WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?
8AM Saturday Morning Run and Social Walk @ Golden History Park
8AM-1PM Golden Farmers Market @ Golden Library west parking lot
9-11AM Golden Kids Clothes Swap @ Hillside Community Church
9-10AM Keg Conditioning @ Golden Mill
9AM-1PM Low-cost Vaccination Clinic for Your Pets @ Lions Park (map)
Jeffco Animal Control, City of Golden, Foothills Animal Shelter, and Spay Today are hosting a low-cost vaccination clinic at Lions Park so take advantage of this great community opportunity!
9:30AM-12PM Walk with a Geologist @ Triceratops Trail
9:30-11:30AM Full Walking Tour @ Dinosaur Ridge (every other Saturday beginning 7/1)
10AM Wild West Walking Tour
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
10AM-noon Breakfast Burritos @ The Golden Mill
10AM-3PM Saturday Train Rides @ Colorado Railroad Museum
10AM-2PM Homestead Open House @ Golden History Park
See sparks fly at the blacksmith shop, take a lesson at schoolhouse, or watch the Pearce/Helps Cabin woodstove in action. You will also be able to participate in hands-on activities, learn about pioneer history from our interpreters, and see special demonstrations. Homestead Open House is free and drop-in style; there is no registration. Experience history in action!. More information
10:15AM Family Time @ Golden Library
1PM Wild West Pub Crawl
7PM Golden Ghosts & Spirits Tour
SEE THE COMPLETE CALENDAR OF EVENTS.
LIVE MUSIC
11:30AM Lucas Wolf @ Tributary Food Hall
1-5PM Band of Brothers @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
4-8PM Strange Brew 5280 @ Wrigley’s
5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom
5-7PM Wade Sutton @ Morris & Mae
5:30-8:30PM Big Hooray @ Goosetown Station
6PM Placebo Effect @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
7-10PM Howard Dlugasch @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
7-10PM Lost Penny @ Columbine Cafe
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT
114 Years Ago
The July 22, 1909 Colorado Transcript announced the death of Joe Schall (1857-1909). Mr. Schall owned a bookstore in the Bella Vista Hotel on 12th Street. He also served as the County treasurer for eighteen years, and City treasurer for three terms. He held considerable real estate in the Golden area.
The Bella Vista hotel had been financed by Joe Schall’s uncle in the 1880s, and though the hotel was never a commercial success, Schall and his wife maintained an apartment in the hotel for nearly 40 years. The second floor of the hotel contained a grand ballroom, and the couple often hosted dances there.
After Joe Schall’s death in 1909, his widow remained alone in the building, hosting card parties, tea parties, and the occasional dance.
In 1920, the Philadelphia-based owners decided to demolish the old hotel. At that time, the Widow Schall moved to an apartment on Washington Avenue and eventually to Denver. She outlived her husband by 38 years, dying in 1947.
In the November 14, 1929 Colorado Transcript, Neil West Kimball–grandson of George & Eliza West (Transcript founders)–provided the following reminiscence of his youth in Golden.
The Bella Vista hotel…was an old mysterious sort of building even when I was a youngster and many the wild stories we made up about it. I remember that I thought Mrs. Schall a most courageous person to live alone in such a monstrous structure. It was a real occasion for me when I was allowed to accompany my mother on a call to Mrs. Schall and wander through the long corridors and neglected rooms.
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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