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32 Hour Work Week and 1867 Business Updates

Clear Creek Canyon in the spring, with fast-running water and new leaves on the trees.  Mountain backdrop.
Golden Eye Candy – Nancy Torpey – New Leaves and Rising Water in Clear Creek Canyon – enlarge

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?

6-6:55AM Dynamic Circuit (Virtual)
8:30-9:30AM Power Training (Virtual)
10AM, 1PM, and 4PM Wild West Walking Tour
10AM, 1PM, and 4PM Wild West Short Tour
10:15-10:45AM Let’s Dance @ Golden Library
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5:30PM 4-Day Workweek Community Listening session @ City Hall Council Chambers (map)
This summer, the City is launching a 4-day workweek program trial for all Police Department employees who will move from a 40-hour work week to a 32-hour work week without a change to pay.

If this works well, the City Manager plans to extend this program to the rest of City staff. Learn more…. If you want to express an opinion on this topic, send it to publiccomment@cityofgolden.net.

6:30PM Band Concert @ Bell Middle School

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TRIVIA


7-8PM Colorado Trivia League @ Morris & Mae

GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT


156 Years Ago
The May 22, 1867 Colorado Transcript included several interesting business references. Since the presses of the time couldn’t reproduce photographs, I’ll augment the articles with some photos below.

1865 photo of Washington Avenue in Golden, Colorado
Fisher and Cass appears in this 1865 photo from the Denver Public Library Western History Collection – enlarge


SOCIAL DANCE–“Our young Folks” are to have another dance at Fisher & Cass’ Hall this (Wednesday) evening. Kellogg will do the music. Come one, come all.

Fisher & Cass was a wholesale grocer, but they made their second floor available for public meetings and social events.

Early photo of the Golden valley, taken from Castle Rock. Clear Creek runs diagonally from left to right and disappears into Clear Creek canyon. A scattering of buildings appears along the streets.
“Islands” in Clear Creek. Photo taken sometime between 1860 and 1880 from the Denver Public Library Western History Collection – enlarge.


ANOTHER NURSERY–Work has been progressing very quietly for several days upon the beautiful little island adjoining our town, in preparing ground for an extensive nursery.

In the town’s earliest days, the Creek followed a more meandering path along several channels. This created “islands” (or sandbars). The largest of the islands was near the spot where Coors brewery was later built. It apparently had enough soil to sustain trees, because the Transcript described it has having “a luxuriant growth of young cottonwoods, box elders, willows, etc.”

Cheney's Chicago Saloon with signs offering billiard games.  Castle Rock in the background.
This photo from Golden Landmarks Association’s Ronzio collection show the pre-refurbishment Chicago Saloon – enlarge


CHENEY–During the whole of the past week workmen have been engaged in putting a new face upon the inside affairs of the old Chicago Saloon, by placing upon the walls new paper, moving and refitting the bar.

Cheney’s Chicago Saloon was one of Golden’s earliest businesses, established at 11th and Washington before the Civil War. As part of this refurbishment he was installing two new billiard tables.

Black and white photo shows a small building surrounded by trees on the south bank of Clear Creek.  Castle Rock appears above the building
This tannery building was later used as the first building for Coors Brewing – enlarge


THE TANNERY–Mr. C. C. Welch…[will] arrive shortly, when work upon their new tannery at this place [will] be commenced and vigorously pushed to completion.

The tannery was built and in 1873 was sold to Adolph Coors and Jacob Schueler. That building was the birthplace of Coors Brewing!

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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