Coffee with Council Candidates, JSO Season Opener, and Deciding to Build a Highway

*Golden Eye Candy – Liz Bettis – Late Afternoon Sun – click to enlarge*

Real World Events

9AM-4PM SLASH Collection @ Mount Vernon Country Club
10AM-12PM Coffee with Your Council Candidates @ Lions Park
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
2PM The Crucible @ Miners Alley Playhouse
2:30-4:30PM Textile Society @ Golden Library

Live Music

3PM Jefferson Symphony Orchestra Season Premier @ Colorado School of Mines Green Center
The season premiere of the Jefferson Symphony Orchestra features double audience favorites by Czech composer Antonin Dvořák. His Symphony 9 “From the New World” and Carnival Overture celebrate our return to the Green Center in Golden. Also, we spotlight virtuoso Stas Venglevski who world premiered Anthony Galla-Rini’s second accordion concerto when it was originally composed and joins JSO for a ravishing performance of the piece with our ensemble.

DVOŘÁK: Carnival Overture
GALLA-RINI: Concerto No. 2 for Accordion
DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”

With Stas Venglevski, Russian bayan accordion, and William Morse, conductor.

Doors open at 1:45 p.m. on the day of the concert. Please read our event guidelines and safety protocols before admission. Proof of vaccination and mask required at all concerts.

*Music on the outdoor patio at the Buffalo Rose*

11AM Chris Child @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage – outdoor patio)
11AM Pac Man’s Last Waltz! Goin Away Party! @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
12PM Band of Brothers @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
1PM Bluegrass by the Mesa (weather permitting) @ New Terrain Brewing
2PM Jonathan Foster @ Golden Mill
2:30PM Good For Nothin Thunder Mountain Boys @ Over Yonder
3PM Sound Bite Band @ Wrigley’s
4PM The Outliers @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage – outdoor patio)
8PM Karaoke Contest at Ace Hi Tavern

Golden History Moment

Front row: Peter Seerie, chairman of the State Highway Advisory board; J. A. Elliott, head of the Federal Bureau of Public roads in Colorado; State Representative Dave Johnston of Jefferson County, and Mayor Benjamin Stapleton of Denver. Back row: George Duvall, chairman of the Jefferson county board of commissioners (and resident of Golden), and Governor Ed Johnson – click to enlarge

86 Years Ago
The October 17, 1935 Colorado Transcript reported that this group of men were well pleased with a trip they had made through Clear Creek Canyon. They drove from Golden to Idaho Springs, and concluded that it would be an excellent route for a highway. Accordingly, they set aside $1.5 million in federal highway funds to begin building the road.

*From the Dan Abbott collection – Rail-adapted car at the Golden station, Colorado & Southern Railroad. The station was located on 8th Street, just west of Washington Avenue – click to enlarge*

You may wonder: if there was no road, how did they drive from Golden to Idaho Springs? They rode in specially-adapted automobiles that had been equipped with small locomotive engines in front and wheels suitable for train tracks beneath.

Despite this agreement amongst the movers & shakers in 1935, it took another 17 years to complete the road. There were many administrative delays, and then World War II diverted all labor and materials to the war effort. The highway finally opened in 1952. By that time, the railroad had been removed from the canyon, so the highway engineers were able to build on the old railroad bed.

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!