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Virtual Events
6-6:55AM Virtual Dynamic Circuit
8:30-9:30AM Virtual Power Training
10AM-4PM Foss Market @ 13th and Arapahoe
10:15AM Spanish Story Time with the Library
11:40AM-12:30PM All Levels Yoga Virtual
2-3PM Active Minds Mondays
4-4:30PM Kids Martial Arts Class
5-6PM Young Readers Book Club
6-7:30PM Excess to Extremism: How Colorado’s National Guard Spoiled Denver’s Kitchens 1903-1917
This is a virtual event via Cisco Webex. Eventbrite will email you a link prior to the program start time. In the wake of violent labor disputes in Colorado’s two-year Coalfield War (1903-4) and a final climactic attack on miners and their families at Ludlow (1914), actions by Colorado’s national guard led to a domestic rebellion in the homes of Denver’s elitist Capitol Hill women. Leading the charge was a young woman and single mother named Jane Street who resolved to change the status quo. Unfortunately, antics within the National Guard dogged Street even as the housemaid rebellion made local and national news. Join author and presenter Jane Little Botkin to uncover the hidden stories behind the 1903-1917 domestic rebellion.
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6:30PM GURA Board Meeting
The GURA Board will begin with a field trip of the Parfet/Briarwood Urban Renewal Area. They will meet at 6:30 in the upper parking lot of the Community Center. Afterwards, they will gather in City Council Chambers for the regular business meeting. Their topics for the night include a bike/pedestrian improvement near the high school, a sidewalk along Ford St., north of 24th, and a pedestrian route from 8th Street to Lions Park. See the meeting packet for more information.
Golden History Moment
93 Years Ago
The June 14, 1928 Colorado Transcript reports that “The Vagabond Book Shop” was visiting at the Golden Camp Grounds. This was a custom vehicle that served as both camper and bookstore. The living quarters included running water, a gas plate, and a sink. The bookstore carried 1000 volumes, including “some of the finest literature that the world has produced.”
The owners of the shop were based in Carmel, California but apparently traveled to tourist towns. A Golden resident had been visiting Santa Fe when she met the itinerant booksellers. They were planning to go from Santa Fe to Estes Park, but she persuaded them to make a stop in Golden along the way.
The mobile bookstore was an interesting novelty, but Golden was not bereft of a book source: there had been a bookstore in downtown Golden continuously since the 1870s. The proprietor at that time was Fred Robinson, who owned the bookstore from 1912-1947.
The Golden Transcript (originally called the Colorado Transcript) has been publishing since 1866. The Golden History Museum has been working on digitizing the historic issues. You’ll find old Transcripts online at coloradohistoricnewspapers.org.
