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
10AM and 1PM Wild West Short Tour
10-10:30AM Call In: Mid-Morning Meditation (Virtual)
10-12PM DeLong Park Weed Busters @ DeLong Park
5-9PM Brews for a Cause (ending Multiple Sclerosis) @ Cannonball Creek Brewing
6PM Run Club @ Runners Roost
6:30PM Summer Happy Hour and Potluck @ Golden Community Garden
7:30PM Avenue Q: The Musical @ Miners Alley Playhouse
This laugh-out-loud musical tells the timeless story of a recent college grad named Princeton, who moves into a shabby New York apartment all the way out on Avenue Q. He soon discovers that, although the residents seem nice, it’s clear that this is not your ordinary neighborhood. More….
CORRECTION: Yesterday, I posted that it was the first day of school for Jeffco schoolchildren. That was an error–the first day was Tuesday. Sorry! However, the School of Mines students are moving in today.
The School of Mines students are moving into their residence halls this week. The M-climb will be tomorrow morning.
SEE THE COMPLETE CALENDAR OF EVENTS.
CITY MEETINGS
7PM Parks, Recreation and Museums Advisory Board Meeting @ City Hall
Consultant Steve Glueck will provide his recommendations regarding an Arts and Culture Master Plan. Staff will give an update on the planned Ulysses Park Dog Park. The group will review their bylaws and identify any needed updates. They will discuss moving “Beyond Pesticides” in our parks and review their goals for this year and next.
LIVE MUSIC
5-8PM Josh Blackburn @ Golden Mill
5-9PM Bruce Cole @ Wrigley’s
5:30-8:30PM Slide Bayou @ Goosetown Station
6-9PM Jon “Black Dog” Ridnell @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
6PM Leadville Cherokee @ New Terrain Brewing
6:30PM Big Hooray Bluegrass Band @ Golden Community Garden
7-10PM Scott Slay and the Rail @ Columbine Cafe
8PM Karaoke @ Rock Rest Lodge
GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT
112 Years Ago
The August 17, 1911 Colorado Transcript announced that a recently-discovered murder had been solved. On August 4th of that year, J. M. Johnson had discovered “a skull, a few bones and a few tattered remnants of clothing” on his South Table Mountain ranch. The remains (shoes, clothing, and gray hair) were identified as Mrs. Maria LaGuardia, who had been missing from her home in Denver since the previous August.
Several suspects were arrested, brought to the Jefferson County jail, and questioned by Sheriff Dennis. Two women (Mrs. Forgione and her 19 year old daughter) had witnessed the murder and were able to identify the killer. They described the murder and showed the Sheriff where it had happened. They said they had not come forth earlier because they were afraid that the murderer would put a curse on them.
On August 12, 1910, Mrs. LaGuardia had accompanied her goddaughter, Angelini Garramone, and the two Forgione women to Golden on “the electric cars” (the trolley). Garramone had enticed her godmother to accompany her by saying she was taking her to Mr. LaGuardia.
The four women walked around South Table Mountain for a while, then spent the night at the depot in Golden, and returned to the mountain the next day. Mrs. Garramone persuaded Mrs. LaGuardia to remove the scarf around her neck, then slit her throat with a butcher knife, stole the $700 she had on her person, and rolled the body into a gulch.
In the meantime, Garramone’s former partner had been found murdered in Globeville, with a slit throat. Officials thought she may have been killed to keep her from telling police about Garramone’s crimes.
By the time Mrs. LaGuardia’s body was discovered, Garramone was in the penitentiary in Canyon City for the crime of forgery. They brought her to Golden for the trial. In December of 1911, she was found guilty and sentenced to life in the penitentiary. Ten years later, she was paroled.
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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