Golden Gallup, Golden Pride Days, and Pullman

*Golden Eye Candy – Golden Pride Days – enlarge*

Virtual Events

Real World Events

7:45-8:15AM Golden Gallop @ Downtown Golden
“Howdy Folks! Welcome to Golden, where the west RUNS!”

The 16th Annual Golden Gallop will again be an IN PERSON event. We look forward to seeing everyone on our same great course through downtown Golden with the start and finish at Golden High School (same as last year’s race).

The race will be on Sunday, September 18, 2022. Golden’s biggest annual race will take place for the 16th year running! Look forward to running the same great race under the Golden ‘Welcome’ arch. BIG NEWS FOR 2022 – The Golden Gallop is welcoming well behaved DOGS this year!!

8AM-3PM Golden Community Pride Days @ 1300 Catamount Dr.
9:30-11:30AM Full Walking Tour @ Dinosaur Ridge
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
11:30AM-12:30PM Yogi Book Club @ Pranatonic
12-5PM Oktoberfest @ Denver Kickers Club
2PM HAIR @ Miners Alley Playhouse
2:30-4:30PM Textile Society @ Golden Library

Live Music

11AM-2PM Ross Henderson with Wild Goose Chase @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
3PM Mile High Groove @ Wrigley’s
4-7PM The Outliers @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)

5-8PM Marty Nightengale @ Golden Mill
8PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern

Golden History Moment

*Pullman House – Golden History Museum collection – enlarge*

57 Years (and two days) Ago
The September 16, 1965 Colorado Transcript announced that the historic Pullman home (map) was being demolished.

A building which is surely the oldest in the Pleasant View area is being demolished by the present owners, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brown.

*1899 Willet’s Farm Map and Present Day Google Map* – *enlarge*

The two story building, located at 15950 S. Golden Road, was built in 1849 as a ranch house on the Cold Springs Ranch, which has also been known as the Mott Johnson Ranch. During 1859 and 1860 it served as a stage coach stop, the first stop for stages carrying visitors, gold seekers and the curious to the fabled Gregory Diggings toward Central City.

For many years the structure was called the “Pullman House…”
Colorado Transcript – September 16, 1965

*September 16, 1965 Colorado Transcript – enlarge*

George M. Pullman, who went on to fame and immense wealth building railroad cars, lived at that ranch during the gold rush years. The building was used as a ranch house for many years, and later served as a filling station and then a hardware store. The original structure was built of logs, which were later covered by painted wood siding.

*September 9, 1965 Colorado Transcript – enlarge*

The Colorado Railroad Museum currently has an exhibit about the Pullman company: Wheels of Mis/Fortune: Pullman’s Legacy of Innovation, Idealism and Exploitation.

Here’s your chance to learn about this Colorado Connection, along with lots more to help stimulate your interest in one of America’s best-known but perhaps least-understood railroad personalities and the company he founded!

Featuring original objects, photographs and more, the new exhibit traces this storied company and its founder (George M. Pullman) through good and bad, from its 19^th century inception to its 1980s ending. The exhibit examines the subject from several viewpoints, highlighting the company’s many innovations along with aspects such as its founder’s idealistic but sometimes oppressive treatment of workers—including Pullman’s African American workers, and the Civil Rights legacy which resulted.

*George Pullman and his Pullman Sleeping Car – Source: Wikipedia*

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!