ARTSWEEK Festival and Sunday at the Quilt Museum

*Golden Eye Candy – Chris Davell – Fun Day on the Creek – enlarge*

Virtual Events

Real World Events

9AM Keg Konditioning @ Golden Mill
9:30-11:30AM Full Walking Tour @ Dinosaur Ridge
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose

10AM-5PM ARTSWEEK Festival @ 12th & Arapahoe
11:30AM-12:30PM Yogi Book Club @ Pranatonic
12-5PM Family Day @ Foothills Art Center

2-4PM Sunday at the Museum @ Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
Join us for a presentation by Diana Fox, Winner of the 2022 Evolutions Challenge! Diana will talk about her journey from traditional quilting to art quilts.

Live Music

11AM-2PM Southside Mike @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
3PM Play Back @ Wrigley’s

4-7PM DJ & Sax @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
4PM Good for Nothin’ Thunder Mountain Boys @ Over Yonder

6-8PM J. Goods @ Golden Mill
8PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern

Golden History Moment

*By the time this 1872 Birdseye View Map of Golden was drawn, all four corners were occupied by the buildings that remain there today – enlarge*

155 Years Ago
The July 10, 1867 Colorado Transcript reported that a blacksmith shop at the corner of 12th and Washington had burned down the previous weekend. The building was uninsured and owners figured the loss at $1200. They immediately began rebuilding at 12th and Ford.

I’m not entirely sure which corner of 12th and Washington had the fire. The Loveland Building (Old Capitol Grill) was built in 1867 and is still there, so it wasn’t that corner.

Any of the other three are possibilities. The Rubey Bank building (southeast corner, now Golden Goods) was built in 1871. The former barber shop (northeast corner, now part of the Buffalo Rose) was built in 1873. The Everett building (southwest corner, now Goozell Yogurt & Coffee) was also built in 1873. So the 1867 blacksmith shop fire could have been on any of those three corners.

*Washington Avenue, circa 1865–all wood construction – enlarge*

In any case, I’d guess that the other downtown business owners were just as happy to have such a flammable business away from their own buildings, which were mostly built of wood at that time.

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!