Coronavirus/COVID-19
Public Health References
CDC * Colorado * Jefferson County * City of Golden
Jefferson County is at Level Red, “Severe Risk.” Here’s the most recent Coronavirus report from Jeffco Public Health’s Case Summary Page:
Cases in Jeffco – Fri: 25,369 | Mon: 26,029 (+660)
Deaths in Jeffco – Fri: 544 | Mon: 572 (+28)
Currently Hospitalized in Jeffco – Fri: 182 | Mon: 180 (-2)
Known Cases in Golden – Thurs: 844 | Mon: 868 (+24) *
* Per the JCPH website, Golden cases will be updated on Monday and Thursday. The other stats will be updated Monday through Friday.
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Virtual Golden
10:15AM Toddler Time with the Library
9-11:30AM LinkedIn: A Great Job Search Tool with the Library
7PM Parks, Recreation, and Museums Advisory Board Meeting
The board will hear an update on the Lubahn Trail. The agenda does not mention this topic, but the meeting packet includes a very interesting proposal from GoFarm to manage the Bachman Property for agricultural use. See the meeting packet to learn more….
Real World Golden
10AM-5PM Holiday Art Market
10AM Director’s Storytime and Craft at the Colorado Railroad Museum
Golden History Moment
82 Years Ago
The December 15, 1938 Colorado Transcript featured this article: Bomb Shape Package Creates Big Stir at The Transcript Office.
Someone had used a Quaker Oats package to mail an object to the Transcript. To add to the excitement, the outside of the package said “Don’t fear, this isn’t a BOMB!” This, of course, made the staff think that it might be a bomb.
The staff considered the package, wondering what they had written to make someone mad enough to send them a bomb. They wondered if they should ask the postmaster, Monty Pike, to open the package, but realized that he had four boys who needed him. The Sheriff seemed like a better prospect (“he’s only a Republican, anyway”). (Have I mentioned that the Transcript was traditionally a Democratic newspaper?)
Then the publisher’s nephew, Neil West Kimball, walked in. The staff realized that Neil came from stern stock: his grandfather, General George West, served valiantly in the Civil War; his uncle, Harley West, served in the Spanish-American War, and Neil himself had served in the World War (the first one).
Neil picked up the package, shook it, removed the string and wrapping paper, and read the inscription on the box. It was a donation to the newly-forming Jefferson County museum. The package contained a carved parrot in a cage. The card accompanying the donation explained that the bird-in-cage was all carved from a single piece of wood, which was once part of the bridge over Kinney Run at 17th Street. Two men had been hanged from that bridge after murdering Reuben Hayward in 1879. (I wrote about that event on May 16th–scroll down to the History Moment.)
I searched the History Museum’s inventory for the word “parrot,” and sure enough–they still have it!
Many 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!
