Clear Creek Canyon Near Tunnel One
Photo by Nancy Torpey
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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Tuesday, Mar. 31st
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Golden History Tours
- All day - Live Workouts with Community Center Pros
- All day - Golden Sports
- 9AM-12PM - Quilt Museum Crazy Quilt Workshop @ Front Porch
- 9:15-9:45AM - Baby Time - Registration Required
- 10:15-10:45AM - Preschool Time - Registration Required
- 5-8PM - Harleys After Dark
- 5:30-7:30PM - Exploring the Elements of Art
- 6-8PM - Books & Benders
- 6-8:30PM - Community Sustainability Advisory Board Meeting
- 6:30PM - Trivia Night @ Bivy Beer Bar
- 6:30-8:30PM - Team Trivia Tuesday @ Buffalo Rose
- 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
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9AM-12PM Quilt Museum Crazy Quilt Workshop @ Front Porch
Introduction to Crazy Quilts from the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum. Register to create / design your own Crazy Quilt. Active Older Adults aged 50+
Location:
Golden Community Center
1470 10th Street (Map)
5-8:15PM City Council Interviewing Candidates for Boards and Commissions
Photo by Joyce Davell
City Council members will be interviewing candidates for the various board and commission positions. The interview schedule should be posted sometime today, but the interviews will not be broadcast live.
Location:
City Hall
911 10th Street (Map)
6PM Community Sustainability Advisory Board Meeting @ the Public Works Building
- Meeting Agenda
- Watch the meeting streaming live starting at 6PM
- Attend the meeting @ Public Works building - 1445 10th St (Map)
- Provide public comment during the meeting, starting at 6PM.
The Sustainability Board meets tonight at the Public Works building. Their topics include:
- 2026 Sustainability Award Nominations
- Universal Recycling Ordinance
- Potential Downtown Waste Collection District
- Drought Planning
Location:
City of Golden Planning and Public Works
1445 10th St (Map)
6:30-8PM Waterwise Yard Seminar (Virtual)
DIY Coloradoscaping 102: How to Install a Climate-Resilient Yard
Get the hands-on knowledge needed to install a waterwise Colorado landscape. Learn practical steps for lawn removal, weed management, drip irrigation, plant sourcing, mulching, and eco-friendly materials. Leave with the confidence to bring your climate-resilient yard to life.
Our free, online Waterwise Yard Seminars are taught by local landscape and horticultural professionals. Get your landscaping questions answered and learn how to keep your yard looking great while using less water. Seminar topics range from low-water landscape design, xeric plant selection, smart irrigation, and more. Both novice and advanced gardeners are sure to learn something new. Register
The Golden Word - 03/31/26
Golden History: One of the Grandest Things Ever Conceived for the Good of Humanity and the Rising Generation
Chief Hosa – site of the earliest Jefferson County C.C.C. Camp
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88 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.
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.
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
Weather
Overnight: Mostly cloudy. Low around 47, with temperatures rising to around 53 overnight. North northeast wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Tuesday: A chance of rain showers after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58. Northeast wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night: A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy. Low around 40, with temperatures rising to around 43 overnight. North northeast wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Tuesday Night: Chance Rain Showers, 40°F
Wednesday: Rain Showers, 60°F
Wednesday Night: Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Cloudy, 40°F
Thursday: Sunny, 72°F
Thursday Night: Chance Rain Showers then Chance Rain And Snow Showers, 39°F
Friday: Chance Rain And Snow Showers, 53°F
Friday Night: Chance Snow Showers, 33°F
Saturday: Slight Chance Snow Showers then Chance Rain Showers, 58°F
Saturday Night: Mostly Clear, 37°F
Sunday: Sunny, 65°F
Sunday Night: Partly Cloudy, 39°F
Monday: Mostly Sunny, 67°F
News About Golden - March 31, 2026
Protesters bring joy, solidarity to Golden’s 3rd “No Kings”
By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript
Protests can be loud, crowded and chaotic.
But, as people who packed downtown Golden this weekend said, they can also be joyful.
About 1,800 protesters lined Washington Avenue March 28 during the third iteration of the nationwide “No Kings” protest, local organizers estimated... Read more...
Mines softball gets a draw with Regis in weekend series
By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript
Much like this weekend’s weather, the Colorado School of Mines softball team was a mix of sunshine and cloudy skies as it faced off against crosstown rival Regis... Read more...
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