Golden and Beyond
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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Tuesday, Nov. 26th
- All day - Foothills Art Center - Holiday Art Market
- All day - Foothills Art Center - Holiday Art Market
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Live Workouts with Community Center Pros
- All day - Golden History Tours
- 9-10AM - Women's Exercise and Bible Study
- 9AM-4PM - Clear Creek Discovery Days
- 9:15-9:45AM - Baby Time - Registration Required
- 10AM-12PM - DeLong Park Weedbusters
- 10:15-10:45AM - Preschool Time - Registration Required
- 1:30PM - Triad - Senior Safety
- 5:30-7:30PM - Exploring the Elements of Art
- 6-9PM - Avalanche Awareness Class
- 6:30PM - 2024 Fly Fishing Film Tour
- 6:30-8:30PM - Team Trivia Tuesday
- 6:30-8:30PM - Trivia Tuesdays
- 6:30-8:30PM - Bar Bingo Night
- 7PM - CSM Men's Basketball - Orediggers vs UCCS
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
This Week's Petition Signing Events
Parfet Park - Photo by Richard Luckin
Golden Residents Count is circulating a petition to limit City spending to $20 million without voter approval. Learn more.
If you would like to sign the petition, there are several opportunities to do so this week:
- Golden Roots Salon (708 13th Street - map) – Tuesdays to Saturdays 10am-6pm. Please stop by Golden Roots Salon any time between 10am to 6pm and Lillie Nauslar (owner) has a petition for you to sign.
- Del’s Tonsorial (1210 Washington Ave - map) – Wednesdays to Saturdays 9am-4pm. Please stop by Del’s Tonsorial any time between 9am to 4pm and Barb Robie (owner) has a petition for you to sign.
- Thursday, November 28 in Parfet Park (10th & Washington - map) from 7:30am-10am. We will be setup in Parfet Park on Thursday morning during The Great Turkey Chase!
- Friday, November 29 at The Outpost (17695 South Golden Road - map) from 6-8pm.
They also make house calls. Contact them at GoldenResidentsCount@gmail.com and a member of their committee can stop by your home with the petition for signature.
6:30PM Fly Fishing Film Tour @ Buffalo Rose
The 18th annual Fly Fishing Film Tour (F3T) is back, hitting the road with the very best fly fishing films. This year the tour visits more than 14 countries with 300+ shows.
Tickets
Buffalo Rose
1119 Washington Avenue (map)
Live Music for Tuesday, Nov. 26th
6PM Karaoke with Linda @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
7-9PM The Decaf Muchachos @ Morris & Mae
6PM Open Bluegrass Pick Night @ Over Yonder Brewing
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: 2020: Such an Interesting Year
4 Years Ago
The world had changed dramatically by November of 2020, due to the advent of Coronavirus.
- City Council and its boards and commissions were conducting their meetings online.
- Most churches in town were holding services online.
- The Quilt Museum held a virtual Sunday at the Museum.
- Miners Alley Playhouse presented virtual Quarantine Cabarets featuring some of their actors. They also arranged to show a Broadway production of A Christmas Carol as a fund-raiser.
- The City held a virtual community meeting about the Heart of Golden project.
- The Methodist Church established a safe parking program for homeless residents.
- Planning Commission evaluated a project at 14th and Jackson, where the owner proposed a 3-room tourist home and eight 1-bedroom apartments.
- The Jefferson County Housing Authority was demolishing the buildings that stood on 24th Street between Ford and Jackson.
- The boarding house had broken ground near the Harley-Davidson dealership.
- The Eddy Hotel was well underway.
- Restaurants, struggling with capacity restrictions required for Coronavirus spacing, were using patrons to order take-out food.
- Council changed the municipal code to allow restaurants to use not only the sidewalk but also the parking lanes to create outdoor seating. This was a permanent change–not a temporary measure for COVID.
