Public Health References
CDC * Colorado * Jefferson County * City of Golden
JCPHD updates these numbers Monday through Friday at about 3 PM. Here’s the most recent Coronavirus report from Jeffco Public Health’s Case Summary Page:
Cases in Jeffco – Thurs: 4535 | Fri: 4561
Deaths in Jeffco – Thurs: 235 | Fri: 235
Ever Hospitalized in Jeffco – Thurs: 515 | Fri: 515 (currently 20)
Recovered – Thurs: 4026 | Fri: 4060
Known Cases in Golden – Thurs: 161 | Fri: 161
Jefferson County mask rule: masks must be worn both indoors and outdoors in public spaces where 6 feet distance cannot be maintained. This matches Golden’s requirement. The rest of the state requires masks only indoors. The Safer at Home and in the Vast, Great Outdoors protocol is in effect statewide. City and County fire restrictions are in place.
The Great Golden Trivia Race
Three weeks from today (September 12th), the Golden Chamber is going to celebrate their 100th anniversary with a FUN event: The Great Golden Trivia Race.
Remember how we used to have parties downtown all the time–Street Fairs, First Fridays, Golden Family Easter, Ladies Only Sample Tour, the Fine Arts Festival, the Beer Tasting and Chili Cookoff, Trick or Treat Street, and Olde Golden Christmas? The Golden Chamber organized all of those events!
After much thought, they’ve come up with an ingenious way to have a great community event while maintaining social distance. Participants will use an app on their cellphones to participate in a trivia race. The app will provide clues, trivia, and other ways to gain points as we buzz around downtown, playing the game. Sign up soon, before they sell out! Learn more….
Virtual Golden
10AM-1PM Critique Class with Lea McComas – Virtual class with the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
Real World Golden
8AM-1PM Golden Farmers Market
9AM-2PM Brunch at the Buffalo Rose (+ live music from 11AM-2PM)
11AM Wild West Pub Crawl Tour
5PM Wild West Walking Tour
Live Music:
11AM Lucas Wolf at Buffalo Rose
1PM Poor Till Payday at Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
4PM Edsel’s Garage at Wrigley’s
6PM Chris Thompson – Dead Set at Ace Hi Tavern
6PM The Hornbuckle Brothers at Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
7PM Muriel & the Deanos at Buffalo Rose
Golden History Moment
110 Years Ago – Colorado Transcript, August 25, 1910
Golden was enveloped by smoke from fires in the northwest.
“Colonel” Theodore Roosevelt was expected in Denver the following week. (Roosevelt had actually served as President from 1901-1909…so why were they referring to him as “Colonel?”)
Plans were in place for a Jefferson County Fair, which would be held at Lakeside Amusement Park.
The Transcript was agitating to have gravel put on 10th Street. 44th Avenue (then called the “Golden-Denver Bouldevard”) was gravelled, and the Transcript worried that “automobilists, farmers and others who will travel over the new road (will) run directly from the perfect road in the country into deep dust or a muddy street as soon as they get within the city limits of Golden.”
“Golden Woman Saves Girl from Death” described a woman, vacationing in British Columbia, who saved a girl from drowning by reaching down from a dock and catching hold of her hair until assistance arrived. The editor modestly neglects to mention that the “Golden Woman” was his mother, widow of George West, founder of the Transcript. (Go Eliza!)
“Capital a Suffragette Stronghold” explains that whereas Suffragettes used wear “short hair, impossible frocks, a man’s hat and other cranky accompaniments of ‘queer views’,” the current cadre were more likely to be “modishly gowned, attractive and in most instances socially prominent…whose graces and talents are distinctly of the most feminine kind.” (The 19th Amendment was still 10 years in the future.)
The Dollison store advertised “American Beauty Corsets make beautiful women.” (No doubt intended as an aid for aspiring Suffragettes.)
The Golden Gem motion picture film was scheduled to show “Trailed to the Hills,” which was filmed in Jefferson County and featured a number of locals in the cast.
Fred Steinhaurer had recently been appointed Superintendent of Denver Parks.” Steinhauer was an 1899 Mines graduate and had been a baseball star during his time at the school. Steinhauer Field House is named after him.
The Sheriff had made a quick capture of a horsethief, having located and jailed him within a few hours after learning of the theft. He found the man in Denver, put him in jail, and soon had a confession. The stolen horses & wagon were located in Watkins (map).
New owners were running the old “French Smelter.” They decided to test the waste piles left by previous operators, and learned that their dump was worth a fortune.
Many thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and many thanks to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!
