WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?
8-9AM Morning StArt: An Artist Coffee Meetup with Lena Margulis @ Cafe 13
Morning StArt is a joint one-hour coffee meetup program designed to bring artists in the area together with the Golden community to meet and talk about art. Come and grab a cup of coffee with artist Lena Margulis.
9:15-9:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library
10AM-2PM Foundation Paper Piecing @ Golden Quilt Company
10AM-2PM Money Mingle @ On Tap Credit Union
10AM Wild West Walking Tour
10AM Wild West Short Tour
10:15-10:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library
10:30AM and 1:30PM The Friday Tour @ Colorado Railroad Museum
12-12:55PM All Levels Yoga (Virtual)
1-1:45PM Silver Sneakers Yoga (Virtual)
3PM Vaccine, License & Microchip Clinic @ Foothills Animal Shelter
4-7PM Family Climb Night @ American Mountaineering Center
6PM Golden Goes Platinum Gala @ Colorado School of Mines
Celebrate our 20th Anniversary for the theatre with this year’s Golden Goes Platinum Gala. A special thanks to Colorado School of Mines for hosting us at Friedoff Hall starting at 6pm. Enjoy dinner, cocktails, live performances, auction & dancing in your Gold, Black or Platinum cocktail attire!
Our annual fundraiser supports programming at Miners Alley Playhouse that serves Golden, Arvada, Wheat Ridge, and the greater Jefferson County area. We firmly believe that every community should have thriving arts programs and that theatre is a very important component of those programs. In addition to our Main Stage productions, we also have a dynamic children’s theatre program as well as theatre education for children and youth. We work every day to fulfill our mission of promoting community, investing in youth, and creating exceptional performing arts. Help us continue that vision!
Even if you can’t attend the gala, you can still make a donation!
7PM Little Shop of Horrors @ Golden High School
7PM TGR Ski and Snowboard Film Festival Double Feature @ American Mountaineering Center
7PM Golden Ghosts & Spirits Tour
7:30PM The Cherry Orchard @ Miners Alley Playhouse (through November 5)
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CITY MEETINGS
9AM Golden Years Reception Follow Up @ Golden Community Center
Session 1: 9:00 – 9:45 a.m. | Front Porch Activities
Session 2: 10:15 – 11:00 a.m. | Golden Community Center Programs
Session 3: 11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Outdoor Activities at the GCC
Session 4: 1:00 – 1:45 p.m. | Education Programming
Session 5: 3:00 – 3:45 p.m. | Volunteer Opportunities
1-2PM Water Conservation Public Meetings
Golden is hosting two free educational events for residents to provide presentations on water efficiency programs and updates including the Waste of Water Ordinance. The second session will be Wednesday, November 8 from 5-6PM. Source
LIVE MUSIC
5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom
5-8PM Jesh Yancey & the High Hopes @ Goosetown Station
6PM Pair of Jokers @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
6-8PM Derek Hall @ Morris & Mae
7-10PM Adam Rey @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
8PM Rick Lewis Project @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT
68 Years Ago
The November 3, 1955 Colorado Transcript announced a Fur Ranchers’ Show that was coming to the Jeffco Fairgrounds. The article stated that there were 300 mink ranchers in Colorado. They generated $3 million in gross income, and two-thirds of that came from Jefferson County.
About 45,000 pelts are shipped out annually from the mountain area of this county. These pelts average $25 each though the rare types will bring as much as $80 to $90 each.
The local fur industry wasn’t limited to mink. Coyotes, muskrats, foxes, and skunks were all “ranched” in this area. (A 1915 Transcript article commented that skunks “multiply with startling rapidity.”)
One reason the fur business did so well in this area was our climate. Fur grows best in temperate climates such as the Rocky Mountains. In warmer climates, the animals won’t grow thick coats. In climates colder than Colorado’s, the fur may be so thick that it feels coarse, rather than silky.
The economics of the business were also desirable. As one rancher explained in 1926, “One beauty about the fox industry for Colorado…is that it is not necessary to utilize valuable land that is suitable for agriculture or other purposes. There are hundreds of ranches in Colorado that could well afford to appropriate a small portion of worthless land for the raising of silver foxes, and I know it to be a fact that from this land that ordinarily would never produce a penny, they would realize more of an acre than they do now from the most fertile portions, if they would raise silver foxes on it.”
Genesee Mountain was particularly crowded with fur farms, and Golden Gate, Mount Vernon, and Coal Creek Canyons all had several.
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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