Easter Eggs and Other Found Treasures

Aerial photo shows the excavation in the back yard of the Astor House. Foothills Art Center is building an addition prior to moving into the Astor House. Photo by Patrick Klein. — *Golden Eye Candy – Patrick Klein – Birdseye View of the excavation behind the Astor House –* *enlarge*

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WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?

CSM Track and Field Kit Mayer Invite @ Colorado School of Mines
8AM Saturday Morning Run and Social Walk @ Golden History Park
9AM-12PM Nature Journal Club: Sketching Birds @ Lookout Mountain Nature Center

Children hunting for Easter Eggs in Parfet Park — *Annual Easter Egg Hunt in Parfet Park, 2017 – Dave Powers –* *enlarge*

10AM Easter Egg Hunt @ Parfet Park
The Golden Kiwanis Club will host the annual Easter Egg Hunt this morning at 10AM. Here are two tips: bring a basket or something else to collect the eggs, and DON’T BE LATE because it’s over very quickly! Allow yourself time to find a parking spot.

10AM-noon Breakfast Burritos @ The Golden Mill
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
10AM and 1PM Wild West Walking Tour
10AM and 1PM Wild West Short Tour
10AM-3PM Saturday Train Rides @ Colorado Railroad Museum

Blooms & Bubbles presents a workshop to build your own centerpiece at Morris and Mae

10AM-12PM Blooms & Bubbles @ Morris & Mae
10:15AM Family Time @ Golden Library
12-12:45PM Digestive Health 101 @ Natural Grocers
12-2:30PM Walk with a Geologist @ Dinosaur Ridge

Miners Alley Children's Theater presents Robin Hood, April 8-22 and May 27-June 24, 2023.

1PM MAP Children’s Theater – Robin Hood Opens @ Miners Alley Playhouse
1-2:30PM Melt & Pour Soap Making Class @ Earth Sweet Boutique
1-3PM PAWS for Reading @ Golden Library
4PM Wild West Pub Crawl

Miners Alley Playhouse presenting I Have Hamet, March 31- April 23, 2023

7:30PM I Hate Hamlet @ Miners Alley Playhouse (through April 23)
NEWS FLASH: Miners Alley is offering a Buy One Get One Free deal for tomorrow’s 2PM matinee! Use discount code Easter2023 to get that price.

LIVE MUSIC

11AM-2PM Southside Mike @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
11:30AM Zea Stallings @ Tributary Food Hall
4PM Jake Law and the Banned @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom

5-8PM Shawn Eckels @ Golden Mill
5-8PM Earl Nelson & The Company @ Goosetown Station
5-8PM Tyler Ballantyne’s Bluegrass Extravaganza Day 2 – Good for Nothin’ Thunder Mountain Boys @ Over Yonder

7-10PM Bunny Blake @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)

7-10PM Derek Hall @ Morris & Mae
8PM Ancient Echoes @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern

Golden History Moment

The Astor House is one of the oldest buildings in town. Built in 1867, it has been in use–in various capacities–for 156 years. Its next occupant will be Foothills Art Center, which is building an addition on the back to accommodate some of their art exhibits.

Bottle found on the Astor House grounds with embossed print saying "D. E. Harrison - City Drugstore - Golden Colo" — *Bottle found in the backyard of the Astor House. The City Drugstore was located on Washington Avenue from 1883-1924. –* *enlarge*

Hassan Najjar (Foothills’ Executive Director) was touring the job site a couple days ago and found this bottle. It’s an old one! The City Drugstore was located in the Harrison Block from 1883-1924.

D. E. Harrison came to Golden with the gold rush, in 1859. He spent his first summer doing placer mining in Gilpin County, but by the fall of 1859 he moved to Golden. He was 30 years old at the time, and sent for his wife (who had remained in Iowa) so they could settle here permanently.

The Harrison Block, 1206-1210 Washington Avenue in downtown Golden — *The Harrison Block on Washington Avenue*

Harrison worked for several years as a builder. His obituary reported that “Some of the brick buildings standing on the Avenue today were built by him.” In 1867 (the same year the Astor House was built), Mr. Harrison built his own downtown business block.

*Engraving from the 1893 Golden Globe Industrial Edition showing the Harrison block with the drugstore in the center section.*

Various businesses occupied the block in the early years. In 1883, Mr. Harrison opened the City Drugstore in the middle storefront of the building. The store continued in that location until Harrison’s death in 1924.

Trolley car traveling down Washington Avenue. Alpine Drug appears in the background. — *Alpine Drug – Denver Public Library Western History Collection –* *enlarge*

After his death, the store was purchased and renamed “Alpine Drugs.” The new owners doubled the size of the store by expanding into the south storefront.

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!