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Virus News, Open Space, and a Still

long-distance image of Golden Colorado, taken from Lookout Mountain
Golden Eye Candy by Dave Powers – Click to enlarge Can you tell where this is?

Coronavirus News

Public Health References
CDC * Jefferson County * City of Golden

The Mayor and City Manager did a broadcast last night, telling people what the city was doing to deal with the epidemic and taking questions via Facebook and email. You can watch the recording here:

Closures:
Jefferson County’s offices
are now closed. The Golden Hotel is also closed–not just the restaurant, but the hotel as well.

As of last night, Jefferson County had reported three new people with Coronavirus, bringing the total to 19 in our County.


Citizens Group:
Stewards of Golden Open Space

The Stewards of Golden Open Space are celebrating their first anniversary. This group has been working on a Golden Open Space Master Plan, cataloging the local native flora, leading tours of Golden’s open spaces, and working with School of Mines students to inventory the hydrologic and geologic features of these pieces of land. Learn more about their accomplishments and their plans for the future.


Golden History Moment

Jefferson County was rife with illegal stills during the Prohibition years. The March 18, 1920 Jefferson County Republican featured an article entitled “AT LAST! GOLDEN IS JUST LIKE OTHER PLACES; HAS STILL.”

Through the efforts of Sheriff Burt Jones and Deputy Gary Kerr Golden can now take place of honor with other cities about the state that can point proudly to the fact that they have men, within their corporate limits that are brave enough to defy the laws of the land as regards what a man shall or shall not make in the way of a thirst quencher.

The still was on Eleventh Street, behind the Hotel Bella Vista. Click to enlarge.

Monday night the two officers raided the W.S. Seeley home, just around the corner from the Bella Vista Hotel, on Eleventh street. The raid did not result in any large capture of bug juice but the works were all there and the number of callers at the place while it had been under observation attested to the fact that a good trade had been enjoyed. About a pint of the home brew was found. A quantity of mash and the coils and other things that go to make up a still were found and Seeley confessed that he had been in the business a little. The outfit was taken in tow by the officers and the facts in the case turned over to the district attorney who has not yet decided just what to do. In the mean time Seeley is allowed his freedom.

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