull @ Golden Visitors Center Patio
3-7PM Sound Bite @ Wrigley’s
4-7PM Slide Bayou w/ Ryan Balthrop, The Easy Riders and Jesh Yancey @ Goosetown Station
4PM Jeff Goodwin @ Over Yonder
8PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: Justifiable Homicide
Excerpt from the 1899 Willits Farm Map showing the murder site – click to enlarge
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We are much gratified to welcome Will Stebbins and his charming young wife back to Golden as permanent residents. He has accepted a position with the enterprising lumber firm of Jobes & Snyder.
Colorado Transcript – March 10, 1886
Mr. and Mrs. Will Stebbins are gloriously full of joy over the arrival of a bright new daughter yesterday. Grandpap Snyder is full also–of joy at this evidence of advancing years.
Colorado Transcript – July 21, 1886
Mr. Will P. Stebbins, one of our old-time Golden boys…is now manager of the Farm Department of the Maxwell Land Grant Company, with headquarters at Maxwell City, New Mexico, a very important position.
Colorado Transcript – November 29, 1893
Wilbur P. Stebbins was arrested last Monday on a charge of threatening to commit bodily harm on his wife in this city.
Colorado Transcript – March 17, 1904
120 Years Ago
Wilbur F. Stebbins was shot and instantly killed by his wife, Ida M. Stebbins, at about seven o’clock Tuesday evening. The killing took place at the home of W.G. Lewis, about three miles east of Golden, where Mrs. Stebbins and her four children have been picking berries for several weeks.
Colorado Transcript – August 11, 1904
Mrs. Stebbins and her children had been living in a tent near the railroad tracks as they supported themselves with agricultural jobs. They hadn’t seen Wilbur since his arrest, five months earlier. When he arrived at the farm, one of the little girls spotted him and ran screaming to her mother. The mother pushed the children into the farm house, locking them in the bathroom. She then returned to the front door, where her husband was shouting and demanding that she let him in. When he drew a gun and kicked in the front door, his wife rushed to join the children in the bathroom. One of the children handed her a gun, and when her husband forced the bathroom door open, she shot him twice–once in the forehead and once in the chest. The Sheriff and the Coroner went to the scene and allowed Mrs. Stebbins to go to her father’s house.
The article commented that both Mr. and Mrs. Stebbins had grown up in Golden and that “he was, until whiskey got the better of him, a good husband and father….”
It concluded that “Mrs. Stebbins has the respect and sympathy of all, and no doubt exists in the mind of anyone but what she killed her husband while protecting her own and her children’s lives. It is the opinion of several that Stebbins had been on a protracted spree and meant to kill his wife and children and perhaps himself.”
The Coroner held an inquest, which concluded that “the shooting was done wholly in self defense and without felonious intent.”
Many thanks to Esther Kettering for sponsoring Golden History Moments for the month of August.
Weather
Overnight: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. West wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Sunday: A slight chance of rain showers between 11am and noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny. High near 86, with temperatures falling to around 84 in the afternoon. West wind 6 to 12 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Sunday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. West wind 3 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Sunday Night: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy, 63°F
Monday: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely, 81°F
Monday Night: Showers And Thunderstorms Likely then Partly Cloudy, 62°F
Tuesday: Mostly Sunny then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely, 86°F
Tuesday Night: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy, 63°F
Wednesday: Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 86°F
Wednesday Night: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy, 62°F
Thursday: Slight Chance Rain Showers then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 85°F
Thursday Night: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy, 63°F
Friday: Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 88°F
Friday Night: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy, 63°F
Saturday: Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 87°F
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