Sunday Morning (Coming Down)
Photo by Richard Luckin
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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Sunday, Oct. 12th
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Golden History Tours
- All day - Church Services
- 10AM-4PM - Art for a Cause
- 10AM-3PM - Country Market
- 10AM-3PM - Brunch at the Rose
- 11AM-3PM - SOGO (South Golden) Brewery Bike Crawl
- 1-3PM - Sunday at the Museum - RMQM's Creative Engine: Powering the Exhibits
- 2PM - Diva Royale
- 3PM - JSO Season 73 Opener: Beethoven & Brahms
- 5-9PM - Board Game Night
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
10AM-4PM Art for a Cause @ First Presbyterian Church of Golden
FINAL DAY!
Art for A Cause is a unique and high-quality boutique art show that is special in that the participating artists have pledged a percentage of their sales to give back to two important charities, including SparkHopeAutomotive and International Justice Mission. The Presbyterians help support the artists with some advertising cost and by providing a lovely, warm, indoor show space in the church annex. Expect to see fine art paintings and sculpture, as well as fine crafts, including woodworking, weaving, glass, jewelry and pottery. The public is invited to support our local artists and to “buy local” for your holiday needs.
For details contact Tricia Bass @ tbass.art@hotmail.com or 303-808-1770
Location:
First Presbyterian Church of Golden
17707 W. 16th Avenue (Map)
10AM-3PM Country Market @ Golden Hayride Outpost
Join us for another season of the weekly Country Market at Golden Outpost on Sundays, June through October!
The weekly Country Market features locally grown produce, cottage law food products, and local craft artisans. They have a full bar with indoor and outdoor seating, so you can enjoy a meal and relax with a beverage while shopping the amazing vendors and delicious produce at the Country Market.
More information
Location:
Golden Hayride Outpost
17695 South Golden Road (Map)
1-3PM Sunday at the Museum - RMQM's Creative Engine: Powering the Exhibits @ Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
How does an RMQM exhibit come to be?
Shirley Esher, the RMQM Exhibits Manager, will share how the various exhibits at RMQM are selected and the behind the scenes of what it takes to get shows ready for display.
Did you know the planning for most exhibits starts 2 to 3 years before they are displayed in the gallery?
Have you noticed our galleries are a combination of museum and art gallery? Every exhibit is different and that keeps the planning exciting, but also means unique challenges with each one.
Join us at Sunday at the Museum to find out the twists and turns exhibits take in the process of going from idea to full blown exhibit. Sort of like creating a quilt - there are lots of decisions to be made and creative choices!
Free to members / $15 for non-members
Location:
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
200 Violet Street (Map)
The Golden Word - 10/12/25
3PM JSO Season 73 Opener: Beethoven & Brahms @ Colorado School of Mines
Beethoven and Brahms with violinist Andrew Giordano.
Da-da-da-dum!
Have you ever heard Beethoven's 5th performed live? Today is your chance!
Information and tickets
Location:
Colorado School of Mines
Green Center (Map)
Live Music for Sunday, Oct. 12th
- 11AM-3PM Jeff Goodwin and the Front Range Cowboys @ Golden Outpost
- 3-6PM Alibi @ Golden Mill
- 5:30-8:30PM Chuck Fisher @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
- More Live Music
1PM Kingpin Posse @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
3-7PM 6202 Band @ Wrigley’s
4-7PM Chuck Grossman @ Columbine Cafe
8PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: Murders in 1879
Souce: HANDS UP; or Thirty-Five Years of Detective Life in the Mountains and on the Plains
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As related yesterday, Reuben Hayward, who owned a ranch west of Golden, disappeared on September 10, 1879. Two men had asked him to drive them to the Rooney Ranch. Sometime on that drive, Mr. Hayward disappeared. His body was found a month later, stuffed into a culvert.
A manhunt ensued, and the two men who had hired him to drive on that fateful night were found and brought to the Jefferson County Courthouse.
The December 10, 1879 Colorado Transcript reported that the two accused murderers were in iron shackles in separate cells. There they were to remain until a grand jury met in April. The paper reported that there was “much desultory talk of lynching them,” but they remained unmolested in the jail for two weeks.
On Saturday night, December 27th, the moon was full as a group of about 35 men on horseback and about as many on foot, plus a wagon containing sledgehammers, chisels, and crowbars gathered at the jail. The men on foot stood guard in the surrounding streets and alleys. Some of the horsemen held the guard, jailer, and janitor at bay with guns while others employed the tools to break the locks on the doors, the cells, and the shackles.
The two men were led “down the bluff to a bridge of the Golden and South Platte railroad, some 300 yards to the southeast, but in full view of the courthouse.” The newspaper story goes into some detail, but in short, they were hanged from the bridge. The executioners stayed on site for half an hour to ensure the men were dead, then they rode to the Hayward family residence on Ford Street, fired their revolvers in the air, and cried with one voice “Hayward is avenged.” They then galloped away.
An inquest was held on the 28th of December and the coroner and his jury concluded that the men were “Illegally Hanged.” None of the lynch mob was ever identified and there seemed to be little interest in tracking them down. The paper, by that time, had dropped the word “accused” and referred to the two hanged men as “The Hayward Murderers.”
Local historian Richard Gardner identified this little house–at 2318 Ford Street (map)–as the Hayward family home. It was demolished in 2018 to make way for a Jefferson County Housing Authority project.
