A Closer Look
Photo by Richard Luckin
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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Thursday, Jul. 2nd
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Golden History Tours
- All day - Live Workouts with Community Center Pros
- All day - Golden Sports
- 9:15-9:45AM - Baby Time - Registration Required
- 10-10:30AM - Call In: Mid-Morning Meditation
- 1-2PM - Fossil Adventures with Dinosaur Ridge
- 3-4:30PM - Vaccine, License & Microchip Clinic
- 4-6PM - Weekly Demonstration - What do you stand for?
- 4-11PM - Cheese Night with Cheese Ranch!
- 5-8PM - Furst Thursday Yappy Hour
- 6-8PM - Trivia Night @ Scully's Cafe
- 6PM - Run Club
- 6PM - Trivia Night @ Launch
- 6-7PM - Ukulele Thursdays
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
1-2PM Fossil Adventures with Dinosaur Ridge @ Golden Library
Have you ever wanted to know how a dinosaur looked or lived? Even small fossils can tell big prehistoric stories! Using play, touch and imagination, Dinosaur Ridge will show you how the shapes, textures and patterns in fossils help scientists discover the stories dinosaurs left behind. Register
Location:
Golden Library
1019 10th Street (Map)
5-8PM Furst Thursday Yappy Hour @ Golden Mill
Dogs and their humans can come to The Golden Mill on the first Thursday of every month for live music, dog friendly treats & drinks, fun pup-friendly activities and adoptable dogs. More information
Location:
Golden Mill
1012 Ford Street (Map)
July Events @ Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
Sign up for these July classes and/or events at the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum using the links below.
Adult Education Classes
| July 1, 8, and 29 | 9-11AM | Free Motion Quilting with Rita Meyerhoff |
| July 18 | 9:30AM-2PM | Introduction to Volunteering at RMQM |
Events
| July 6 | 9:30AM-3:30PM | Patriotic Project SEW Day |
| July 12 | 1-3PM | Sunday at the Museum - Know Your Antique Quilt |
| July 24 | 6-8PM | Opening Reception - Anne Olsen Quilts from RMQM's Permanent Collection and 20 Perspectives | Conversing with the Earth |
Interest Groups - No registration required / Museum admission not included
| July 7 | 12-3PM | Hexie Ladies – English Paper Piecing |
| July 17 | 10AM-noon | Rocky Mountain Quilt Study Group |
| July 21 | 1-3PM | Hand Embroidery Stitchers |
Location:
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
200 Violet Street, Suite 240 (map)
303-277-0377
The Golden Word - 07/02/26
Live Music for Thursday, Jul. 2nd
- 5-8PM Howard Dlugash @ Golden Mil
- More Live Music
5-9PM Bruce Cole @ Wrigley’s
6-10PM Infestation 303 / The Jett Hearts @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
6PM Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band @ New Terrain Brewing
6:30-9:30PM JAWA w/ The Buzz @ Goosetown Station
7-10PM Blue Grouse @ Columbine Cafe
8PM Karaoke @ Rock Rest Lodge
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: Cars Come to Golden
Cars were becoming common in Golden by the mid-1920s
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References to automobiles began to appear in the Transcript in 1899. In the earliest articles, the cars were always in far-away places–first Europe, then big cities in the eastern United States.
The coming vogue of the automobile car is indicated at every turn. In Belgium, where autocars are extremely popular, a company has been formed for the novel purpose of establishing on all the principal high roads of Europe electric-power stations or electric-posting stations for them At each station there is to be a bar and restaurant and a repair shop, which will be in charge of expert mechanics. Storage batteries can be recharged “while you wait,” and medical attendance will be on hand in case of accidents.
Colorado Transcript – March 15, 1899
Isn’t it interesting that in 1899 they thought these “posting stations” would be servicing electric cars?
124 Years Ago
Based on this brief article in the June 25, 1902 Colorado Transcript, Ed Rundlett may have been Golden’s first car-owner:
Some of our well-to-do citizens are flashing elegant rigs upon their more or less poverty-stricken contemporaries. Ed. Rundlett started the ball with a beautiful trap and now Dr. Perry Kelly has done him up completely. Joe Dennis has one or two fine turn-outs in the livery also, but when Jesse Rubey flashes his automobile on the admiring public those fellows will wish they had never been born.
