Plants, Slash, Dinosaurs, Theater, and a 43 Year Change of Scenery

Bronze statue of a bicyclist and American flag decorations - South able Mountain in the background — *Golden Eye Candy – Bud Rockhill – In a Patriotic Mood – enlarge*

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?

9AM-3PM Plant Sale to Benefit BGoldN @ St. Joseph’s Catholic Church (map)
Need plants for your house or garden? The St. Joseph Catholic Church in Golden is holding their annual plant sale to benefit BGOLDN. Stop by today or tomorrow. Thank you to St. Joseph Catholic Church for your continued support!

9AM-4PM Slash Collection @ Tincup Ridge Park (map)
Jefferson County cycles their slash collection operation to various places around the county. This weekend it’s in Golden.

Any size truck or trailer is welcome at Jefferson County Slash Collection sites. Dump fees are based on six cubic yards (162 cubic feet) of material: six yards is one load. The cost to drop off a single load is $20. Credit cards only. This is equivalent to: Truck bed full to truck cab height | Trailer up to eight feet long by five feet wide by four feet high | Loads outside these parameters will be charged accordingly.

10AM-3PM Dinosaur Express Train @ Colorado Railroad Museum
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
10AM-noon Breakfast Burritos @ The Golden Mill
11AM-9PM 10th Anniversary Celebration @ Mountain Toad Brewing

12-2PM Full Walking Tour @ Dinosaur Ridge
2PM The Oldest Boy: A Play in Three Ceremonies @ Miners Alley Playhouse

See the complete calendar of events.

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LIVE MUSIC

11AM-2PM MicroGrass Band @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)

2-5PM Howard Duglash @ Golden Mill
3-7PM Soundbite @ Wrigley’s
3PM River Mann @Mountain Toad

4-7PM Hank Cramer @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
4:30PM Swing Aggregate @ Over Yonder
8PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern

GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT

North Golden Valley in about 1980 (top) and in 2023 (bottom). Green Mountain is visible in the distance. The top photo shows undeveloped land, while the bottom has many more houses, businesses, and government buildings. — *Bill Robie provided the top photo, taken in about 1980. Patrick Klein took the lower photo with his drone in 2023. – enlarge*

I compared the two top quadrants of these photos in yesterday’s post. Here are the two bottom (north) quadrants.

Here’s a closeup of the lower-left (northeast) quadrant. The left fork in the 1980 photo was Highway 93 where it merged with Washington Avenue. The wide road in the 2023 photo is the Highway 93 bypass.

Shows views of the north east side of Golden in 1980 and 2023. — *Left side (1980) – Right side (2023) – enlarge*

And finally, here’s a closeup of the lower-right (northwest) quadrant, which shows the same north valley property before (1980) and after (2023) the Mountain Ridge neighborhood was built.

North end of the Golden valley as it appeared in 1980 and in 2023. — *Left side (1980) – Right side (2023) – enlarge*

Thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!