The George and Eliza West House in 12th St.
Photo by Richard Luckin
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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Tuesday, Jul. 21st
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Golden History Tours
- All day - Live Workouts with Community Center Pros
- All day - Golden Sports
- 8-9AM - What's Brewing Golden
- 9AM - Golden Seniors - KaffeeKlatsch
- 9-11AM - DeLong Park Habitat Helpers
- 9:15-9:45AM - Baby Time - Registration Required
- 10-11AM - Story Time and Craft @ The Railroad Museum
- 10:15-10:45AM - Preschool Time - Registration Required
- 1-3PM - Hand Embroidery Stitchers
- 2:30PM - Local Licensing Authority Meeting
- 5:30-7:30PM - Exploring the Elements of Art
- 6-7:45PM - Golden Beer Talks
- 6-7:30PM - Witness at Sand Creek: The Life and Letters of Silas Soule Book Reading and Signing
- 6:30PM - Trivia Night @ Bivy Beer Bar
- 6:30-8:30PM - Team Trivia Tuesday @ Buffalo Rose
- 6:30-8PM - Financial Education Event, But First Chocolate
- 6:30-8:30PM - Toad Trivia
- 6:30-8PM - Waterwise Yard Seminar (Virtual)
- 6:30-8:30PM - Bar Bingo Night @ VFW
- 7PM - Pub Trivia @ Atomic Cowboy
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
8-9AM What's Brewing Golden @ Connects Workspace Red Rocks
Join us for hot coffee & hot topics around town!
July's Spotlight Speaker: A Business Spotlight from MSP Shift. MSP Shift is a locally owned Managed Service Provider based in Denver, offering top-notch IT support, robust cybersecurity, and compliance solutions. With a focus on our core values, we are your dependable local partner, providing personalized IT services designed to meet the specific needs of your business.
What's Brewing is a monthly meeting, held on the 3rd Tuesday of each month from 8 - 9 am. Each month you will hear an update from City Council, Downtown Development Authority (DDA/GURA), City of Golden Police, regional representatives and the Golden Chamber, along with a Business Spotlight. What's Brewing Golden not only offers an opportunity to hear from the City and Chamber, but is a great way for our business community to connect.
This meeting is open to all businesses within the Golden area but with a focus on small businesses and restaurants within the City limits of Golden. This meeting is provided as a service by the Golden Chamber of Commerce. Chamber membership is highly encouraged but is not required to attend. Guests are welcome.
More information
Location:
Connects Workspace Red Rocks
18475 West Colfax Avenue (Map)
9AM Golden Seniors - KaffeeKlatsch @ Golden Welcome Center
Hey, Golden Seniors! Join your friends at the Welcome Center for coffee and conversation! We meet on the Creekside Patio or the Heritage Community Boardroom. Sponsored by the Golden Welcome Center, Golden Pond Retirement Community and the Rotary Club of Golden.
Location:
Golden Welcome Center
1010 Washington Avenue (Map)
9-11AM DeLong Park Habitat Helpers @ DeLong Park
Golden Parks and Recreation is using DeLong Park as a pilot project for the City’s first organic park location. This means that they will be using only natural, organic products for all plants and grasses. No synthetic chemicals will be used in our maintenance practices.
The DeLong Park Weed Busters are always happy to bring in new members, and training on weed identification is provided! More information
Location:
DeLong Park
395 23rd Street (Map)
10-11AM Story Time and Craft @ The Railroad Museum
Join staff and volunteers at the Colorado Railroad Museum as they share some of their favorite children’s stories with a decidedly railroad theme followed by a fun make and take.
Recommended ages 4-6 years old.
More information
Free for Museum Members and included with general admission.
Location:
Colorado Railroad Museum
17155 W. 44th Avenue (Map)
When:
10-11AM on Tuesday, Jul. 21st
6-7:45PM Golden Beer Talks: Buffalo Bill at the Buffalo Rose
Topic: Galloping Gourmet: Eating and Drinking with Buffalo Bill
Speaker: Steve Friesen
Brewery: 6 and 40 Brewery
An evening hosted by Golden Beer Talks centers around a brief, informative and entertaining presentation by an expert on an irresistibly enticing topic. Each event features beer for sale from one of our local breweries, along with a variety of delicious food and drink offerings from the Buffalo Rose kitchen and bar.
It's Golden's own grassroots version of TED talks for the benefit of our own local community--and just for the fun of it. Golden Beer Talks is a nonprofit venture focused on three favorite local things--Golden and Beer and Talking!
Tonight's topic is the perfect stage-setter for this weekend's Buffalo Bill Days extravaganza.
Galloping Gourmet: Eating and Drinking with Buffalo Bill
Hard-riding hunter, frontier scout, and showman, he was once the most famous man in America and still is a familiar name. Now, historian Steve Friesen takes a new look at Buffalo Bill: as a gourmet. William F. Cody, Buffalo Bill, dined with the most famous people of his day, opened the first Mexican restaurant east of the Mississippi, introduced popcorn to Europe, and made American cocktails popular in England. Friesen’s talk will cover these subjects and more, based on his groundbreaking book Galloping Gourmet: Eating and Drinking with Buffalo Bill.
Learn more at www.goldenbeertalks.org.
