Coronavirus
Jeffco Public Health is closed until Monday, so there will be no updates on the stats. The two testing sites are: Mines COVID Testing | Jeffco Fairgrounds COVID Testing.
Note: Starting tomorrow, I’ll be putting the Coronavirus update at the end of the email, instead of the beginning.
Virtual Golden
Miners Alley Playhouse:
Coronavirus Cafe Holiday Special
A Christmas Carol
The Twelve Dates of Christmas
A Christmas Carol (from Broadway)
Real World Golden
10AM-5PM Holiday Art Market
11AM-2PM Brunch at the Rose
Winter Wonderland Walks + Golden’s Holiday Light Display
Golden History Moment
102 Years Ago
1918 had been a gloomy and frightening year. World War I had us on a wartime footing, with 500 Jefferson County men in service and food rationing on the home front. People were relentlessly urged to buy war bonds–whether they could afford them or not. And then the Spanish Influenza arrived.
The December 26, 1918 Colorado Transcript shows that we were finally turning the corner. The Armistice had been signed on November 18th, and the troops were beginning to trickle home.
Although public gatherings, such as school or church, were still banned, the paper was able to announce that “GOLDEN IS FREE OF INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC – Not More than Four or Five Cases of Flu in Town at the Present Time.” The article went on to say, “The disease in epidemic form left this city as suddenly as it came, for two weeks ago there were more than two hundred influenza patients in town, and scores in the surrounding country.”
The Transcript was also able to report that the city water system was in fine condition. For several years, Golden had been plagued with water shortages caused by empty reservoirs and frozen pipes. Several improvements had been undertaken the previous year. The reservoirs had been enlarged and some of the pipe had been buried below the frost line. On this date in 1918, Golden’s reservoirs were full to overflowing and the pipes were running freely.
With peace, returning health, and a reliable water source, Golden had good reason to feel optimistic about the year ahead.
Many thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Western Mountaineers and for recording Dennis’s lecture!.