Virtual Events
6-6:55AM Virtual HIIT
8:30-9:30AM Virtual Power Training
10:30-11:15AM Play and Learn with the Library
11AM-12PM All Levels Yoga Virtual
4-5PM Friday Crafternoons
Real World Events
1-2PM The Friday Tour @ Colorado Railroad Museum
3PM Vaccine, License & Microchip Clinic @ Foothills Animal Shelter
5-11PM ARTSWEEK Golden: From the Passenger Seat – Film Premier @ Buffalo Rose
5-6:30 – Cocktail hour
6:30-8 – Movie Premier
8-11 – Live Music featuring Mark Morris & South of France
6-8PM Community Friday Night @ Pranatonic
LIVE MUSIC:
5PM DaMN, Gina! @ Goosetown Station
6PM Liquor Biscuit @ Wrigley’s
8PM Mark Morris & South of France @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)
9PM Karaoke at Ace Hi Tavern
Tomorrow
Do you want a refurbished inexpensive bike to get around town? The Golden Optimists Bicycle Recycle Program is having an Open House tomorrow from 1- 5 pm at 1200 Johnson Rd (map). They have a number of nice road bikes available. And will teach people how to fix a flat at 2, 3, and 4 pm on the hour.
Tomorrow’s ARTSWEEK calendar is packed, with events, including an art fair, plein art artists working around town, and two photography workshops.
Golden History Moment
96 Years Ago
The dance hall on Castle Rock continued to operate, even after the funicular railway shut down. One Saturday night in July of 1925, a carload of boys from Denver arrived, hoping to join the party. They were refused admission, and subsequently two of the boys (brothers Carl and John Milliken) began arguing about whether they should return to Denver. Carl, age 18, marched off, saying he was going to walk to Denver. Instead, he walked off the edge of Castle Rock and fell about 100 feet to the rocks below. His skull was fractured and he died.
This story was covered in the July 9th issues of both the Colorado Transcript and the Jefferson County Republican. There were a few key differences in their versions.
According to the Transcript, after Carl stomped off, the other boys sat in the car for an hour, waiting for him to return. Eventually, they got out to look for him and spotted his body at the foot of the cliff. They retrieved his body and brought him back to the car at the top of the mountain.
According to the Republican, Carl walked away from his argument with John, and “had gone but a short distance when his companions heard a scream. Rushing to the spot they saw his body lying on the rocks….” The Republican doesn’t mention the boys moving the body.
In both versions, Coroner Woods decided that an inquest was unnecessary. Both articles end by saying that the victim was not related to the secretary of state, who was also named Carl Milliken.
Thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online collection of historic newspapers.
