Skip to content

Search the site
Sign In Subscribe

What's Happening in Golden - Sunday, Mar. 31st

News and events in Golden, Colorado. Sunday, Mar. 31st

,   and  Barb Warden
6 min read
Click to enlarge

Spring Comes to Parfet Park

Photo by Joyce Davell

What's happening in Golden today?

Events for Sunday, Mar. 31st

Golden History Tours
A Jukebox for the Algonquin

For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar

Live Music for Sunday, Mar. 31st

Derek Hall @ Buffalo Rose
Michael Allen @ Golden Mill

For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar

Golden History: The Helpful Boys from the CCC

Chief Hosa – site of the earliest Jefferson County C.C.C. Camp


86 Years Ago
The March 31, 1938 Colorado Transcript announced that Chamber of Commerce members planned to attend an open house at the Chief Hosa CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) Camp. The CCC was celebrating the 5th anniversary of its founding by the Roosevelt administration. In addition to the open house, the men of two other nearby camps (Morrison and Mount Vernon) were hosting a buffalo barbecue on Genessee Mountain.

The CCC was–and remains–one of the most popular Roosevelt-era programs. It was designed to provide jobs for young men during a time of very high unemployment. The men were provided with food, clothing, shelter, schooling, job training, and $30/month. They were required to send $22 of that wage home to their families. The CCC left many lasting monuments throughout America.

Hand-tinted postcard showing mission-style building in Red Rocks park
One of the structures in Red Rocks Park – now used as the trading post


Chief Hosa was the first camp in this area, but it was later joined by camps in Morrison, Mount Vernon Canyon, and on Lookout Mountain. The “boys” provided many valuable services: they fought fires and built roads and bridges. They laid pipe for Golden’s reservoir on Lookout Mountain and built curbs and gutters in our residential neighborhoods. They planted over a million trees in Colorado during a single year, and worked on eradicating pine beetles and grasshoppers during major infestations. They filled sandbags during floods and helped repair damage afterwards. One of their most spectacular accomplishments was building Red Rocks Amphitheater.

Old, hand-tinted postcard of Red Rocks Amphitheater
Early view of Red Rocks Amphitheater


In 1939, the Transcript‘s George Kimball wrote the following:

While many of the Roosevelt administration’s innovations have been severely criticized…it’s mighty seldom that any partisan has the nerve to publicly find fault with the workings of the Civilian Conservation Corps. In reality, the CCC is one of the grandest things ever conceived for the good of humanity and the rising generation, as well as bringing lasting benefit to the general public. Hundreds of thousands of young men between eighteen and twenty-three years of age who might be loafing about the streets, pool rooms, accumulating wrong slants on life and drifting into mischief and petty crime, have been salvaged and are being taught how to become useful, respected citizens.
Colorado Transcript – June 8, 1939

The CCC was shut down when the United States entered World War II, as the young men were needed in the military.

This interesting website includes articles about several of the projects in this area:

Genessee Park
Colorado New Deal Sites Named National Historic Landmarks
Little Park Shelter House – Morrison CO
Bear Creek Canyon Scenic Mountain Drive – Morrison CO
To Stand for Centuries

Thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!

Weather

Overnight's Weather

Overnight: Mostly clear, with a low around 37. West northwest wind around 5 mph.

Sunday's Weather

Sunday: A chance of rain showers after 3pm. Partly sunny. High near 61, with temperatures falling to around 56 in the afternoon. West wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday Night's Weather

Sunday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a slight chance of thunderstorms and a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Northwest wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

New Relating to Golden - March 31, 2024

Celebrating the California Zephyr and the unsung heroes that kept it chugging

By Jo Davis
Golden Transcript

The 75th anniversary of the California Zephyr’s maiden voyage was celebrated on March 20. Three days later, the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden hosted an event for the workhorse that pulled the Zephyr across the Rockies 75 years ago. The Rio Grande Western train is one of three locomotives that made the Zephyr’s journey possible...  Read more...

City of Golden Police Blotter

Crimewatch

March 20, 2024 - not posted
March 21, 2024
March 22, 2024
March 23, 2024
March 24, 2024
March 25, 2024
March 26, 2024
March 27, 2024

Supporters

GOLDENTODAY IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY:

Many thanks to the people and organizations who support What’s Happening in Golden?  If you would like to support local news, please CLICK HERE!

MARCH SPONSORS: Buffalo Rose, Buglet Solar, Foothills Art Center, Golden City Brewery, Golden Cultural Alliance, Golden History Museum, Miners Alley Playhouse, The Golden Mill, Golden Chamber of Commerce, Golden History Tours, Morris & Mae Market, Miners Saloon, Joy and Jack Brandt, Tom Reiley, ML Richardson, Mary Eiberger, Bud Rockhill, Ruth Hund, and Michael Mason

Contributors: Greg Poulos, Vic DeMaria, Cynthia Merrill Tamny, Barry & Liz Bettis, Mel Perkins, Chris and Joyce Davell, Richard Caldwell, and Meridee & Ed Cecil

Ongoing Monthly Supporters:
Tall Pines Painting, Baby Doe’s Clothing, Golden Community Garden, Carol & Doug Harwood, Jennings & Litz, Bill Fisher, Brian Quarnstrom, Casey & Gina Brown, Cheryl & Tom Schweich, Robert Storrs, Karen Smith, Sandy Curran, Paul Haseman, Michele Sannes, Kathy Smith, Crystal Culbert, Pat Madison, Donna Anderson, Ann Pattison, Carol & Don Cameron, Tom Hughes, Emeline Paulson, Susan Gray, David Smith, Karen Oxman, Laura King & Scott Wilson, Bill Sedgeley, Mariane Erickson, Carol Abel, Dot & Eric Brownson, Ann Norton & Jonathan Storer, Deb Goeldner, Rosemary Coffman, Jim & LouAnne Dale, Francine Butler, Elaine Marolla, Dixie Termin & Ron Miller, Chris Ball, Tom Hoffman, Patrick & Lisa Vitry, Alice Madison & Jim Kalivas, Lora Haimes, Nancy & Carlos Bernal, Stephanie Painter, Holly Thomas, Julie Bartos & Brad Miller, Bobby German & Alison McNally, Frank & Marsha Hanou, Leslie Lutz, and Traci Case

Highlights