Public Health References
CDC * Colorado * Jefferson County * City of Golden
JCPHD updates these numbers Monday through Friday at about 3 PM. Here’s the most recent Coronavirus report from Jeffco Public Health’s Case Summary Page:
Cases in Jeffco – Fri: 4765 | Mon: 484
Deaths in Jeffco – Fri: 237 | Mon: 237
Ever Hospitalized in Jeffco – Fri: 526 | Mon: 532 (currently 27)
Recovered – Fri: 4241 | Mon: 4295
Known Cases in Golden – Fri: 161 | Mon: 161
Clear Creek is closed. In Jefferson County) (including Golden), masks must be worn both indoors and outdoors in public spaces where 6 feet distance cannot be maintained. The rest of the state requires masks only indoors. The Safer at Home and in the Vast, Great Outdoors protocol is in effect statewide. City and County fire restrictions are in place.
Virtual Golden
10:15-11:15AM Baby and Toddler Time with the Library
2-3PM South Golden Merchants’ Meeting – Virtual
6-7:30PM Sustainability Board and Planning Commission Subgroup
Join the Planning Commission and Community Sustainability Advisory Board subgroup to discuss sustainable energy buildings and ideas for amendments to the residential green building standards, also known as the Residential Sustainability Menu, Section 18.24 of the Golden Municipal Code.
Hosted by Theresa Worsham- Sustainability Coordinator
Meeting number: 146 886 4655
Password: 3q3S3GRPN63
Join by video system
Dial 1468864655@cityofgolden.webex.com.
You can also dial 173.243.2.68 and enter your meeting number.
Join by phone
+1-408-418-9388 United States Toll
Access code: 146 886 4655
Real World Golden
Full Moon – The moon will rise at 7:44 this evening and set at 6:42 tomorrow morning. It will be full at 11:22PM. Courtesy of Buglet Solar!
Golden History Moment
The Golden Public School opened in 1873. It was located on Cheyenne Street, between 13th and 14th Streets. It was a great point of pride for the locals because it was a “graded” school, with younger children downstairs and high school-aged children upstairs. In fact, this division makes Golden the oldest high school in the state.
The school was over-crowded from the beginning–there were only four teachers, and 195 students enrolled. Soon, that enrollment doubled. In 1880, a second school was built on the north side of the Creek. The new school was then called the “North School” and the 1878 building was called the “South School.”
According to the July 1, 1965 Colorado Transcript, the school district stopped using the building in the 1930s. The School of Mines acquired the property and used the old school as a physics building for a few years. The South School was demolished in the summer of 1965.
Today, that block is occupied by the Power Plant and Coolbaugh Hall.
Many thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and many thanks to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!
