Early Spring in the History Park
Photo by Richard Luckin
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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Sunday, Mar. 16th
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Golden History Tours
- All day - CSM Softball - Orediggers vs Colorado Christian
- All day - Denver Restaurant Week (in Golden)
- All day - Church Services
- 9:30-11:30AM - Full Walking Tour @ Dinosaur Ridge
- 10AM-3PM - Brunch at the Rose
- 11AM-4PM - 11AM St. Patrick's Day Celebration @ Golden City Brewery
- 12-6PM - School of Rock Littleton Showcase
- 12-2PM - Spring Clothes Swap
- 2-5PM - Chili Cook-off with all the Fixin's Fundraiser
- 2:30-4:30PM - Textile Society @ The Library
- 5-9PM - Board Game Night
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
Sunshine Week
Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.
Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis
Today marks the beginning of Sunshine Week, the annual reminder of the public's right to know what their government is doing. I'm celebrating by drawing your attention to my favorite page on the City website.
The Public Meetings page is the place to study meeting agendas, review meeting minutes, and watch recordings of meetings. If you want to move past hearsay about City business, this is the place to go.
We have video recordings of City Council going back to 2014. Planning Commission meetings go back to 2012. Most of the other boards began recording in 2015. This is a wonderful resource for people who are interested in Golden history, or those who want to track the evolution of our approaches to various issues. I watch old meetings frequently.
Kudos to City Council and City Staff for creating such a great public record.
11AM-4PM 11AM St. Patrick's Day Celebration @ Golden City Brewery
Join GCB in celebrating St. Paddy's Day! We'll have an Irish Stout, Irish Slammers, Jello Shots, green beer, and Shamrock Shots! Golden City Bites will be serving Irish inspired foods all weekend! Wear some green, bring your cheer and let's have a blast!
Golden City Brewery
920 12th Street
303-279-8092
When:
11AM-4PM on Sunday, Mar. 16th
2:30-4:30PM Textile Society @ The Library
Spin a yarn at Golden Library's drop-in fiber arts program. Relax with your craft for a few hours while fiber enthusiasts help you through difficult patterns or simply explain a new-to-you technique. All skill levels welcome.
More information
Location:
Golden Library
1019 10th Street (Map)
When:
2:30-4:30PM on Sunday, Mar. 16th
2-5PM Chili Cook-off with all the Fixin's Fundraiser @ Golden Event Center/Masonic Lodge
Come join the Order of the Eastern Star for a "Chili Cook-off with all the Fixin's Fundraiser," including cornbread and a host of desserts! With additional Silent Auction Fundraiser for Service Dogs. Bring your family and friends!
Location:
Golden Event Center/Masonic Lodge
400 10th Street (Map)
When:
2-5PM on Sunday, Mar. 16th
Live Music for Sunday, Mar. 16th
- 4-7PM Bunny Blake @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
- 4:30-6:30PM Live Music at Golden City Brewery
The new food truck will be open all weekend! - More Live Music
2:30PM Jeff Goodwin @ Over Yonder
8PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: A St. Patrick's Day Memory
Many years ago, I think in the mid-late 1980's, Pam and John McInerney invited a bunch of us townspeople to their house to inaugurate a St Pattty's Day citywide scavenger hunt. Small Irish elves were placed around town in historical spots and other places; we had to decipher the clues, find the item and mark its location on our "cheat sheet" then move on to another clue.
I think the first year, families were together but I remember specifically when husbands and wives were on different teams and things got VERY competitive. One of the items to be "found" were CSM senior Stetsons; Bill and Marv Kay were on one team and I was on another. Bill and Marv thought they had a "shoo-in" to get these hats since they came from CSM. Well, I knew a lot of alumna too through our get-togethers so as they were gathering hats, I was on the phone too - gathering hats. It turns out, we both got the same number of hats (5 or 6).
Another search required climbing the side of NTM to where there is a natural spring (my kids were up there all the time and knew where the spring was located).
Anyway everyone had a lot of fun with these scavenger hunts. I wonder if there are any other people around town who remember participating in these hunts.
Charlene Pazar
Golden History: Gold Discovery
Clear Creek (when it was wider and shallower) and the City’s pumping plant – Dan Abbott Collection
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92 Years Ago
The March 16, 1933 Colorado Transcript reported that workmen digging in Clear Creek near the pumping plant had struck gold. The City was digging a sump pit under the Creek to be used for water storage. They had reached a depth of twelve feet when they noticed “sizable” gold nuggets in the gravel they were extracting.
City Marshal Gary Kerr…, a veteran miner, estimates that the gravel will pay more than a dollar a yard in gold….
Old time placer miners declare that, in their belief, the gold placer field in the bed of Clear creek has been merely scratched in the operations of years gone by, and that with depth substantial values may be found. As the new gold strike is on city property and in immediate proximity to the city pumping plant, it is extremely doubtful if any mining rights may be acquired there.
Weather
Overnight: Mostly clear. Low around 30, with temperatures rising to around 33 overnight. South southeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 60. West wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear. Low around 42, with temperatures rising to around 46 overnight. West southwest wind 12 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly Clear, 42°F
Monday: Mostly Sunny, 67°F
Monday Night: Mostly Clear, 40°F
Tuesday: Rain And Snow, 53°F
Tuesday Night: Snow, 25°F
Wednesday: Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Light Snow, 43°F
Wednesday Night: Mostly Clear, 27°F
Thursday: Mostly Sunny, 57°F
Thursday Night: Chance Light Rain then Chance Rain And Snow, 33°F
Friday: Slight Chance Light Snow, 52°F
Friday Night: Mostly Cloudy, 32°F
Saturday: Mostly Sunny then Chance Rain And Snow, 56°F
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