Buffalo Overlook
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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Sunday, Dec. 22nd
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Golden History Tours
- All day - Church Services
- 10AM-3PM - Brunch at the Rose
- 12-5PM - Foothills Art Center - Holiday Art Market
- 12-2PM - Full Walking Tour @ Dinosaur Ridge
- 2PM - A Christmas Carol
- 3-6PM - Andre Lamotte - Holiday Show @ Golden Mill
- 5-9PM - Board Game Night
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
Puzzle: Parfet Park in Winter
Photo by Chris Davell
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Live Music for Sunday, Dec. 22nd
Andre LaMotte Holiday Show - The Golden Mill
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3-6PM Live Music by Andre LaMotte - Holiday Show @ The Golden Mill
- 4-7PM Jonny Sterling @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
6PM Dotsero @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)
- More Live Music
4PM Jeff Goodwin @ Over Yonder
8PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: Almost Scrapped Before it Began
1970 Christmas card from the Mines Athletic staff – drawing by Prof. Robert Taylor
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54 Years Ago
The December 22, 1970 Golden Transcript showed the holiday card that the Mines Athletic department had sent out that year, which featured a drawing of Engineering Hall, signed by the coaches. The article included a good story about the origins of that building.
According to an unfinished manuscript by Dr. Regis Chauvenet (Mines President, 1883-1892), the building was narrowly saved from the scrap heap. In 1893, the 9th General Assembly appropriated $20,000 for a “Hall of Engineers.” It was to be the second building on campus (the first has since been razed). The bill had been signed by both houses of the legislature and was on its way to the governor.
President Chauvenet and a member of the Board of Trustees were present, waiting for the bill to be signed by the governor, but found it had disappeared. They hurried to the engrossing room, where the final version of the bill was to be produced. There, they were
…confronted with huge piles of “dead” material about to be thrown out as trash. Somewhere in those masses of trash was the appropriation bill. After hours of sifting, spurred on by a fifty dollar reward offer if the bill were found, it was finally located and presented without objection to the governor for signature.
When the pressed red brick building opened in 1894, the half-basement and first floor housed the physics and electrical engineering departments. The top floor was the “draughting” department.
Weather
Overnight: Partly cloudy. Low around 47, with temperatures rising to around 49 overnight. West wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Sunday: Partly sunny. High near 62, with temperatures falling to around 55 in the afternoon. South southwest wind 5 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy. Low around 39, with temperatures rising to around 42 overnight. West wind around 7 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly Cloudy, 39°F
Monday: Partly Sunny, 56°F
Monday Night: Mostly Cloudy, 35°F
Tuesday: Mostly Sunny, 52°F
Tuesday Night: Mostly Cloudy then Slight Chance Light Rain, 35°F
Christmas Day: Chance Rain And Snow, 47°F
Wednesday Night: Slight Chance Rain And Snow then Mostly Cloudy, 32°F
Thursday: Mostly Sunny, 50°F
Thursday Night: Mostly Cloudy then Chance Rain And Snow, 33°F
Friday: Chance Rain And Snow, 48°F
Friday Night: Partly Cloudy, 35°F
Saturday: Mostly Sunny, 52°F
News About Golden - December 22, 2024
Four Colorado School of Mines football players earn All-America honors
By Chris Schmaedeke
Denver Gazette
Three organizations announced their Division II football All-America teams on Wednesday, and four different Colorado School of Mines football student-athletes were named to at least one team... Read more...
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