Farmers Market, Walking Tours, Hair, and Attempted Desecration

*Golden Eye Candy – Joyce Davell – Color on an Overcast Morning – enlarge*

Virtual Events

9-10AM Zumba

Real World Events

Golden Farmers Market – photos by Chris Davell

8AM-1PM Golden Farmers Market @ Golden Library west parking lot
9:30AM Full Walking Tour @ Dinosaur Ridge
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
10AM-3PM Saturday Train Rides @ Colorado Railroad Museum
10AM-4PM Painting Summer Scenes in Watercolor @ Foothills Art Center FULL
10:15AM Family Time @ Golden Library
11AM-2PM Wild West Pub Crawl
1PM Wild West Short Tour
7:30PM HAIR @ Miners Alley Playhouse

Live Music

11AM-2PM Keith Wren @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
4PM Parkside @ Wrigley’s
5-8PM Dorado @ Goosetown Station
5PM Minglewood @ Over Yonder
7-10PM The Outliers @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern

Golden History Moment

Buffalo Bill, as depicted in the Foss mural on 13th Street – enlarge

At various points in his life, William Cody (Buffalo Bill) had expressed the desire to be buried in several different locations. In the end, he left the choice to his wife, and she selected Lookout Mountain because of its magnificent view of the mountains and plains.

*Golden Masonic Lodge Members Lowering Cody into the Grave – enlarge*

Some citizens of Cody, Wyoming were dissatisfied with Mrs. Cody’s choice, and threatened to steal the body and rebury it in Cody. To prevent this from happening, Cody’s foster son had 8 feet of concrete poured over the grave.

*Postcard Showing Buffalo Bill’s Gravesite – enlarge*

49 Years Ago
The August 27, 1973 Golden Transcript reported that someone had recently breached the wrought iron fence that surrounded Buffalo Bill’s grave, removed the flagstone that covered it, and a dug a hole 18 inches deep. At that point, they encountered the concrete that covered the burial place, and gave up.

A week before that, museum staff had discovered a two foot long cross made of bone fragments near the museum. The bones had apparently been hot when they were laid there, because the grass and pine needles beneath them were charred. The bone fragments were delivered to the County pathologist, who identified them as cremated human remains.

The museum manager believed that both activities were the work of “religious cultists.”

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!