Virtual Events
10AM Call In: Mid-Morning Meditation
10-10:55AM Awareness Through Movement
11-11:55AM HIIT & Sculpt
3-5PM Hard Times Writing Workshop
5:30-6:45PM Virtual/Call In: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Explained
Real World Events
9AM Public Art Commission Meeting @ City Hall
The PAC will discuss their “Small Art” projects. They have budgeted $7000 for 14 small, temporary pieces to be released during Arts Week (begins July 9th). They will review the status of the film they have commissioned, which will focus on three of our public art pieces (Return of the Cutthroat, Hummer, and the Horizons mural). This will cost $11,500. They will review City Council’s discussion about supporting Golden’s arts and culture.
9:15-9:45AM Baby Time @ Golden Library
10:15-10:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library – WAITLIST
11AM-12:30PM Golden Community Table @ First United Methodist Church
12-1PM Library x Outdoor Recreation – Adventure Cast Series @ Arthur Lakes Library
12:30-1:30PM Golden Women in Business Book Club @ Golden Mill
5PM Cheese Night with Cheese Ranch @ Mountain Toad
5:30PM National Poetry Month @ CTLM Building (Mines)
6PM Run Club @ Runners Roost
6-9PM Mini Paint Night @ Golden Game Guild
6-7PM Ukulele Thursdays @ Golden Library
7PM Parks, Recreation, and Museums Advisory Board
PRAM will discuss two of the proposals regarding Clear Creek traffic safety. The first topic will be “new trail rules to reduce volume and speed-based conflicts between users.” The second topic will be “infrastructure development at Vanover Park to prevent Park damage.”
Live Music
5-8PM Marty Nightengale @ Golden Mill
5-8PM Shawn Nelson @ Goosetown Station
6PM Whiskey Road@ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
6-9PM Sugar Britches: Glove Trucker @ New Terrain Brewing
6PM Open Pick Night @ Over Yonder Brewing
7-10PM Ryan Hutchens @ Golden Moon Speakeasy
8PM Karaoke @ Rock Rest Lodge
Golden History Moment
118 Years Ago
The April 7, 1904 Colorado Transcript announced that our new interurban railroad–the Colorado & Northwestern, or C&NW) was nearing completion. The crew shown above was building the track across Washington Avenue and service was expected to begin any day.
Golden’s first interurban (the Denver & Intermountain, or D&IM) opened in 1891. It came through Lakewood and terminated on 13th Street, on the east side of Washington Avenue. Their ticket office was inside the Linder Hardware building.
The C&NW came through Arvada. It entered on 12th Street, circled the block to Arapahoe Street, and terminated on 13th Street, on the west side of Washington Avenue.
The C&NW was a significant step up in that it was powered by electricity rather than coal. That meant that the new railroad was cleaner and quieter than the older one. It also had an attractive new depot, which was a great source of civic pride.
The C&NW was owned by the Tramway company, which ran Denver’s streetcar system. They were a well-run and well-funded company, and when the D&IM went bankrupt, the Tramway bought them and electrified that line as well. Thereafter, they ran both of the interurban lines between Denver and Golden.
All interurban passenger rail service in the Denver metro area ended in June of 1951. Most of the lines were replaced by bus routes (though the C&NW route through Arvada was not).
Today’s RTD 16 bus line is the successor to the D&IM line. It starts at Parfet Park and runs to Denver along Colfax. The RTD W rail line follows much of the same route that the historic D&IM did, but it ends at the county courthouse, rather than downtown Golden.
The RTD G Line follows a similar route to the historic C&NW. At this time, it ends at Ward Road, but we’re hoping that eventually it will be extended into the Goosetown neighborhood in Golden.
Bonus Material!
Our former Mayor, Marjorie Sloan, now represents us on the RTD board. I asked her to provide some super-simple directions for how to use RTD from Golden. She referred the question to Laurie Huff in RTD’s public relations group, and Laurie provided the following:
How to get from Golden to the airport: Depending on where in Golden customers are, they can take the Route 16 bus to Oak Station, the W Line to Union Station, and then the A Line to Denver International Airport.
How to get from Golden to Union Station: Customers can take the Route 16 bus to Oak Station and the W Line to Union Station.
How to get from Golden to the Capitol: Customer can take Route 16 bus to Civic Center Station.
How to use FlexRide to get from home to the grocery store, or anywhere around Golden: FlexRide can now be scheduled through RTD’s trip planner. RTD’s Customer Care division, at 303-299-6000, can answer questions about how to use this service.
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!
