Halloween Calendar
We’re starting to see Golden Halloween events. Most of them will occur next weekend (Oct 22-24) and the weekend after (Oct 29-31), but Adio Chicropractic is showing Hotel Transylvania 2 tonight. If you’d like to start planning, check out our Golden Halloween Calendar now!
Virtual Events
6-6:55AM Virtual HIIT
8:30-9:30AM Virtual Power Training
8:30-9:25AM Strength and Cardio
11AM-12PM All Levels Yoga Virtual
Real World Events
FALL FEST – COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES
10AM-4PM Snail Trail Al Fresco Class @ Golden Quilt Company
10AM-12PM Rocky Mountain Quilt Study Group @ Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
1-2PM The Friday Tour @ Colorado Railroad Museum
3PM Vaccine, License & Microchip Clinic @ Foothills Animal Shelter
6-10PM Trunk-or-Treat and a Family Movie @ Adio Chiropractic
6-10PM Golden Hayride Beer Tour 2021
7-9PM Astronomy Night at the Library @ Arthur Lakes Library
7:30PM The Crucible @ Miners Alley Playhouse
This production has been getting great reviews:
Westword
At Miners Alley, The Crucible Is a Classic That Strikes Current Chords
On Stage Colorado
‘The Crucible’ stabs at collective stupidity in stellar Miners Alley production
8-10:30PM Golden Ghosts & Spirits Tour @ Goosetown Station – SOLD OUT
8PM “The Stomping Grounds” Premiere
For decades, the pursuit of adventure, deep powder and massive spines has taken professional skiers like Mark Abma and Michelle Parker to the far reaches of the globe. As skiers, the desire to seek more and to escape is ingrained in our DNA. But that doesn’t mean our immediate surroundings don’t possess their own special treasures. Presented by Toyota, Matchstick Productions brings to you their newest creation, THE STOMPING GROUNDS.
This action-packed feature explores the backyards and zones our pro skiers can frequent every day (sometimes with a little extra effort and ingenuity). From a “born-and-raised” resort in Idaho to the spectacular Lyngen Alps just outside their hometowns in northern Norway, our skiers thrive in what’s familiar and find thrills in the unexpected. In the process, they manage to re-discover what is “home.” And home delivers in spades. Tickets $15
Live Music
5PM Band of Brothers @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
5PM Francis & The Wolf @ Goosetown Station
5PM The Cottonwood Drifters @ Over Yonder
7PM David Henning @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage – outdoor patio)
8PM Hold the Line – A Total Toto Experience @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
Golden History Moment
A Racist Incident in Golden
Contributed by Don Cameron
Our story begins in August of 1942 when Logus Butler and Susie A. Allison (who were both Black) bought 30 acres from the estate of Charles F. Quaintance (one of the few listed KKK members from Golden) for $15001. But by October “Colored People Offer to Sell Property if Not Wanted In Community of Golden”, read the Transcript headline. In fact, citizens protested to city council and formed a committee to get help from the Federal Government to drive them out2. One of the people pushing for the sale was Casper Bussert. In December of 1942 he was able to get a deed to the land for $10 and other consideration3. Just two years later, in 1944, he offered for sale plots on what appears to be this same parcel but restricted the sale to Caucasians only in the Sunshine Park Addition.4
Four of the 5 people who were on the citizens committee protesting the sale to Blacks were later listed as interested parties on the sale of the land, or attempted to purchase plots themselves.
What ever happened to those who were forced to make this sale?
Logus Butler, born in Louisiana, was married to Thelm L., born (1905) in Missouri and was 38 in 1942. They had a son, Edward, who was 13 in 19425. Logus was a carpenter for the defense department at Rocky Mountain Arsenal. Little is known of his wife, whom he married in 1926, and she died in March of 2000 and had worked for the Veterans Administration. It appears that their son Edward Butler perhaps worked for the railways and is buried in Fort Logan cemetery and had no direct descendants6.
Susie Augusta Allison lived on Downing Street in Denver. She did not have any children. She was killed by a Tramway vehicle in Wheatridge in 19467. Prominent citizens were part of the inquiry into her death, including O.L. Dennis, who was one of the owners of the property; no charges were filed in that incident. Susia Allison had tried to build another home before her death near Golden, and it was burned down by “white hooligans”, though no serious inquiry was done or charges filed8.
What if this property had been developed by these Black buyers? How would history have changed for Golden or their families? We don’t know, and we can never know, but we can acknowledge this took place.
1 The Colorado Transcript, Number 50, October 15, 1942
2 The Colorado Transcript, Number 51, October 22, 1942
3 Butler deed transfer to Bussert
4 The Colorado Transcript, Number 39, July 27, 1944
5 1940 Census
6 Edward Butler obituary, Rocky Mountain News
7 The Colorado Transcript, Number 11, January 9, 1947
8 Colorado Statesman Jan 11 1947, obtained from Laura Ruttum Senturia Archivist/Librarian Western History and Genealogy Department Denver Public Library 10 W. 14th Avenue Parkway Denver, CO 80204 720-865-1821
Thanks to Don Cameron for submitting this article, to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!