- GURA and the DDA voted to use about half of the $1.8 million Legacy Fund to help Foothills Art Center revitalize the Astor House
- Staff proposed to the DDA that they install decorative lighting in Miners Alley from 11th to 14th Streets.
- The Police Chief hosted a community meeting to discuss racial equity in policing.
- The Jefferson County Public Health Department had established two Coronavirus testing stations–one on the Mines campus and one at the Jeffco fairgrounds. Masks were required in public.
- The County was posting COVID statistics Monday through Friday. At the beginning of November, Jefferson County had seen 9,941 cases and 320 deaths. By the end of the month, the County had had 22,213 cases and 493 deaths.
Golden History: Another Historic Business: J. H. Brown
Yesterday, I provided a long history of a long-lasting downtown business (Jefferson Coal and Mining Company/Thomas Ward Clothing/Wade Clothing/Hertel Clothing/McKeehen’s). Today, I thought I'd write about another long-lasting store and the family who owned it.
J. H. Brown opened a dry goods store in 1888 in the space now occupied by Del’s Tonsorial Parlor.
What are “dry goods?” Here’s Wikipedia’s answer: In the United States, dry goods are products such as textiles, ready-to-wear clothing, sundries, and “grocery items (such as tobacco, sugar, flour, and coffee) that do not contain liquid”. In US retailing, a dry-goods store carries consumer goods that are distinct from those carried by hardware stores and grocery stores.
The business prospered, and in 1890, the Browns were able to build a house on an empty double lot at 6th (now 16th) and Ford. Most of the downtown merchants lived within a few blocks of the business district in that pre-automotive era. The Browns had two sons, who doubtless enjoyed playing in the extra-big yard.
The Browns were very involved in the Baptist Church (13th and Jackson). Mrs. Brown taught a Sunday School class for decades, and Mr. Brown served on the board of trustees. Mrs. Brown was also a long-time member of the Progressive Club (a social and study group). She was a founding board member and driving force behind the Golden Library.
Here's an interesting historical side-note: going to a hospital was less common in those days, so when someone was critically injured or chronically sick, they often stayed with friends, relatives, or at times in a boarding house until they either got better or died. Edward Berthoud stayed with the Browns after his dangerous fall at the Overland Hotel, and died in their care in 1908.
The Browns' two sons prospered. Freddie began with a bicycle company (Pierce Cycle Company) and rose to Vice President before joining an automobile company. He rose as that industry grew and wound up working for Chrysler Motors in the San Francisco Bay area. The other son, Norton, graduated from the School of Mines and became a mining engineer. He lived several places around the west and eventually became the Superintendent of the Argo Tunnel in Idaho Springs.
In later years, the Browns owned ten acres on Lookout Mountain and often vacationed in their cabin on that land. They had relatives in Illinois, and frequently exchanged visits with them.
Mr. Brown retired and sold the store in 1919. They enjoyed several years of traveling and continued their club and church pursuits. They celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary in 1927. Mrs. Brown died the following year. When Mr. Brown's health began to decline, in 1932, his son (Norton) and wife moved to Golden to care for him. J. H. died in 1933.
Norton Brown and his wife remained in the house on Ford Street. When he died in 1966, his possessions were possessions were auctioned off and the house was sold.
In 1973, a curious transformation took place. The Brown house was divided into three apartments and a brick apartment building was constructed in the former side-yard. The two buildings are joined by a common roof. “1607 Ford Street” no longer appears on the county assessor’s records; instead, the entire property is now identified as “521 16th Street.” The assessor’s records show the combined building as being built in 1890 and 1973.
The City of Golden bought the apartments– including the Brown house–earlier this month.
Thank you to Wendy Weiman for sponsoring Golden History Moments for the month of November.
News About Golden - November 26, 2024
Mines Earns NCAA Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence
By Tim Flynn
Colorado School of Mines Athletics
INDIANAPOLIS - Colorado School of Mines is one of 43 NCAA Division II institutions to earn the Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence in 2024... Read more...
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