Virtual Events
6-6:55AM Cardio Lift Interval
8-8:55AM Tai Chi
8:30-9:30AM Virtual Power Training
10-10:55AM All Levels Yoga Virtual
10:15-10:45AM Virtual: Preschool Time
11-11:55AM Find Your Balance
3-5PM Hard Times Writing Workshop
5-6PM Bell Middle School PTA Meeting
Real World Events
9AM Golden Walks – Wednesday Morning Celebrating Life @ Golden Library
9:15-9:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library – WAITLIST
1PM Working with Wool Applique @ Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
4-4:50PM Ski Conditioning Class @ Golden Mill
4-5PM Tape Town @ Golden Library – WAITLIST
5:30-7PM Heart of Golden Update Meeting @ City Hall
The City is returning to the Heart of Golden project, which is the plan to make the Clear Creek corridor even more attractive. Tonight, we’ll be reviewing some options that were laid out in early 2021. Part of the plan is to build a bigger municipal building so all staff members can have offices in the same building. They also plan a “Cultural Arts Center.”
Of course, several conditions have changed since they began this process:
• We’ve seen that some employees can work at home, so the City might not need office space.
• Both Miners Alley Playhouse and Foothills Art Center have found new homes in the core business district (the Meyer Hardware building and the Astor House). This might mean that we no longer need a Cultural Arts Center–though the History Museum still needs more space.
• Goosetown Station and the Golden Mill have both opened and feature live music. If we add an amphitheater with concerts on the Creek, would that part of town be too cacophonous?
• The Peaks to Plains Trail has opened. Some residents feel that we’re already attracting a surfeit of people, and don’t need to add to our appeal. Others, of course, love the bustle and think the more the merrier.
So it’s time to consider the two proposed plans and see what, if anything, you would like to change. You can review the plans online and see other people’s comments, or attend the meeting tonight from 5:30-7PM at City Hall.
5:30PM Golden High School PTA Meeting @ Golden High School
6PM Pong Night @ Coda Brewing
6:30-8PM The Ute Indians in Colorado @ Golden History Museum
The Golden History Museum and the Colorado Women’s Day conference (March 9-11, 2022) have teamed up to present a most fascinating talk from one of Colorado’s most interesting women – Native American historian and author CJ Brafford. She will give a special talk on the Ute Indians at the Golden History Museum. Refreshments will be provided. Read more….
7PM Trivia Night @ Trailhead Taphouse
Live Music
6PM Live Music @ Miners Saloon
6:30PM Open Jam/Mic at Over Yonder Brewing
Golden History Moment
106 Years Ago
The March 9, 1916 Colorado Transcript announced that the Golden Milling and Elevator company was making a new brand of flour: Golden Queen. They also produced animal feeds, available through local grocery stores.
They seemed poised to make a big thing of the Golden Queen brand. Their April 6, 1916 Transcript ad announced that “Golden Queen Breakfast Food is making a big hit. The kiddies sure enjoy a big dish of these pure wheat hearts. Order a 10 cent sack.”
The May 4, 1916 Transcript featured an article about Golden’s newest manufacturing product, Golden Queen Wheat Flakes. It stated that Golden was the only place the product was made, and that the owner planned “to push the sale of the food in the Rocky Mountain region…. At present the machines have a capacity of 1,000 packages a day.”
Then, abruptly, it was all over. Golden Queen Flour made its last appearance in the Transscript on May 25, 1916. I can think of three reasons why this might be:
1) The Golden Mill continued to produce Golden Queen, but stopped advertising in the paper.
2) The Mill went out of business for a few years, until the Peery brothers bought it in 1920.
3) The owner of the Golden Queen Dairy, which was operating here at the same time, objected to the trademark infringement.
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!
