WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?
9-9:55AM Silver Sneakers Classic (Virtual)
9:15-9:45AM Baby Time @ Golden Library
10-10:30AM Call In: Mid-Morning Meditation (Virtual)
10AM Wild West Walking Tour
10AM and 1PM Wild West Short Tour
10:54AM Full Moon
11:30AM-1PM Library for All @ Golden Library
3PM Vaccine, License & Microchip Clinic @ Foothills Animal Shelter
6-7PM Global Energy Park Neighborhood Meeting @ Pleasant View Officers Club (map)
GOLDEN! Join us Thursday, January 25th for a community meeting where we’ll update you on the progress of Global Energy Park (GloPark), a clean and renewable energy business park, located adjacent to NREL, set to break ground in the near future. Get answers to all of our questions at our upcoming neighborhood meeting!
6PM Community Information Meeting with the School of Mines (Virtual)
Agenda:
- Update on Campus Operations
- Update on Capital Projects
- Q&A
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6PM Run Club @ Runners Roost
6-9PM Mini Paint Night @ Golden Game Guild
6-10PM Wax N’ Suds @ Columbine Café
7-9PM Thermal Energy Storage: When Physics Beats Chemistry @ Jefferson Unitarian Church
Industry needs lots of carbon intensive heat for cleaning, washing, brewing and baking all the way to chemical processes and metal smelting. Energy researcher Sam Gage introduces us to emerging industrial scale solutions, including thermal batteries and switching from fuel to electric furnaces. Sam Gage, PhD, formerly with NREL and now at Energetics Clean Energy Consulting has kept on top of thermal technologies and will fill us in on what the future holds for decarbonizing industry.
7:30PM Misery @ Miners Alley Performing Arts Center
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CITY MEETINGS
6PM Mobility and Transportation Advisory Board @ City Hall
The School of Mines has many new buildings planned, including a residence hall on the south side of 19th Street, from Illinois to Hwy 6; a child care center on the west side of Hwy 6, south of 19th, a new parking garage, new academic buildings, etc. MTAB will discuss how these campus expansions will affect Golden’s traffic and what steps the City needs to take to prepare for the anticipated increase. Learn more….
LIVE MUSIC
6PM Foggy Memory Boys @ New Terrain Brewing
8PM Karaoke @ Rock Rest Lodge
GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT
Since Denver recently held their National Western Stock Show, I thought you might like to know about Golden’s ties to the livestock industry.
Colorado is a wonderful place to grow crops if you can get water to the fields. Historically, the Clear Creek valley had many small farms, and the agricultural ditches also supported farms at some distance from the Creek. Land that wasn’t easily irrigated was generally used to raise cattle.
In the 19th century, Golden was the market town for a large territory, extending well into the mountains, so the town had many businesses that catered to ranchers.
In the 1870s and 1880s, Golden held a Market Day, where many area farmers and ranchers would bring their produce and livestock to Golden on the same day.
THE MARKET. Increased Sales and growing Interest. The interest in the Golden Live Stock Market increases with every recurring meeting, and both buyers and sellers are satisfied that the institution is now upon a sure foundation, and will exert themselves to make it a permanent success. On the last regular market day – Wednesday last, November 1st—the Stock yards presented a lively appearance, being well supplied with good stock, and there was an increased attendance of purchasers from the mountains. J. P. Mallon, of Golden, had some fine beef cattle on hand, and made several important sales to mountain butchers. Thirty two head of steers, thirtyfive cows and thirty-nine calves netted him some $1,800. J. W. Ratcliff disposed of two fat cows, weight 2,215 pounds, for $44.30. Scott Locknane, of Vasquez precinct, sold four head of beef cattle at 24. P. Desplain sold to Ed. C. Hughs, of Black Hawk, two fat steers at $43.00 Other sales swelled the transactions to nearly $2,500, this being a flattering increase over the sales at any previous market. The projectors and patrons of the market are well satisfied with its success thus far, and are encourage to persevere. Wednesday, November 15th, is the next regular market day.
The Colorado Transcript, November 8, 1876
The Foss and Pattridge families raised cattle well into the twentieth century, and even now there are herds in the canyons west of town.
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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