WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?
6-6:55AM Dynamic Circuit (Virtual)
8:30-9:30AM Power Training (Virtual)
10AM Weedbusters @ DeLong Park (map)
Golden Parks and Recreation is using DeLong Park as a pilot project for the City’s first organic park location. This means that they will be using only natural, organic products for all plants and grasses. No synthetic chemicals will be used in our maintenance practices. A group of weed-busting volunteers meets weekly at DeLong Park on Monday mornings from 10:00 a.m. to noon to weed out invasive species. Interested community members can join the group on Thursday mornings. The DeLong Park Weed Busters are always happy to bring in new members, and training on weed identification is provided!
10-10:55AM All Levels Yoga (Virtual)
10:15-10:45AM Let’s Dance @ Golden Library
11:15-11:45AM Let’s Dance @ Golden Library
12-12:30PM Mondays with Mayor Weinberg (Virtual)
2-3PM Active Minds Mondays: Iran (Virtual)
4-4:30PM Kids Martial Arts Class (Virtual)
5-8PM Dine Back Night for Golden High School PTA @ Golden Mill
6PM Roadmap To Net Zero community discussion @ City Hall
6:30PM Golden Anti-Racism Collective General Meeting
TRIVIA
7-8PM Colorado Trivia League @ Morris & Mae
GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT
121 Years Ago
The April 3, 1901 Colorado Transcript reported on the status of Golden’s newest industry–the Geijsbeek Pottery company.
The Geijsbeek Pottery company have nearly completed their buildings, placed their machinery, and are now manufacturing ware for the market. The buildings alone, which are of brick, have cost about $4,000, while the furnaces, engines, dynamos, machinery etc., figure up about $12,000, making a total expenditure in cash of $17,000 in round numbers.
The Pottery was located along the railroad tracks (on 8th Street), on the site of the Baseline Apartments. The railroad delivered coal and shipped the finished goods. The Golden Water Works provided water and Golden Illuminating Company provided power. The kilns went online in August of 1901 and a month later they were building an addition for another kiln.
The business failed quickly, By October of 1902, the company’s assets were being sold to satisfy creditors. There were a few attempts over the years to revive the industry, but none succeeded.
In 1918, local builder Oscar Nolin purchased the building to demolish it and sell the usable construction materials. The August 22, 1918 Transcript reported that he had sold a hundred thousand bricks to be used in construction of a Denver hospital. In October, the City purchased “a number of heavy timbers taken from the old Geisbeek pottery, for use in building bridges.”
Despite the failure of Geijsbeek, pottery did become a vital industry in Golden. Herold China and Pottery, established in 1910, evolved into Coors Porcelain–better known today as CoorsTek.
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!