Location:
Buffalo Rose
1119 Washington Avenue (Map)
6-7:30PM Witness at Sand Creek: The Life and Letters of Silas Soule Book Reading and Signing @ Golden History Park
In Witness at Sand Creek, Rev. Dr. Nancy Niero brings to light the extraordinary moral courage of Captain Silas Soule, a Union officer who, in 1864, refused to obey orders to fire on peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho families during what became known as the Sand Creek Massacre. Instead, he chose to bear witness, documenting the atrocities in letters that became key testimony in a Congressional investigation. His refusal to stay silent cost him his life – he was assassinated just months later. Framed by Niero’s decades of research, ministry, and justice work, this collection invites readers to reflect on the cost of conscience and the enduring power of truth-telling.
Tickets are required. Members $5; non-members $12. More information
Location:
Golden History Park
1020 11th Street (Map)
The Golden Word - 07/21/26
Golden History: Unsightly but Useful (and Historic)
The Eagle Corral, which stood at 9th and Washington from the 1860s until 1922
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The Eagle Corral, which sold animal field and provided pens for livestock, was a going concern even before the Colorado Transcript published its first issue on December 19, 1866. In fact, that first issue of the Transcript announced a change in ownership:
Having taken the Eagle Corral, I am now prepared to accommodate the traveling public in the best manner and at the lowest prices. I will always keep a good supply of Hay, Grain and Feed. — George Hansbrough
The Eagle Corral also provided room and board for many horses. Over its considerable lifespan, the business had several different owners:
1872 – Fred Buckman
1872 – Bailey Brothers
1879 – Smith & Crisman
1885 – Bind & Ward
1893 – Vogel & Niedermeyer
1894 -Vogel & Churches
1901 – Arnold & Olmstead
1905 – Frank Keilbach
1906 – Herman Rathmann
1914 – Guy Buckman
1920 -H.M. Hewins
1920 -Ferguson
The business had two notable fires–one in 1877, in which several small buildings and several tons of baled hay were destroyed, and one in 1921, in which the roof and “a considerable amount of grain and flour” burned. Fortunately, the adjacent hay shed was not damaged. More importantly, the adjacent residence containing the proprietor’s wife and three children was saved, thanks to the Golden Fire Department.
In 1914, owner Herman Rathmann had an unsolicited visit from a "hobo":
City Marshal Scott responded to a “riot call” from the Eagle Corral Saturday night, and found a hobo there standing off the proprietor and several Guy Hill gentlemen, after the latter had tried to force the gentleman of the road to depart in peace. Scott gave the man a night’s rest in sheriff Dennis’ new hotel, and in the morning he was given his choice of leaving Golden or working out a thirty day sentence on the streets. He concluded that Golden’s streets are in good condition now, and left hastily for a sojourn in other parts. — Colorado Transcript, January 29, 1914
By 1920, the town was very interested in building a new high school. This was only partly because the current schools were over-crowded; it was also seen as a way to upgrade the town overall. This was the first year of the Chamber of Commerce’s existence, and they were looking at several ways to modernize and generally improve Golden. Paving the streets and building a new, modern high school in a prominent location were seen as two key steps.
There was debate between people who lived on the north and south sides of the Creek. The north side had traditionally been more industrial and blue collar, while the south side, with the shopping district, the Courthouse, and the School of Mines, considered itself more elite. Northsiders, frankly, were ready to gentrify. They campaigned hard, got their candidate elected to the school board, and were able to secure the planned high school.
The next argument was whether the school should be on the south side of 10th Street–which people were already earmarking for a future park (Parfet Park)–or the north side of 10th Street, which had the Eagle Corral. A 1922 letter to the editor said the corral “has been an eyesore to the city for years.” Others were more restrained but quietly agreed that a business that generated manure had no place on Golden’s main thoroughfare.
The School District bought the property and dismantled the store, corrals, and storage barns. The Ferguson family’s house was moved to 7th Street in 1922 and the new High School was built on the former location of the Eagle Corral in 1924.
Weather
Overnight: Mostly clear. Low around 72, with temperatures rising to around 75 overnight. North northwest wind around 6 mph.
Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 92. East northeast wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9pm and midnight. Partly cloudy. Low around 68, with temperatures rising to around 71 overnight. West wind 2 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Tuesday Night: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy, 68°F
Wednesday: Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 91°F
Wednesday Night: Showers And Thunderstorms Likely then Mostly Cloudy, 67°F
Thursday: Showers And Thunderstorms, 87°F
Thursday Night: Showers And Thunderstorms Likely then Partly Cloudy, 66°F
Friday: Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 91°F
Friday Night: Partly Cloudy, 68°F
Saturday: Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 95°F
Saturday Night: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy, 70°F
Sunday: Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 96°F
Sunday Night: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy, 69°F
Monday: Mostly Sunny then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely, 93°F
News About Golden - July 21, 2026
Golden church plans to sell property, build affordable housing units
By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript
Although a longtime church community might be leaving Golden next year, the congregation hopes its legacy will ensure dozens of Goldenites have a new home.
Golden’s Church of the Nazarene at 17455 W. 16th Ave. is facing very costly repairs. Rather than renovating it, the congregation has decided to move to another location... Read more...
Golden's stricter Stage 1 drought restrictions begin as Clear Creek sees record low flows
By Sophia Villalba
Denver Channel 7
GOLDEN, Colo. — Golden's tightened Stage 1 drought restrictions are now in effect after city leaders said current conservation efforts haven't reduced water use enough amid worsening drought conditions... Read more...
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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:
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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
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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
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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, 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, Carie Chimbel, Peggy Brochtrup, and Cindy & Matt Finley
Followers:
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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, Joyce Sutton, Mary Rains, Craig Champlin, Stan Swisher, Bill Way, Chris Toney, Alicia Zimmerman, Tamara Feucht, GoldenBrokers, and Elizabeth Coil
