Morning at the History Park
Photo by Sonia Arnold
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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Sunday, Oct. 27th
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Golden History Tours
- All day - Church Services
- 8-11AM - Pancake & Waffle Breakfast Fundraiser
- 9AM-2PM - The Golden Outpost Country Market Fall Fest
- 9:30AM-12PM - Walk With a Geologist at Triceratops Trail
- 9:30-11:30AM - Full Walking Tour @ Dinosaur Ridge
- 10AM-3PM - Brunch at the Rose
- 12-3PM - 3rd Annual Howl-O-Ween Bash @ Golden Mill
- 2-5PM - Paint Your Pet
- 2PM - Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Elusive Ear
- 5-9PM - Board Game Night
- 5-7PM - Golden Gate Grange Community Trunk or Treat
- 7PM - Mines Little Showcase
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
8-11AM Pancake and Waffle Breakfast @ Golden Event Center/Golden Masonic Lodge
The Order of the Eastern Star will be holding a Pancake & Waffle Breakfast Fundraiser to support Eastern Star projects and our Rainbow Girls youth group. This is open to the public.
Golden Event Center/Golden Masonic Lodge
400 10th Street (map)
9AM-4PM Golden Outpost Fall Fest
Welcome fall at the Golden Outpost (17695 S Golden Rd) and celebrate the end of our first market season with a Fall Fest!Put on your favorite costume for trick or treating and a costume parade for the kids! There will be treats for all participants. The costume parade starts at noon!Live country music from Jeff Goodwin starts at 12:30
Purchase a pumpkin from our pumpkin patch and take some fun fall photos
Vendors include:
-Heinie's
-Mac Nation Cafe
-DeMalt Farms
-ReLoved by KC
-Hannah's Homestead
-Viridian Tea Company
-Hey Mambo! Italian Goods
-Karan Abbott Seamstress
-Nan's Homestead LLC
-Avanti Health First
-Olde Town Hatter
-Fire Crafted
-Mule and Magpie
-TaTtered-N-Torn
-Emerson's 3D Novelties
The event is free to attend. Come out and support these local businesses and celebrate fall at the Golden Outpost!
The Golden Hayride Outpost
17695 S Golden Road (map)
12-3PM 3rd Annual Howl-O-Ween Dog Costume Contest with DJ Drake @ Golden Mill
Get ready for a spooktacular Howl-O-Ween bash at the Golden Mill hosted by The Sneffels Shelter Shop. Bring your four-legged companions and unleash their inner monsters in our dog costume contest. There will be prizes for best dog costume and best family/friends costumes.
Best dog costume and best family/friends costume contests with prizes and giveaways.
DJ Drake will be spinning the Monster Mash-Ups. There will be special fall cocktails and beers available on the self-pour tap wall – including the brand-new Pumpkin Spice Sangria.
Fun for everyone, including Fido!
Golden Mill
1012 Ford Street (map)
2-5PM Paint Your Pet @ Golden City Brewery
No painting skills necessary! Comes with pre-sketched canvas of your animal, all materials and instruction.
More information
Golden City Brewery
920 12th Street (map)
5-7PM Golden Gate Grange Community Trunk or Treat
Celebrate Halloween at this free event. Our little ghosts and goblins, princesses and pirates are invited to show off their costumes while visiting the “Trunkers” for candy treats!
More information
www.goldengategrange.com
25201 Golden Gate Canyon Road (map).
Live Music for Sunday, Oct. 27th
- 4-7PM Steve Thomas @ Buffalo Rose
Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage) - More Live Music
1PM Dave Frisk Band @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
3-7PM 2nd Time Around @ Wrigley’s
8PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: Hello Rotary Service, Goodbye Hello Girls
Announcement from the Colorado Transcript – October 27, 1955
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Golden joined the modern world in October of 1955–we got dials on our phones! Prior to that time, Golden callers placed all calls through a telephone operator. A $1,000,000 upgrade enabled the phone company to replace those operators with an electro-mechanical switching system. Every home and business in the service area got a new phone (with a dial!), and after the cutover, the company collected the “magneto” phones.
This change in the Golden central office covered Morrison and Lookout Mountain as well as the City of Golden. Golden numbers were assigned the prefix of CRestview. The C-R translated to 2-7 on the rotary dial. (That’s why landlines in Golden still start with 278- or 279-!)
The Transcript reported that many teenagers had been poised by their phones, waiting for the cutover at midnight Saturday night, so they could make their first unassisted phone call.
The Transcript bade a fond goodbye to the telephone operators:
Before all the “hello” girls scatter to the winds, The Transcript wishes to express its thanks to them for the very fine service we have had through the years. When service was needed most, particularly on press days, it seemed as if the operators concentrated on giving us their best…. All this was greatly appreciated, girls, and we miss you and your personal touch.
Many thanks to an anonymous donor for sponsoring Golden History Moments for the month of October.
Weather
Overnight: Mostly clear. Low around 48, with temperatures rising to around 51 overnight. West wind around 8 mph.
Sunday: Mostly sunny. High near 75, with temperatures falling to around 73 in the afternoon. East southeast wind 3 to 7 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy. Low around 53, with temperatures rising to around 55 overnight. West wind 5 to 9 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly Cloudy, 53°F
Monday: Mostly Sunny, 74°F
Monday Night: Partly Cloudy, 48°F
Tuesday: Mostly Sunny then Chance Light Rain, 59°F
Tuesday Night: Chance Light Rain then Chance Rain And Snow, 35°F
Wednesday: Rain And Snow Likely, 44°F
Wednesday Night: Slight Chance Rain And Snow then Partly Cloudy, 31°F
Thursday: Sunny, 56°F
Thursday Night: Mostly Clear, 36°F
Friday: Sunny, 57°F
Friday Night: Mostly Clear, 36°F
Saturday: Mostly Sunny, 57°F
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Sponsors:
($100/month and up)
Buffalo Rose, Buglet Solar, Foothills Art Center, Golden City Brewery, Golden Cultural Alliance, Miners Alley Performing Arts Center, The Golden Mill, Golden Chamber of Commerce, Golden History Tours, Morris & Mae Market, Miners Saloon, Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden Hayride Outpost, Kona Bowls, Unite Fitness, Tom Reiley, and Michael Mason
Friends:
($50-99.99/month or $550/yr)
Tall Pines Painting, Baby Doe’s Clothing, Goozell Yogurt & Coffee Paul Haseman, Donna Anderson, Carol & Doug Harwood, Beth Bidwell, Stephanie Painter, Greg Poulos, Joy Brandt, Ann Norton & Jonathan Storer, Mary & Don Parker, Saré Merrigan, and Nannette Johnson
Supporters:
($25-49.99/month or $250/yr)
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, AC Development, Cynthia Merrill Tamny, Stephen Pero, Meg Van Ness & Steve Kalasz, Steve & Karla Schaefer, and Bud Rockhill
Members:
($10-24.99/month or $110/yr)
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, Casey & Gina Brown, Sandy Schneider, Mark and Cathy Pattridge, Cheryl G Leidich, Jen Rutter, Carol Abel, 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, Ella Lyons & Jeanne Fritch, 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, and Traci Neuman Lacey.
Followers:
($5-9.99/month)
Golden Community Garden, Lora Haimes, Mariane Erickson, J.J. Fraser
