Virtual Events
10-11AM Máscaras Salvajes/Wild Masks
11AM-12:15PM Cook + Books
Real World Events
8-10AM Geology in the Parks @ North Table Mountain Park
8AM-1PM Golden Farmers Market@ Golden Library west parking lot
9:30-11:30AM Walk With a Geologist @ Triceratops Trail
10AM Saturday Train Rides@ Colorado Railroad Museum
10AM-2PM Homestead Open House @ Golden History Park
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
10AM-2PM ARTSWEEK Golden: Environmental Portraiture @ Foothills Art Center
11AM-5PM ARTSWEEK Golden: Fine Arts Festival Day 1 @ Downtown Golden
1-5PM Golden Optimists Bicycle Recycle Program
Do you want a refurbished inexpensive bike to get around town? The Golden Optimists Bicycle Recycle Program is having an Open House today from 1- 5PM 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 4PM on the hour.
2-6PM ARTSWEEK Golden: Adventure Photography @ Foothills Art Center
LIVE MUSIC:
11AM Tim Sukits @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage – outdoor patio)
12PM Poor Till Payday @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
2PM Dale Cisek @ Golden Mill
4PM Parkside @ Wrigley’s
5PM Dave Frisk @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
5PM Cool Shade – Phish Tribute @ Goosetown Station
6PM Live Music on the Patio @ Ace Hi Tavern
7PM Ross Henderson @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage – outdoor patio)
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
Golden History Moment
97 Years Ago
Firefighting was harder in the days before modern firetrucks and pressurized water lines. Early pump trucks were designed to use any source available, such as a ditch or a pond, and malfunctions were fairly frequent.
The Colorado Transcript and Jefferson County Republican–both published on July 10, 1924–described a disastrous fire at the Industrial School. The residents and employees were having dinner when someone spotted smoke coming out of the main administration building. Two employees–the bookkeeper and the baker–ran into the building to investigate but were overcome by smoke and had to be dragged out.
The fire originated in a locked storage room on the 3rd floor and that entire floor was soon in flames. Several of the school’s vocational classrooms were located in that building The residents–inmates and employees both–were able to save equipment from the carpenter shop, shoe shop, band room, and blacksmithing shop, but the laundry room and tailor shop were total losses.
The building that burned was the oldest one on campus, built in 1881. The Superintendent thought that a lightning storm that happened just before the fire might have shorted out some of the old wiring.
Golden’s volunteer fire department responded to the School’s call for help, but the closest hydrant was located at 24th and Ford Streets–the edge of the City limits at that time–and the water pressure was insufficient to reach the school. They brought the hose cart onto campus and put a hose into an irrigation ditch, pumping water from there. By the time they got that working, the Denver Fire Department had arrived and both groups worked to extinguish the remains of the building. One of Golden’s fire fighters suffered a broken leg in the process of maneuvering a hose onto the second floor.
Thanks to the Golden History Museum for funding the online collection of historic newspapers.
