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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Sunday, Aug. 18th
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Community Center CLOSED for Maintenance
- All day - Church Services
- 9AM-2PM - Country Market
- 9:15AM - $5 Yoga Class - Vinyasa Flow
- 9:30-11:30AM - Full Walking Tour @ Dinosaur Ridge
- 10AM-3PM - Brunch at the Rose
- 2PM - School of Rock - The Musical
- 2:30-4:30PM - Textile Society
- 4PM - $5 Yoga Class - Afternoon Vinyasa Flow
- 5-7PM - Open House to Learn about Small Group Personal Training at Unite Fitness:
- 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)
- TATtered-N-Torn Custom Trucker 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)
Helluva Welcome Week
New Mines students doing Clear Creek cleanup - Photo by Chris Davell
This was one of about 66 groups of first-year Mines students doing service projects around town yesterday. This is part of a pier mentor program to help new students transition to Mines and these projects are part of what they call a "Helluva Welcome Week."
Open House to Learn about Small Group Personal Training @ Unite Fitness
Meet our welcoming and knowledgeable coaches, learn about the program, receive a functional movement assessment, and get a chance to receive $50 off the program!
Sunday, August 18th from 5-7 PM
Learn more HERE and visit our website at Unite.Fitness.
Unite Fitness
2600 East Street (map)
Live Music for Sunday, Aug. 18th
- 4-7PM Pennies on the Track @ Buffalo Rose
Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
- More Live Music
12-2PM Doug Conlon @ Golden Visitors Center Patio
3-7PM In the Groove @ Wrigley’s
4PM Orca @ Over Yonder
8PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: Votes for Women
Golden History Museum collection (plus button)
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This month marks the 104th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting women the right to vote.
How was this news greeted in Golden? With detached interest…the fact is, women in Colorado had had the vote since 1893. Their first presidential election was the 1896 contest between William McKinley and William Jennings Bryan.
Many of the western states were early adopters of female suffrage. Some states–including Colorado–began by allowing women to vote in school board elections. That worked well, so the question of voting in all elections was given more serious consideration. Much of the discussion on this issue focused on the “purifying” effect that women could have on politics. It was assumed that women would vote for virtuous issues such as temperance and against vice and corruption. Of course, not everyone wanted curbs on drinking, child labor, prostitution, and gambling; that’s why female suffrage took so long to pass.
This was not a local issue. The Transcript regularly posted articles about the status of women’s voting rights in various states as well as other countries. The suffrage movement was extensive, well-coordinated, and persisted through decades.
In the 1893 election, Jefferson County’s men voted 842 for female suffrage and 515 against. Golden voted 276 for and 159 against. The Transcript commented:
The large vote in favor of woman’s suffrage is a surprise to all the ladies, especially in this county, where it was fully expected a majority would be cast against it. According to present appearances they hardly know what to do with it now they have got it, but they will find a way to handle it, never you fear. — Colorado Transcript, November 15, 1893
Some men had voted for the issue thinking that having more voters would give us more representatives in Congress. They were mistaken–representation is based on total population, not the number of voters. (That’s why the census count is important.)
Many thanks to Esther Kettering for sponsoring Golden History Moments for the month of August.
Weather
Overnight: Mostly cloudy. Low around 70, with temperatures rising to around 72 overnight. West wind around 8 mph.
Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny. High near 90, with temperatures falling to around 84 in the afternoon. West northwest wind 3 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9pm and midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. West southwest wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Sunday Night: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy, 66°F
Monday: Mostly Sunny then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely, 87°F
Monday Night: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy, 64°F
Tuesday: Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 90°F
Tuesday Night: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy, 66°F
Wednesday: Partly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 90°F
Wednesday Night: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy, 65°F
Thursday: Partly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 88°F
Thursday Night: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy, 63°F
Friday: Partly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 88°F
Friday Night: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy, 64°F
Saturday: Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 89°F
News Relating to Golden - August 18, 2024
We Are Still Here: The Endurance of Native Jewels
By Stephanie Gilmore
Golden History Museum & Park
Continuing our Indigenous Connections initiative, Golden History Museum & Park is hosting its first-ever exhibit co-curated by members of the local Native community. We Are Still Here: The Endurance of Native Jewels is about the perseverance of Indigenous people, especially women, despite 500 years of colonialism which has included exposure to foreign disease, warfare, genocide, forced relocation to reservations, boarding schools designed to eliminate their culture, broken treaties, and blatant disregard for tribal sovereignty... Read more...
From Mines to the mountaintops: M Climb welcomes new students to campus
By Spencer Kirstensen
Fox 31
GOLDEN, Colo. (KDVR) — Colorado School of Mines welcomed 1,774 first-year and transfer students in traditional Mines fashion on Friday morning. Eager to attend the school and elevate their academic careers, the students had to first make their way up a physical elevation while carrying a piece of their hometown with them... Read more...
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