What's Happening in Golden - Wednesday, Jan. 1st, 2025

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What's happening in Golden today?

Events for Wednesday, Jan. 1st

• All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
• All day - Live Workouts with Community Center Pros

• All day - Golden History Tours
• 9-11AM - Golden Walks
• 2-3PM - Freemotion Embroidery Demonstration
• 6:30PM - Trivia Night

For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar

2024 Retrospective: January - March

JANUARY

• In coordination with the National Western Stock Show, Jefferson County Fairgrounds hosted a horse and cattle show. This included team penning and ranch sorting competitions.
• The Chamber hosted a VIBE@5 at the Denver Kicker's Club.
• Casey Brown and JJ Trout finished their terms on City Council and Patty Evans and Lisa Vitry started theirs. Laura Weinberg began her second term as Mayor.
• Council decided to discontinue 4th of July fireworks displays.
• To celebrate the National Western Stock Show, Visit Golden sponsored Western Heritage Days in Golden, which offered free wagon rides with Golden History and a fiddle player. They also hosted family photo ops with Clydesdales.
• The Colorado Cowboy Gathering held five shows at the Buffalo Rose, including music, poetry, and story telling.
• The Library held an after-hours murder mystery for teens.
• Golden Beer Talks hosted Dr. Jeff Bennett, talking about the upcoming solar eclipse.
• Misery came to Golden in the form of a play at Miners Alley.
• The UllrGrass music festival took place in Parfet Park.

FEBRUARY

• The City Manager reported on the success of the 4 day/32 hour work week for City employees.
• Colorado School of Mines celebrated their 150th anniversary with a ribbon-cutting on the Labriola Innovation Hub.
• Visit Golden hosted Goldens in Golden in downtown Golden.
• The Golden Cultural Alliance celebrated Heart and Soul of Golden Month with special events, exhibits, and performances.
• The Golden Chamber held VIBE@5 at Adjusted Life Chiropractic.
• City Council discussed building a new city hall. Staff recommended against bringing it to a vote. Council gave that approach a "thumbs up."
• Jeffco Open Space hosted a discussion about closing Lookout Mountain Road.
• The Colorado Environmental Film Festival moved from the Mountaineering Center to the Green Center.
• The Buffalo Bill Museum celebrated Bill's birthday with free admission and cake & ice cream.

MARCH

• Miners Alley opened A Jukebox for the Algonquin and Amelia's Big Idea.
• City Council approved a change to the IGA with the School of Mines, allowing them to move the Welch Ditch to make way for their new 800-bed residence hall.
• Golden Beer Talks hosted Rex Rideout, who sang songs and told stories about the role of beer in the American West.
• City Planning staff shared their plan to remove 53 parking spaces from the Jackson Street corridor.
• The Kiwanis Club held the annual Easter Egg Hunt in Parfet Park.

2024 Retrospective: April - June

APRIL

• Thousands of tulips bloomed in the city planters and parks.
• The Railroad Museum hosted the debut of Richard Luckin's new documentary, Railroad Stations in American Life.
• The Jefferson Symphony presented their annual Young Artist Concert.
• The City widened the creek path by the RV park.
• GURA voted to contribute $400,000 to allow Foothills Regional Housing Authority to buy the former Golden Motel. They plan to scrape it and build another housing project in the Central Neighborhood.
• The Chamber hosted VIBE@5 at Holidaily Brewing.
• The City held a listening sessions regarding a proposed rental registry.
• Golden Beer Talks hosted Frank Blaha describing the Army's Horse Breeding Program.
• CoorsTek began demolishing their downtown buildings.
• Golden High School presented The Play That Goes Wrong.
• The Full Monty opened at Miners Alley.
• The Quilt Museum opened two new exhibits.
• The CSM Philharmonic Orchestra gave their spring concert.
• The Golden Anti-Racism Collective hosted a discussion of A Tyranny of the Minority.

MAY

• The Rotary Club hosted Teen Night at the Community Center.
• Foothills Art Center re-opened both of their locations--the Creative Campus at 15th and Washington and their new exhibit space at the Astor House.
• The Christian Action Guild at Golden Postal Carriers held their annual food drive.
• Tom Schweich published the first in his What's Blooming Along Golden's Trails? articles.
• The Stewards of Golden Open Space hosted a bird watching tour along the Kinney Run Trail.
• The Chamber hosted VIBE@5 at the Table Mountain Inn.
• A bear spent a couple of days in a tree near the Mines campus.
• The Railroad Museum held a parade of steam locomotives and Galloping Goose cars.
• The Jefferson Symphony performed their season finale.
• Golden Beer Talks hosted a pair of film makers, who described the process of making a documentary.
• Golden Moon Distillery ceased operations.
• The Library Foundation held their Spring Whale of a Used Book Sale.
• The Golden Hayride Outpost began offering a Farmers Marketplace on Sunday mornings.