The Golden History Museum currently has an exhibit about the Hayward murder. Look for it in their Epic Events gallery!
Weather
Overnight: Mostly clear. Low around 54, with temperatures rising to around 57 overnight. West southwest wind around 7 mph.
Sunday: Sunny. High near 70, with temperatures falling to around 67 in the afternoon. West southwest wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 43. Southeast wind 2 to 7 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.
Sunday Night: Partly Cloudy, 43°F
Columbus Day: Mostly Sunny, 63°F
Monday Night: Slight Chance Rain Showers, 48°F
Tuesday: Mostly Sunny, 71°F
Tuesday Night: Mostly Clear, 49°F
Wednesday: Sunny, 76°F
Wednesday Night: Mostly Clear, 48°F
Thursday: Chance Rain Showers, 66°F
Thursday Night: Slight Chance Rain Showers, 41°F
Friday: Mostly Sunny, 60°F
Friday Night: Partly Cloudy then Slight Chance Rain Showers, 41°F
Saturday: Slight Chance Rain Showers, 62°F
News About Golden - October 12, 2025
Golden football gets bounce-back win after suffering first loss of the season last week
By Dennis Pleuss
Colorado Preps
LAKEWOOD — A week after Golden football suffered its first loss of the season, the Demons returned the favor ending Bear Creek’s undefeated record.
Golden took a 34-21 victory over Bear Creek on Friday night at Jeffco Stadium in a Class 4A South Metro League game... Read more...
Golden softball gets the win, but it feels like a loss as D’Evelyn wins 4A Jeffco
By Dennis Pleuss
Colorado Preps
GOLDEN — The victory went to Golden, but the Class 4A Jeffco League softball title went to D’Evelyn when all the numbers were crunched Friday afternoon at Golden High School.
The Demons took a 4-3 victory in the regular-season and league finale, but the Jaguars were awarded the 4A Jeffco League plaque after the third tie-breaker decided the conference champion... Read more...
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Tall Pines Painting, Baby Doe’s Clothing, Goozell Yogurt & Coffee Paul Haseman, Donna Anderson, Carol & Doug Harwood, Stephanie Painter, Greg Poulos, Ann Norton & Jonathan Storer, Mary & Don Parker, Saré Merrigan, The Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, and Joy Brandt
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Laura King and Scott Wilson, Bobby German and Alison McNally, Forrest Jones, Barry & Liz Bettis, Cheryl & Tom Schweich, Marjorie Sloan, Chris and Joyce Davell, Rick Flint, Forrest Jones, Cynthia Merrill Tamny, Stephen Pero, Meg Van Ness & Steve Kalasz, Steve & Karla Schaefer, Bud Rockhill, Steve Enger, Kristie Brice & Mike Schwartz, The Golden Hotel, Kurt & Janet Siegfried, Ella Lyons & Jeanne Fritch, Robert Thresher, Tonie Mattox, and Centennial State Wealth Advisors
Members:
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Brad Miller & Julie Bartos, Holly Thomas, Jim and LouAnne Dale, Ann Pattison, Thomas Hoffman, Carol Abel, Brian Quarnstrom, Sandra Curran, Bobby German and Alison McNally, Kathy Smith, Karen Smith, Carlos & Nancy Bernal, Robert Storrs, Michele Sannes, Elaine Marolla, Dixie Termin & Ron Miller, E Tom Hughes, Crystal M Culbert, Patrick A. Madison, Alice Madison & Jim Kalivas, Deb Goeldner, Christopher Ball, 6th Chair Home Services, Dot & Eric Brownson, Rosemary Coffman, Emeline Paulson, Sandy Schneider, Mark and Cathy Pattridge, Cheryl G Leidich, Jen Rutter, Frani R Bickart, Jennings and Litz, Bill Sedgeley, Nancy Hughes, Justin L Wade, Kathi Eggers, Traci Case, Donna Owen, Leslie D Lutz, Karen Oxman, Catherine Skokan, Ross Fraser & KC Gilliland, Lynne Haigh, Elizabeth Hilliard, Frank Young & Terre Deegan-Young, Kathy Hirons & Jack Markin, Jess & Anthony Monasterio, Heather Duncan, Lee Ann & Pete Horneck, Carol Cameron, Cheryl Williamson, San Daugherty, Jim Garner, John and Carol McEncroe, the Golden Welcome Center, the Golden Transcript, Koshare Eagle, Ken and Colleen Krantz, Traci Neuman Lacey, Jo Barber, Jamie Cookinham, Kermit Shields, Meridee Cecil, Vicki Olson, Colleen & Michael Ramey, Nancy & Pete Torpey, Jax Baker, Simon Maybury, Rose McLaughlin, Cameron Chambers, Joyce Gravina, Patrick Klein, Barb Robie, and Mary Rains, Richard Caldwell, Janice Waring, Sam & Marilyn Baron, Carmen Johnson, Mary Eiberger, Kevin Nichols, Ed & Carol Freza, Laura and Curtis Moore, Ruth Hund, Shelley & Jerry Devitt, Eileen Masterson, Kate Olivier, Amy Korengut, Pam Logan, and Clare Shier
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Golden Community Garden, Lora Haimes, Mariane Erickson, J.J. Fraser, Mel Perkins, Bob Hamilton, Steve Stevens, Vicki Olson, Emily Kurzinski, Nanette Johnson, Peyton Gibson, Sally Berger, Kristen Morgan, and Joyce Sutton
