Finally!
The new Ace Hardware store is open! They’re located in The Village shopping center, between Goodwill and Subway. I visited yesterday, and was happy to note the bins that allow us to buy individual nuts & bolts. They have plumbing needs, tools, grills–everything you would expect a good hardware store to carry. They are also affiliated with a larger Ace Hardware in Green Mountain, so if they don’t have something at the Golden store they can probably get it from the Green Mountain one.
They have a nifty machine that sharpens knives to razor sharpness. They can fix your screens. They’re a full-service Benjamin Moore paint shop, so they’ll mix whatever color you need.
It’s a beautiful day for a visit to the hardware store! Go check them out.
Hours: Mon-Fri 8AM-8PM | Sat 8AM-7PM | Sun 9AM-7PM | MAP
What’s Happening in Golden Today?
9-10AM Zumba (Virtual)
9:30AM-12PM Walk With a Geologist @ Dinosaur Ridge
10AM-2PM Boy Scout Day @ Colorado Railroad Museum
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
10AM-3PM Saturday Train Rides @ Colorado Railroad Museum
10:15AM Family Time @ Golden Library
11AM and 1PM The Legend of Sleepy Hollow @ Miners Alley Playhouse
12-1PM Probiotics @ Natural Grocers
1-4PM Shop for a Cause @ Christian Action Guild
Thanks to generous donations, we have fabulous boutique store items available for purchase TODAY ONLY! It’s sustainable shopping and we all know that reuse is more important than recycling. Grab your friends and enjoy an afternoon of sustainable shopping for boutique items & more at the CAG Thrift Store. Learn more.
1PM Wild West Pub Crawl
1-4PM Gluten-Free Family Fun Festival @ Holidaily
4PM Wild West Short Tour
5-8PM Mines Museum Spooktacular @ Mines Museum
Come in your favorite costumes, enjoy STEM themed hands-on activities (and treats), win prizes, and take pictures with Ms. Colorado herself!!
Also not to be missed…Mr. Bones, Face painting, Blaster the burro, Spooky exhibits!
5PM Testicle Festival @ VFW Post 4171 (map)
6PM Colorado Haunted History: Murder, Mayhem and Madness Tour @ Golden Visitors Center
7PM and 8PM The Talking Dead Haunted Pub Crawl
8:30PM Colorado Haunted History: Murder, Mayhem and Madness Tour @ Golden Visitors Center
7PM and 8PM The Talking Dead Pub Crawl @ Goosetown Station
Live Music
11AM-2PM Kevin Austin @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
12PM Many Mountains @ Tributary Food Hall
1PM Band of Brothers @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
4PM Midnight Vinyl @ Wrigley’s
5-8PM Django’s Jukebox @ Goosetown Station
6:30PM Sqwerv @ Over Yonder
7-10PM The Outliers @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
Golden History Moment
In March of 1940, George W. Parfet received a rush order for white clay. The company’s vein of white clay had recently been exhausted, so they needed to open a new one. Parfet’s usual “powder man” was confined to a hospital at the time, as a result of an accident in the mine several weeks previous, so Parfet decided to do the blasting himself.
From the March 28, 1940 Colorado Transcript:
He unlocked a small metal powder house, removed a box of dynamite, opened it and took out four sticks. With the powder under his arm and caps and fuse in the other hand, he started south from the magazine in an effort to get a safe distance from the other explosives before preparing the powder for blasting. He had gone only eight paces from the magazine when the explosion occurred.
The blast shook houses in the adjoining neighborhood…. David Coolbaugh and Prof. J. C. Fitterer say that they saw a huge cloud of dust and a body hurled high into the air.
Parfet was rushed to St. Anthony’s with both legs blown off. He died three hours later.
Subsequent to this, Parfet’s life insurance company declined to honor his policy, claiming that he had committed suicide.
80 Years Ago
The October 15, 1942 Colorado Transcript announced that the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled that Parfet’s death was accidental, and the life insurance company needed to pay up.
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!
