WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?
7:30AM Golden Young Professionals Monthly Membership Meeting @ Golden Visitors Center
9-9:55AM Silver Sneakers Classic (Virtual)
9:15-9:45AM Baby Time @ Golden Library
9:30AM-6:30PM Launch Business Summit @ Table Mountain Meeting and Events
10AM Wild West Walking Tour
10AM and 1PM Wild West Short Tour
10-10:30AM Call In: Mid-Morning Meditation (Virtual)
10-12PM DeLong Park Weed Busters @ DeLong Park
6PM Run Club @ Runners Roost
SEE THE COMPLETE CALENDAR OF EVENTS.
CITY MEETING
7PM Parks, Recreation and Museums Advisory Board Meeting @ City Hall
The Parks board will review options for mitigation flood danger from Lena Gulch and Apex gulch. This work is integrated into the planning for a new park on the Bachman property. A presentation showing some options is included in the meeting packet.
They will also discuss the Ulysses Park dog park, tree trimming, and alternatives to pesticides. They will evaluate their progress on 2023 goals. They will accept public comment at the beginning of the meeting.
LIVE MUSIC
4-8PM Chrispy @ Mountain Toad
5-8PM Marty Nightengale @ Golden Mill
5-9PM Papamo and the Vipers @ Wrigley’s
5:30-8:30PM The Fuzzheads @ Goosetown Station
6PM Sorry Sweetheart @ Cannonball Creek
6-9PM Teague Starbuck @ Mountain Toad
6PM Lucas Parker Band @ New Terrain Brewing
7:15PM Boot Gun @ Cannonball Creek
8PM Karaoke @ Rock Rest Lodge
GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT
90 Years Ago
The September 21, 1933 Colorado Transcript told a wild and twisted tale of an attempt to kidnap Adolph Coors, Jr. A former federal agent, along with three confederates, had devised an elaborate scheme to kidnap Mr. Coors and spirit him away to a rented cabin near Wellington Lake (map).
Two of the men were going to stay with Coors in the cabin while the other two returned to Denver to demand a ransom consisting of $50,000 in small bills. The person bringing the ransom was to go to a drug store and wait for a call, telling him where to go next. Eventually, after assuring themselves that the man with the cash had not been followed, the kidnappers would collect the ransom.
After the ransom was obtained, they planned to take Mr. Coors to Colorado Springs and either put him on a train or leave him in some isolated spot. They then planned to split the $50,000 and scatter.
While working on an unrelated case, Denver police got wind of the plot. In the hope of capturing the would-be kidnappers, Mr. Coors volunteered to let himself be kidnapped. Before they could carry out that plan, Robert Lane, one of the kidnappers, was arrested for another crime. He confessed the whole scheme, thus foiling the kidnapping plot and sending the police in search of the co-conspirators.
Golden people, especially employees at the brewery expressed great indignation over the plot to kidnap Mr. Coors.
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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