What’s Happening in Golden Today?
9:30-11:30AM Full Walking Tour @ Dinosaur Ridge
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
10AM-3PM Saturday Train Rides @ Colorado Railroad Museum
10AM-2PM National Drug Take Back Day @ Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office
10:15AM Family Time @ Golden Library
10:45-11:45AM Boo Brew & Flow Yoga @ Over Yonder
11AM and 1PM The Legend of Sleepy Hollow @ Miners Alley Playhouse
11AM-4PM Hogoween Open House @ Avalanche Harley-Davidson
12-1PM DIY Body Care for Every Body @ Natural Grocers
12-10PM Halloween Party + Costume Contest @ Holidaily Brewing
1PM Wild West Short Tour (1 hour)
1PM Best Halloween Party Around @ Dirty Dogs
4-6PM Halloween Haunted House and Trunk or Treat @ VFW Post 4171
4-6PM Golden Ghosts & Spirits Tour
6-8PM Colorado Haunted History: Murder, Mayhem and Madness Tour @ Golden Visitors Center
6-10PM Halloween Party @ New Terrain
6PM Golden Hayride Tour @ Colorado Plus 49 Cidery & Pub
6-9PM October Backstage Party @ Avalanche Harley Davidson
6-10PM Halloween Spooktacular @ Buffalo Rose
6:30-7:30PM Soundbath @ Pranatonic
6:30-930PM Costume Contest @ Over Yonder
7PM Halloween Party 2022 @ Cannonball Creek Brewing
7PM and 8PM The Talking Dead Pub Crawl @ Goosetown Station
8PM – Halloween Party @ Rock Rest Lodge
8:30-10:30PM Colorado Haunted History: Murder, Mayhem and Madness Tour @ Golden Visitors Center
9PM Ace Hi Halloween Party @ Ace Hi Tavern
Live Music
11AM-2PM Keith Wren @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
12PM Lucas Wolf @ Tributary Food Hall
5-8PM High Lonesome Trio @ Eddy Taproom
6PM Rick Lewis Project @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
6PM Jubilingo @ New Terrain Brewing
7-10PM Chris Child & Friends (Motherlode) @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
7-9PM Hybrid Moments @ Cannonball Creek
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
Halloween Calendar
Golden History Moment:
The Castle
By Vic DeMaria
Golden High School Class of 1963 | Colorado School of Mines Class of 1968
Part 2
The tower had two levels containing signal and communications equipment, was reached via a long and rickety set of wooden stairs, and had a door providing roof access. This was a place I liked because it was even more isolated than my normal haunts, and later on, I lived up there one summer. The tower collected the building’s heat, so I had to keep the door to the roof open for ventilation. A habitual sleep walker, I took the precaution of tying myself to my cot to avoid ending up on the roof in the middle of the night, gazing up at Castle Rock. One night I had the only paranormal experience of my life, lying on the cot with a clear view of the open roof door: a woman appeared in the door, looked at me silently for a few moments and then went back out. I had had many spooky moments in the Armory but I had never seen her before (or since).
The main entrance to the Armory was on the 2nd floor west side; back then there was a huge tree on the north side of the “porch” and a low wall facing the doors rather than the flat porch of today. The porch, treacherous in snow and icy weather, was the embarkation point for my sister and I as we quickly mastered the art of walking around the entire building on the concrete ledge above the first floor – a feat I would not consider today as it reaches pretty high on the 13th St. side, though as my sister said, Doctor Goad’s right there below if you fall, dummy. And in truth that man did stitch me up many a time.
In conclusion I can say, like everyone, my environment growing up in the Castle has had a great influence. My friends were divided into those who thought it was weird and fun, and those who thought it was just weird. It may have been unusual and I may have yearned at times for one more like my friends, but I treasure it 60 years down the road of life, as everyone should.
