WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?
8AM Saturday Morning Run and Social Walk @ Golden History Park
9AM-12PM Horseshoe Game @ Home Depot
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
10AM Coffee with Councilors @ Golden Community Center
This month’s event features a discussion on Creek Management update with Parks and Recreation Director, Tammy Tucker. Bring your thoughts, ideas and questions and let’s have a conversation!
10AM Biker Breakfast @ Avalanche Harley Davidson
10:15AM Family Time @ Golden Library
10:30AM-12PM Artist Reception and Meet-and-Greet with Kathy Mitchell-Garton @ Golden History Museum
Celebrate the opening of the new exhibit “Topo-Embroideries: Works by Kathy Mitchell-Garton” with a special artist meet-and-greet and light morning refreshments.
11AM and 1PM The Legend of Sleep Hollow @ Miners Alley – FINAL PERFORMANCES!
12-12:45PM Everyday Essential Oils for Health @ Natural Grocers
12PM Mines Football – Orediggers vs New Mexico Highlands @ Marv Kay Stadium
1-3PM PAWS for Reading @ Golden Library
1-2:30PM Dungeons & Dragons for Beginners (Virtual)
2PM Little Shop of Horrors @ Golden High School
3:30-5PM Dungeons & Dragons for Advanced Players (Virtual)
4-5:30PM Cookies & Cocktails @ State 38 Distilling
5-9PM Night at the Museums @ Dinosaur Ridge
Enjoy free entry to the Exhibit Hall and for $6 shuttle up the Ridge to view dinosaur tracks by flashlight or headlamp as a tour guide talks about the creatures that made the footprints 100 million years ago
5-7PM CMC Roder Leadership Dinner @ American Mountaineering Center
7PM Golden Ghosts & Spirits Haunted Pub Crawl Tour
7PM TGR Ski and Snowboard Film Festival Double Feature @ American Mountaineering Center
7:30PM The Cherry Orchard @ Miners Alley Playhouse – CLOSES TOMORROW!
SEE THE COMPLETE CALENDAR OF EVENTS.
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LIVE MUSIC
11AM-2PM Chuck Fisher @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom
5-8PM Dakota Gray Band @ Goosetown Station
5PM River Spell @ Over Yonder
5:30-7:30PM Lindsey Giffey @ Morris & Mae
6PM Fuzzheads @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
7-10PM Southside Mike @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
8PM Wash Park Band @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT
86 Years Ago
Mayor Burt Jones of Golden has received an invitation to participate in the opening, on November 15, of the new subway on Thirty-eighth avenue, one of the important streets out of North Denver extending into Golden. This subway will give a direct line of travel through North Denver into Golden which makes this new structure of considerable interest locally.
Colorado Transcript – November 4, 1937
A subway? In Denver? Coming to Golden? How could I not have known about that?
The rest of the article detailed the elaborate celebration plans. Mayor Jones would come from Golden, the Aurora Mayor would come from Aurora. They would meet Mayor Stapleton of Denver and Governor Ammons (of Colorado) at Union Station. The Burlington Railroad would provide a Zephyr to carry the dignitaries to the site of the new subway.
Once there, Mayor Stapleton and Governor Ammons would hold a large paper hoop. The Golden Mayor would stand on the west side and the Aurora Mayor would stand on the east side. At the signal, the two would thrust their hands through the paper and shake hands–thus, officially opening the subway. A parade, speeches, and music would follow.
The “subway” phrase continued to boggle me. I looked for more articles about 38th Avenue, more articles about subways, and old Denver maps–before and after the 1937 “subway” was built.
It turned out that the project consisted of a series of road improvements and a new viaduct over the South Platte River and railroad tracks. Together, they created “a direct line of travel through North Denver into Golden.” The “sub” part of the “subway” referred to the tracks below the new viaduct.
I know that road projects were always a big deal in the 1930s, but this one struck me as a bit over-blown, with very confusing nomenclature!
The intersection of 38th Avenue and Fox Street survives, but it’s now in the shadow of I-25, which opened in 1963.
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!
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