For about the next twenty years, it was always news-worthy when someone bought an automobile, so we have a good record of who bought cars, what kind, and when.
By 1917, automobiles were becoming widespread enough that livery (rental of horses and carriages/wagons) was a dying industry. The March 8, 1917 Colorado Transcript announced that the horses, carriages, harness, etc. of Golden’s livery stable had been sold at auction. The article remarks that the sale “probably marks the end of the livery business in Golden.” For the next several decades, the building was used as a gas/service station.
Weather
Overnight: Patchy smoke after 4am. Clear. Low around 59, with temperatures rising to around 61 overnight. West northwest wind around 7 mph.
Thursday: Patchy smoke. Sunny, with a high near 91. West wind 3 to 9 mph.
Thursday Night: Patchy smoke before 11pm. Partly cloudy. Low around 62, with temperatures rising to around 64 overnight. West northwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.
Thursday Night: Patchy Smoke then Partly Cloudy, 62°F
Friday: Sunny, 91°F
Friday Night: Partly Cloudy, 63°F
Independence Day: Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 89°F
Saturday Night: Partly Cloudy, 61°F
Sunday: Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 91°F
Sunday Night: Partly Cloudy, 64°F
Monday: Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 92°F
Monday Night: Partly Cloudy, 65°F
Tuesday: Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 90°F
Tuesday Night: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy, 65°F
Wednesday: Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 90°F
News About Golden - July 2, 2026
Coors looks to Golden’s walkability for a mixed-use project opening next month
By Mark Samuelson
Denver Gazette
Part of Golden’s charm as a tourist attraction owes to the conjunction of its Old West main street with the “Howdy Folks!” sign, and the town’s ongoing operational roots — the Coors Brewery and the Colorado School of Mines... Read more...
The Telegrapher
Colorado Railroad Museum
City of Golden Weekly Digest
In this issue... Download PDF below.
Second Fryrear Presidential Chair to lead quantum engineering efforts
By Emilie Rusch
Colorado School of Mines Newsroom
Frédéric Sarazin has been appointed Ben L. Fryrear Presidential Chair at Colorado School of Mines to further grow the university’s leadership in quantum engineering... Read more...
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Sponsors:
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Buffalo Rose, Buglet Battery, Foothills Art Center, Golden Cultural Alliance, Miners Alley Performing Arts Center, The Golden Mill, Golden Chamber of Commerce, Golden History Tours, Miners Saloon, Clothilde Elingbow, Michael Mason, Earth Sweet Boutique, and Colorado Railroad Museum
Friends:
($50-99.99/month or $575/yr)
Tall Pines Painting, Baby Doe’s Clothing, 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, Vic DeMaria, Unite Fitness, and Joy Brandt
Supporters:
($25-49.99/month or $285/yr)
Laura King and Scott Wilson, Bobby German and Alison McNally, Forrest Jones, Barry & Liz Bettis, Cheryl & Tom Schweich, in memory of 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, Centennial State Wealth Advisors, Steve & M.L. Richardson, Jeremy & Stephanie Keller, AC Development, Golden PT & Pilates, and Frank Young & Terre Deegan-Young
Members:
($10-24.99/month or $115/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, 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, 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, Colleen & Michael Ramey, Nancy & Pete Torpey, Jax Baker, Simon Maybury, Rose McLaughlin, Cameron Chambers, Joyce Gravina, Patrick Klein, Barb Robie, 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, Clare Shier, Wendy Weiman, Marge Frueh. Nannette Johnson, Edgar Walker, Bivy Beer Bar, Nancy Cooper, Jane & Mike Templeton, Vicki Greivel, Kim McDonough, and Carie Chimbel
Followers:
($5-9.99/month or $55/year)
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, Joyce Sutton, Mary Rains, Craig Champlin, Stan Swisher, Bill Way, Chris Toney, Alicia Zimmerman, Tamara Feucht, GoldenBrokers, and Elizabeth Coil
