Real World Events
8AM-3PM GOLDEN COMMUNITY PRIDE DAYS
8AM-1PM Golden Farmers Market@ Golden Library west parking lot
8:30AM-4PM Day Out with Thomas @ Colorado Railroad Museum
As of this writing, there are a few tickets left today and none tomorrow.
9AM-12PM Nature Journal Club @ Lookout Mountain Nature Center
9:30AM-12PM Walk With a Geologist @ Dinosaur Ridge
9:30AM-5PM Dinosaur Ridge Celebrates Smithsonian Museum Day
10AM-2PM Homestead Open House @ Golden History Park
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
11AM and 1PM Rumpelstiltskin @ Miners Alley Playhouse – FINAL PERFORMANCES!
11AM-4PM Tailgate Party & Free Demo Rides @ Avalanche Harley Davidson
5PM Oktoberfest @ Denver Kickers Club
12-9PM Oktoberfest @ Holidaily Brewing
7:30PM Before You Go @ Miners Alley Playhouse (through September 20)
Live Music
11AM Will Whalen @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage – outdoor patio)
2PM Glass Cases @ Golden Mill
2:30PM Marafiki @ New Terrain Brewing
4PM Edsel’s Garage @ Wrigley’s
4:15PM Funky Freiya featuring Sheryl Renee @ New Terrain Brewing
5PM Earl Nelson & the Company @ Goosetown Station
6:15PM Arkansauce @ New Terrain Brewing
6PM Live Music on the Patio @ Ace Hi Tavern
7PM Muriel & The Deano’s @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage – outdoor patio)
8PM Austin Young Band with Zakk Debono and the Broken Circle @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)
8:15PM Coral Creek w/special guest Todd Sheaffer @ New Terrain Brewing
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
Golden History Moment
Drive on the right side of the road.
Don’t drive drunk.
Children can’t drive.
Don’t back up in traffic.
No U-turns in the middle of the block.
102 Years Ago
Our traffic laws are so ingrained that it’s easy to forget that those rules had to be invented. The September 18, 1919 Colorado Transcript announced that Golden’s City Council proposed to impose our first traffic ordinance. Their plan was to put several traffic laws on the books, but to enforce them selectively, as needed.
The new rules stated that no one under fifteen could drive unless a competent driver was supervising. Drivers should stay on the right side of the road. No one under the influence of liquor could drive. One rule that mystified me was “a provision forbidding siren whistles and those operated by the exhaust gas of a car.” I’d never heard of an exhaust whistle, but apparently they’re still around (and still obnoxious).
80 Years Ago
A September 18, 1941 Transcript article described a typical session of Golden’s traffic court. “After listening to several cases charged with speeding, reckless driving, backing and turning (also overtime parking) you will be convinced as we were, that the city council, police department and this court have only one object in view–that is to make the Golden streets safe for those who use them.”
The goal of the article was to convince the public that Golden was ready for its first traffic light, proposed for the intersection of 12th and Washington. Mitchell Elementary was located at 12th and Jackson at that time, and hundreds of school children used that intersection going to and from school.
These lights are something that every citizen of Golden should insist upon now before some little tot gets hurt–money or no money, budget or no budget. Surely $160 to $200 is a small premium to pay to insure the safety of these children against accidents which are almost certain to happen without this protection. If you don’t believe it come down any morning, noon or night and see for yourself.
Golden’s first stoplight was installed at 12th and Washington in 1946.
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!
