WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?
7:30AM Golden Young Professionals Monthly Membership Meeting @ Golden Visitors Center
9-9:55AM Silver Sneakers Classic (Virtual)
9:15-9:45AM Baby Time @ Golden Library
10-10:30AM Call In: Mid-Morning Meditation (Virtual)
10AM Wild West Walking Tour
10-12PM DeLong Park Weed Busters @ DeLong Park
6PM Run Club @ Runners Roost
6-8PM Fall Whale of a Used Book Sale – Members-Only Night @ Jefferson County Fairground
6:30PM Everything Dinosaur Lecture (Virtual)
This lecture series covers select dinosaurs and local geology from the Morrison Fossil Area National Natural Landmark in Colorado. Featuring Erin LaCount (Education Programs Director), Dr. Lou Taylor (Vertebrate Paleontologist Geologist), Amanda Rea (Collections Manager, Education Coordinator). $5.00 per lecture – more information
7PM Golden Ghosts & Ghouls – Kids Ghost Tour
7:30PM The Cherry Orchard @ Miners Alley Playhouse
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CITY MEETING
7PM Parks, Recreation and Museums Advisory Board Meeting @ City Hall
The Parks Board will discuss their policy for naming or renaming City property and will evaluate the progress on their 2023 goals.
LIVE MUSIC
5-8PM Darker By Far @ Golden Mill
5-9PM Josh Blackburn @ Wrigley’s
5:30-8:30PM Ben & Alyssa @ Goosetown Station
5:30PM People in Between @ Over Yonder
6-9PM Jon “Blackdog” Ridnell @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
6-9PM Teague Starbuck @ Mountain Toad
6PM Blue River Grass @ New Terrain Brewing
8PM Karaoke @ Rock Rest Lodge
GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT
84 Years Ago
The October 19, 1939 Colorado Transcript featured a front page article titled “Clear Creek Bill Is Sick.”
For the last week Bill Anderson, one of Golden’s most eccentric citizens, has been ill; but not enough to relinquish his persistent vigil over his beloved Clear creek, on the banks of which he has made his home for many years.
Mr. Anderson had made occasional appearances in the Transcript for several years. He was born in Golden in 1877. From his youth, he was highly religious and had many Bible passages memorized.
He lived with his mother until he was 50, but after her death, he chose to live alone on Clear Creek. Most of the time, he lived on one of the sandbars in the middle of the streambed. People used to worry that he would be swept away in a flood, but he always moved to shelter along the banks before the floods arrived. He lived that way for the last twelve years of his life, despite offers of indoor living options. He had three brothers, including one who lived in Golden.
On October 18th, quite ill, he consented to be moved to the “Jefferson County Farm” (the county poor farm). From there, he was taken to a hospital in Denver.
The November 2nd Transcript announced that “Wm. Anderson Dies In A Comfortable Bed.” The article reported that he had died “of a combination of ailments.”
His funeral was held at Woods Mortuary (at 11th and Washington) and he was buried in the Golden Cemetery. In addition to the obituary that appeared in the Transcript, George Duvall, the owner of the local lumber yard, wrote this epitaph:
“Clear Creek Bill” Anderson is no more.
He left behind a valuable legacy. When it is considered that he was, for many years, absolutely penniless, and possessed nothing of worldly goods, this statement probably sounds maudlin and perhaps a little silly. Yet the fact remains that William Anderson had a deposit of friendship enjoyed by few Goldenites, whatever their stations in life.
Bill was eccentric. This cannot be denied. But he lived life as he saw fit,obeying the law of the land and of his own heart, although he shattered the ordinary conventions.
Everybody in Golden knew Bill Anderson. And almost everyone liked him and, deep down in their hearts, admired his convictions, despite their eccentricities.
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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