I will be giving two walking tours of the Golden Cemetery this Saturday, October 8th (11AM and 1PM). Tickets are available through the Golden History Museum. This is a fund-raiser for the museum. I hope you can join us!
What’s Happening in Golden Today?
8-10AM DeLong Park Weedbusters @ DeLong Park
9AM Public Art Commission Meeting @ City Hall
PAC will hear an update from the community group that’s encouraging the City to add some statues of women to our public art collection. City staff will update the PAC on several very large upcoming capital projects in the City, with the thought that these project may provide places for new public art. These include the proposed move of the soccer fields from Rooney Road to Ulysses Park; turning the Bachman property into a park; redesigning West Colfax to make it a complete street; and the Heart of Golden project, starting with building a new City Hall. The City has installed 10 new three-compartment trash receptacles downtown. PAC will discuss whether they want to sponsor a program to decorate the new bins.
9-9:55AM Silver Sneakers Classic (Virtual)
9-10AM Zumba (Virtual)
9:15-9:45AM Baby Time @ Golden Library
10-10:30AM Call In: Mid-Morning Meditation (Virtual)
10:15-10:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library
11-11:55AM HIIT & Sculpt (Virtual)
4-9PM 12th Annual Ski Season Kick-Off Party @ American Mountaineering Center
4PM Wild West Walking Tour (2 hours)
4PM Wild West Short Tour (1 hour)
6-7PM Ukulele Thursdays @ Golden Library
6PM Run Club @ Runners Roost
7PM Homecoming Distinguished Lecture featuring Daymond John @ Lockridge Arena
Live Music
5-8PM Soul Crushers @ Goosetown Station
5PM Josh Blackburn @ Wrigley’s
6PM Johnny O. @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
6-9PM Dorado @ New Terrain Brewing
8PM Karaoke @ Rock Rest Lodge
Golden History Moment
73 Years Ago
The October 6, 1949 Colorado Transcript described a shocking attack on the Mines “M.” The previous Thursday, the School had been gearing up for Homecoming weekend. It was to be an extra-big event that year, as they were celebrating the school’s 75th anniversary. Alumni and dignitaries were already in town, and hundreds more were expected.
Shortly after sunrise, Mines students noticed that the M had been vandalized, and was effectively erased from the face of Mount Zion.
The vandals tore up every one of the large whitewashed rocks in the 104 by 107-foot letter and rolled them down the mountainside, cut all the wiring used to light it into three-foot strips and smashed more than 150 light bulbs…. Immediately after the dismantled “M” was discovered, all freshmen were released from classes so that the letter could be repaired immediately. Many of the upperclassmen also assisted the freshmen so that by night the “M” was again restored and illuminated in all its glory.
Colorado Transcript – October 6, 1949
The October 1st edition of The Oredigger (the school newspaper) went into more detail about the speedy repair.
9AM New wiring, sockets, and bulbs were ordered
by 9:15AM The rocks had been reassembled in the M formation
by 11AM whitewashing was completed
by 1PM the students were laying the wire
by 4:30PM they had installed three thousand feet of wire, 275 sockets, and 275 new bulbs
By nightfall, the M was shining again.
The assumption was that students from Denver University were responsible for the damage. The two schools had a long-running rivalry, and Mines students had been known to (allegedly) set off dynamite on the DU campus.
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!
