CBAC (Maybe), Music, Garden Tours, and an Obscure Street Reference

*Golden Eye Candy – Buglet Solar – Sunrise from Lookout Mountain – click to enlarge*

Virtual Events

6-6:55AM Strength and Conditioning
8-8:55AM Tai Chi
8:30-9:30AM Virtual Power Training
10:15AM Baby Time with the Library
2-3PM Cliffhangers Club
3-5PM Hard Times Writing Workshop
5:30-7PM Golden Orators Toastmasters
6-7:30PM Teen Author Panel

Real World Events

7:30AM Citizen Budget Advisory Committee – No agenda posted
9AM Golden Walks – Wednesday Morning Celebrating Life @ Golden Library
8-10PM Trivia Night @ Woody’s

LIVE MUSIC:
6PM Brian Hornbuckle Band @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage – outdoor patio)
6PM Live Music @ Miners Saloon
6:30PM Open Jam/Mic at Over Yonder Brewing

Future Events

*Native Plants of Golden – photos by Tom Schweich and Jen Rutter – click to enlarge*

Saturday July 24^th from 10AM to 2PM – Garden Tours!
Join the Community Sustainability Advisory Board for free inspirational garden tours. Participants will be able to visit to 8 amazing gardens throughout Golden and neighboring communities, and local gardeners will share their best practices for creating gardens that are sustainable and earth-friendly. You must register by 5PM TODAY. Learn more….

Golden History Moment

*Excerpt from the 1878 Willits Map of Golden – Redrawn by Dan Abbott – click to enlarge*

100 Years Ago
The July 21, 1921 Colorado Transcript described a house fire where a brave young girl saved her two baby brothers. On the previous Tuesday afternoon, Mr. and Mr. F.W. Briggs went out to pick berries, leaving their 11 year old daughter Leslie to watch her brothers. While they were gone, the roof of the kitchen shed caught fire. Leslie quickly carried the babies to the farthest corner of the yard, then tried to douse the flames by throwing water at the roof. Unable to extinguish the fire, she ran to the nearest telephone to call the fire department, then ran back to the house and began dragging out the family’s possessions.

The Briggs house is located on Teller row, above the C. & S. round house, and in the most inaccessible part of the city. By the time the firemen made the long run, the kitchen was entirely in flames…. There is no fire plug near, but with the chemical apparatus and bucket brigades, the firemen prevented total destruction. – July 21, 1921 Colorado Transcript

This story caught my attention because of the location. I have only seen Teller Row in one place–the 1878 Willits Map. Teller Row was one of several small streets north of the railroad yard, shops, freight depot, and roundhouse. That neighborhood would now be buried under Highway 58.

Excerpt from the 1919 Sanborn Fire Map – click to enlarge

I was also interested in the reference to chemical flame suppressants. The 1919 Sanborn Fire Map describes Golden’s fire fighting capabilities as follows:

FIRE DEPT:
Volunteer, 61 members – 1-General Motors comb’n hose & chemical auto truck with double 30 gal chemical & 1000′ 2-1/2″ hoses – 1-Ford Comb’n hose & chem’l auto ruck with double 40 gal chem’l & 700′ 2-1/2″ hose – Alarm: siren at city hall – Total hose 1700′ – 2-1/2″ & 500′ – 1-1/2″ all in good condition.

Thanks to the Golden History Museum for funding the online collection of historic newspapers.