Auxiliary Arch, Polar Express, and Stratton Hall

*Golden Eye Candy – GURA commissioned the 13th Street arch in 2009, to celebrate Golden’s 150th anniversary. Click to enlarge.*

Public Health References
CDC * Colorado * Jefferson County * City of Golden

JCPHD updates the Coronavirus statistics Monday through Friday at about 3 PM. The next update will be included in Tuesday’s post.

Virtual Golden

The following Golden churches have information about virtual services and/or sermons on their websites:

Calvary Episcopal Church – Golden Presbyterian – Faith Lutheran Church – First United Methodist Church – First Presbyterian Church – Flatirons Community Church – Golden Church of Christ – Hillside Community Church – Jefferson Unitarian Church – Rockland Community Church – St. Joseph Catholic Church

Real World Golden

9AM-2PM Brunch at the Rose – Brian Hornbuckle playing from 11-2
10AM-5PM Plein Air Paint Out – RSVP Here – White Ash Mine Park (map)
4PM Wild West Walking Tour
7PM Golden Ghost Tour

Live Music:
2PM Jewel & the Rough w/Special Guest, Parkside at Wrigley’s
4PM Live Music at Coda Brewing

News from the Railroad Museum

This was the final weekend for Thomas the Tank Engine at the Railroad Museum. I didn’t mention it, because the tickets were all sold out in advance.

Polar Express tickets are much harder to get, but here’s a hot tip for you: from now till September 30th, tickets are available to members only. So if you want to ride the Polar Express this year–become a museum member pronto!

Golden History Moment

*This postcard showing Stratton Hall was sent to Elmington, PA (map) and was postmarked in 1909. Click to enlarge.*

The September 26, 1900 Colorado Transcript reported that “Work on the new School of Mines building is progressing rapidly, the outer walls being nearly completed and ready for the new timbers. Mr. Stratton can but be pleased with the manner in which his generous contribution is being expended.”

*This card was sent to Warner, NH (map), postmarked 1916. Click to enlarge.*

W.S. Stratton discovered the Independence Mine near Cripple Creek Colorado, which started the Cripple Creek gold rush. He gave the School $25,000–a stupendous gift at the time–to build an assay laboratory. He also served as a Trustee to the School of Mines.

*The postmark on this card is too smudged to read, but it was sent to Spokane, WA (map). Click to enlarge.*

If the color scheme of the building seems a bit variable, it’s because–prior to the advent of color film–postcards were “colorized” by painting a photo and then reproducing it. The painters probably never saw the building in real life.

*This card was postmarked in 1929 and was sent to Hampton Falls, NH (map). Click to enlarge.*

Manufacturers had given up colorizing by the time this final postcard was printed, but the quality of photographs had vastly improved. Interesting, each of these postcards–from 1909 to 1929–was mailed with just a one-cent stamp.

Many thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and many thanks to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!