JUNE

• The Golden Super Cruise resumed.
• The Golden Farmers Market opened for the season.
• The City began looking for an alternate route through town for the Peaks to Plains Trail.
• The Golden Civic Foundation held their Summer Jam at the Railroad Museum.
• The Chamber hosted VIBE@5 at the Golden Mill.
• There was a Scandinavian Festival in Parfet Park.
• Golden Beer Talks presented two women who train guide dogs for the blind.
• The Fire Department unveiled the new bronze firefighter statue.
• Golden City Brewery hosted their annual Summer Solstice fundraiser for Golden Landmarks Association.
• The Girl Scouts helped people make cat toys for Foothills Art Center at the Golden Library.
• Foothills Art Center hosted Artsweek.
• The Library hosted a sleepover for stuffed animals.

A Woman's Life in Golden

The Golden Transcript celebrated its 125th anniversary by printing this retro-looking page on January 1, 1985

The January 1, 1985 Golden Transcript included an interesting article about about Louise Zimmer Scott. Mrs. Scott was born in Golden on January 20, 1899 and lived here for most of her life.

Louise was born in Golden in a little house next to the present American Legion building (map) near Ninth and Ford Streets. Later her parents purchased the big two-story home at Ford and Water Streets (map), known from that day until now as the Burgess House. It was there Frank and Rose Zimmer reared their three children…

Frank Zimmer…ran the ice business here for a time. He delivered ice with his team and wagon, and employed several young men. Later he went to work for Coors in their greenhouse, and looked after the grounds of their family home. Zimmer remained in that position until he retired. “Adolph Coors often came down to our house to visit with my Dad,” said Louise. “He thought my father was great with their flowers and gardens.”.

Louise attended the little North School on Sixth Street during her early years, then went on to high school located where the Mines Guggenheim building is now. She said, “If there were twelve or Fifteen pupils, it was considered a big class.”

Note: South School was actually a block north and east of Guggenheim Hall–on Cheyenne, between 13th and 14th Streets (map). It stood where Coolbaugh Hall and the power plant are now.

“When we were still in grammar school, we picked berries out on 32nd Street – strawberries, raspberries and cherries. The farmers came with a team and horse and buggy and picked us up. and we gathered berries all day. That was our first job.“

“During the winter we always had lots of homework to do. But we took time to go sledding down Washington Avenue, and any other hill we could find. We went ice skating on the pond, which we called Coors Lake. There was always a big Fire going at the pond, since Coors gave us all the wood we wanted.“

While her father was spending the day at his greenhouse job at Coors, Louise’s mother was busy serving meals at the Burgess House. In the big dining room at the front of the Burgess House on Ford, business men, the jury, county commissioners, and special groups met for noon dinner. “My mother was well known for her delicious cooking, and you couldn’t believe the meals she served for 35 cents!”, Louise said….

The streets in town were all dirt. Ford and Washington were the main streets, with Washington mostly for business, and Ford the longest, and residential. “We children walked home for lunch at noon. When we came home after school, I had to help with the dishes. My brother, Joe, brought in the wood and coal, and cut the grass. There was always plenty to do.

After graduation from high school, Louise went to work at Coors in the porcelain plant. She continued to work there for the next 35 years. “Our hours were 7 a.m. until 5 p.m., and we made $4.32 a week.“

Louise’s husband, Bert Scott, originally worked for Henry Foss at his drugstore in Greeley. When Mr. Foss decided to relocate to Golden (in 1913), he asked Bert to move here and continue to work for him.

Louise Zimmer and Bert Scott were married in 1918 at the St. Joseph’s Catholic church at 14th and East Streets (map – now the Coors visitor parking lot).

Meanwhile, Louise’s parents sold the Burgess House, and moved to the little home next door, near 10th and Ford. Years later, when Louise and Bert Scott were ready to go into a small apartment, they moved back into Louise’s childhood home, renting the apartment which had formerly been the Zimmer’s kitchen and part of the dining room. Louise Scott still lives in that apartment, years after her husband died there, and says “this old Burgess House is a big part of my life.”

Louise Scott lived the new urbanist’s dream–her entire life within a few square blocks! She died on January 22, 1985–three weeks after this article was published, and two days after her 86th birthday.

Live Music for Wednesday, Jan. 1st

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6-9PM Bunny Blake @ Miners Saloon

• More Live Music
  4-8PM Chrispy @ Mountain Toad
  6PM Live Music @ Rock Rest Lodge

For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar

Weather

Overnight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 17. West southwest wind around 6 mph.

New Year's Day: A slight chance of snow after 5pm. Mostly sunny. High near 41, with temperatures falling to around 32 in the afternoon. South wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Wednesday Night: A slight chance of snow before 5am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 26. West wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Wednesday Night: Slight Chance Light Snow, 26°F

Thursday: Mostly Sunny, 46°F

Thursday Night: Partly Cloudy, 31°F

Friday: Partly Sunny, 53°F

Friday Night: Mostly Cloudy, 32°F

Saturday: Partly Sunny then Chance Rain And Snow Showers, 49°F

Saturday Night: Chance Rain And Snow Showers, 29°F

Sunday: Chance Snow Showers, 40°F

Sunday Night: Slight Chance Snow Showers, 23°F

Monday: Slight Chance Snow Showers, 38°F

Monday Night: Slight Chance Snow Showers, 23°F

Tuesday: Chance Snow Showers, 36°F

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