Art and Beer and ALL KINDS of Music

Golden Eye Candy -Chris Davell – Another Glorious Morning – click to enlarge

Real World Events

8AM New and Prospective Member Hike @ Apex Trail
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
11AM and 1PM Golden Elf Academy @ Golden Mill – SOLD OUT

12-5PM Holiday Art Market @ Foothills Art Center

*Check out Jesse Crock’s paintings, prints, and notecards AND his father Jim’s wooden toys at today’s Holiday Market at Mountain Toad*

12-5PM 3^rd Annual Holiday Market @ Mountain Toad
Featured vendors include: Jesse Crock, Spinster Sisters, Mule and Magpie, Cheese Ranch, Jim Crock, C&K Studio, Board but Productive, Macs and Mutts, Pokey Succulent Horticulture, Perpendicular Products LLC, Rochelle Jewelry, Golden History Tours, and Jim Crock. As always, entry is free!

2:30PM A Christmas Carol @ Miners Alley Playhouse

Olde Golden Christmas Events

Live Music

4-7PM Jon Eric Farmer @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)

*Jefferson Symphony Holiday Concert Today at 3PM*

3PM Jefferson Symphony 2021 Holiday Concert @ Colorado School of Mines

4PM Weathered Edges @ Over Yonder

5PM Sunday Swing Supper Club @ Buffalo Rose

8PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern

Golden History Moment

*Colorado Transcript – December 5, 1935*

86 Years Ago
The December 5, 1935 Colorado Transcript reported that Golden was surrounded by Denver projects. The Roosevelt-era Federal government was investing in many public works projects, and Denver was taking advantage of the opportunities.

*Denver Mountain Parks – click to enlarge*

West of Golden, the CCC was building roads and shelter houses in the Denver Mountain Parks. North of Golden, plans were underway for Denver Water’s Ralston Reservoir. South of Golden, crews were busy building Red Rocks Amphitheater.

*Red Rocks Amphitheater – Denver Public Library Western History Collection – click to enlarge*

The Transcript article explained how Denver’s projects might benefit Golden. It speculated that Denver might improve the roads in Jefferson County, to help tourists reach the Mountain Parks. It conjectured that Golden might be able to purchase water from Denver via the new reservoir.

As for Red Rocks…well, actually the article didn’t mention Red Rocks Amphitheater. The Transcript paid very little attention to that project. There were, however, several articles on a much smaller amphitheater being constructed in Camp George West.

*Camp George West Amphitheater – Colorado Transcript – March 28, 1935*

Red Rocks Amphitheater was completed right before the War, so it was a number of years before it saw much use. The Camp George West amphitheater proved to be wildly popular with rattlesnakes, so it was never much used. It’s still there, and still full of snakes.

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!