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WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?
6-6:55AM Cardio Lift Interval (Virtual)
8-8:55AM Tai Chi (Virtual)
8:30-9:30AM Power Training (Virtual)
9AM Golden Walks – Wednesday Morning Celebrating Life @ Golden Library
10:15-10:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library
10AM, 1PM and 4PM Wild West Short Tour
10AM, 1PM and 4PM Wild West Walking Tour
10-10:55AM All Levels Yoga (Virtual)
3-5PM Hard Times Writing Workshop (Virtual)
4:30PM Celebrate Centennial House @ Golden Gate Grange
Please join Jefferson County Open Space to celebrate the listing of the Centennial House in the State Register of Historic Properties. Plaque presentation and brief remarks. Light refreshments provided.
Limited tours available by reservation before and after the celebration. Please register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/centennial-house-tour-tickets-636617258357.
6-9PM Basic Climbing @ American Mountaineering Center
See the complete calendar of events.
LIVE MUSIC
6-9PM Jon Ridnell @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
6-9PM Branden Sipes @ Miners Saloon
GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT
141 Years Ago
The May 31, 1882 Colorado Transcript described an attempted jail break from the 4 year old county courthouse. The article began by praising the security of the structure, and bragged that Larimer county sent their toughest prisoners to Jefferson County’s jail in Golden. It then went on to describe a near-miss the previous week.
The Sheriff and a deputy were both sleeping in a room across the hall from the jail when they were awakened by the sound of a board breaking. They rushed across the hall to see a blanket hanging from the top of a cell, obscuring the view of the occupants. They removed the blanket and saw “two of the worst and most desperate characters in the jail trying to force their way through the ceiling to the court room above.” The prisoners immediately abandoned the attempted escape.
A confederate had passed a knife through the jail window. The prisoners were able to use the knife to saw through the bars at the top of their cell. Once through those, they began burrowing through the plaster ceiling and wooden floor above them. In their impatience, they broke a board instead of sawing through it, and it was that noise that woke the jailers.
“Sheriff Johnson found a very tender and affectionate farewell they had written and left in the cell for his consolation.”
In the week between the incident and press time, the county commissioners had added a layer of half-inch thick “boiler iron” and thicker flooring above the cells.
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!
