WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?
HOLIDAY STORE HOURS
King Soopers – 6AM-4PM
Natural Grocers – CLOSED
Safeway – 6AM-6PM
Walgreen’s – CLOSED
8:30AM The Great Turkey Chase @ Parfet Park
Join us on Thanksgiving morning in Golden for the 9th Annual Great Turkey Chase. This turkey day fun run is a 3-mile out and back heading West along the along the Clear Creek Trail. Registrants will have their choice of 2 BOCO beanie designs that will keep you warm on the coldest of days. We’ll also have a raffle and the chance to pluck feathers from a turkey…if they are fast enough to catch it! Register
Thanksgiving Day Dining:
BRIDGEWATER GRILL @ the Golden Hotel
800 11th Street
303-279-2010
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DIRTY DOGS ROADHOUSE
17999 W. Colfax Avenue
303-384-3644
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GOLDEN VFW POST 4171
15625 W. 10th Avenue
303-279-2119
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TABLE MOUNTAIN INN GRILL & CANTINA
1310 Washington Avenue
303-216-8040
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TIN STAR SMOKEHOUSE
16400 S. Golden Road
303-279-0361
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GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT
We may think of backyard poultry as part of the modern trend toward urban agriculture. In fact, it’s anything but: most houses in Golden used to keep a few birds on hand, for both meat and eggs. Some families kept more than a few.
55 Years Ago
The November 4, 1966 Colorado Transcript described Mayford Peery’s turkey ranch at 502 Ford Street (street view). The Peerys owned the Golden Mill and started small, raising six turkeys for personal consumption in 1945. That went well, so the next year they raised 100, then 600, then 1,000, and up from there. Some years were more profitable than others, depending on the market price.
The article described the cycle, beginning with receipt of the day-old “poults” (baby turkeys), which spent 4-1/2 weeks living indoors under heat lamps, followed by several months outdoors. Each bird ate a pound of food a day
At 21 weeks, they were ready for processing. This was done onsite by Mr. and Mrs. Peery and their employees–plucking, cleaning, eviscerating, and packaging.
The Peerys raised several other varieties of poultry–pheasants, quail, and partridges–but said that turkeys were the friendliest. In fact, they advised against talking to the turkeys. “Unless you want 5000 turkeys talking to you at once, don’t even open your mouth! If you do they’ll answer–and loud!”
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!
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