Virtual Events
2-4PMSunday at the Museum – Kids’ Quilts! @ Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
Kathy Emmel presents Kids Quilts: Kathy Emmel is a retired teacher and award-winning quilter who has shared her love of fabric, color, and design with more than a thousand children over thirty years as a teacher. She is also the author of Kids Quilt Together: The ABC’s of Group Quilting. Kathy will present quilts she made with her students and share ideas for making the creative process fun and educational. More information
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Meeting ID: 958 7738 5034
Passcode: 269041
Real World Events
8-10AM Friendship Garden Rehab (map)
A citizens’ group is rehabbing the Friendship Garden and making it pollinator friendly. Want to help? Join us to learn about native plants, meet some gardeners, help keep our town beautiful, and support pollinators. All are welcome to come by to help or just chat.
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
The Rose will be hosts brunch every Saturday and Sunday. Enjoy the delicious brunch menu, along with signature cocktails. Music from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Reservations
10AM-5PM ARTSWEEK Golden: Fine Arts Festival Day 2 @ Downtown Golden
Enjoy a diverse array of artwork from over 100 artists in this nationally juried arts festival. Featuring kids activities, games, food, and drink in the heart of Golden, Colorado. Free
5-7:30PM Swing Supper Club @ Buffalo Rose
SWING NIGHT SUPPER CLUB: A special evening for fans of BIG BAND and swing dancing. Dinner specials at 4:00, two and a half hours of live BIG BAND jazz from 5:00 to 7:30 by the Flatirons Jazz Orchestra – featuring Deborah Stafford. Dance or just listen to the great Swing Era music of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and more. $15 online / $20 at the door. All ages welcome – under 18 with a guardian. Tickets
LIVE MUSIC:
11AM Jon Boothe & Trippie Kitty @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage – outdoor patio)
12PM Brian Hornbuckle Band @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
2PM Wild Mountain Honey Band @ Golden Mill
3PM Jewel and the Rough @ Wrigley’s
5PM Plays Floyd @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage – outdoor patio)
5PM Swing Night Supper Club @ Buffalo Rose (events center)
5PM Junkyard Dawgs @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
8PM Karaoke Contest at Ace Hi Tavern
Golden History Moment
58 Years Ago
The July 11, 1963 Colorado Transcript told the tales of three cornerstones. Public buildings are often equipped with hollow cornerstones, which contain items significant to the date of the construction, such as coins and newspapers. When the buildings are demolished, people open those cornerstones with great interest.
The years after World War II brought great population growth to Jefferson County, and many of our oldest buildings were demolished in favor of larger, more modern buildings. As a result, opening old cornerstones became a frequent event.
The July 11th Transcript described the ceremonial opening of the cornerstones from the 1878 courthouse and the 1913 sheriff’s residence/jail. Unfortunately, cornerstones are often subject to the vicissitudes of time and moisture, and unveilings are often anti-climatic. So it was in this case.
Former Mayor Clark B. Carpenter gently lifted the rusted metal box from its ground-level casket and placed it on the stone. He turned it upside down. Only moldy dust sifted out.
The assembled group decided to turn the box over to the State Historical Society to see if they could make sense of the contents. According to historic records, the box should have included “a ticket from the first state election in Colorado, a tiny bottle of wine, an issue of the Colorado Transcript, Masonic papers, an apron, gold coins from 1854-56, silver coins from 1853-76, and a $100 Confederate note.”
The article didn’t specify the contents of the 1913 jail/sheriff’s residence cornerstone, but said that “the newspapers” were in “somewhat better condition.”
The same edition of the paper included an article about the cornerstone from the 1866 Baptist church. That building, formerly located at 12th and Jackson, had been demolished in 1961, but church members had been unable to locate the cornerstone. It took two years, but a local man finally found it in a pile of stone blocks that he had intended to use for a retaining wall. Upon noticing that one of the sandstone blocks was hollow, with a lid cemented in place, he broke it open and discovered a rusty strongbox.
Like the County Commissioners, the Baptists found their cornerstone contents to be in poor shape. The box contained the moldy remains of a Bible, several old newspapers, and what appeared to be tablet paper which had probably been a list of donors.
Thanks to the Golden History Museum for funding the online collection of historic newspapers.
