Public Health References
CDC * Colorado * Jefferson County * City of Golden
From Jeffco Public Health’s Case Summary Page:
Cases in Jeffco
Thursday: 2516 Friday: 2532
Deaths in Jeffco
Thursday: 201 Friday: 203
Ever Hospitalized in Jeffco
Thursday: 412 Friday: 414 (currently 15)
Recovered
Thursday: 2211 Friday: 2222
Known Cases in Golden
Thursday: 110 Friday: 110
The Safer at Home protocol is in effect. Check the City’s site to learn more about what that entails. Everyone is still requested to wear a mask that covers the nose and mouth when leaving the house. City and County fire restrictions are in place. Clear Creek is open for Kayaks and Canoes. Learn more….
Summer Solstice
The is the longest day of the year. The sun will rise at 5:31AM and set at 8:31PM, giving us 14 hours and 59 minutes of daylight. As a point of reference, at the winter solstice we had 9 hours and 21 minutes of daylight.
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Today’s Events
Our world is changing…there are no virtual events today.
The Railroad Museum is celebrating Father’s Day both today and tomorrow with All Things Engine. The Front Range Antique Power Association will be showing antique tractors, diesel motors, hit-and-miss engines, Model A and Model T cars and even a Firetruck. And then there are the locomotives! Take a ride in a socially distanced passenger car behind our diesel locomotive for a 15-minute tour around the 15 acre railyard. With over 100 narrow and standard gauge steam and diesel locomotives, passenger cars, cabooses HO Model Railroad and G-scale garden railway, the Colorado Railroad Museum is the place to be for Father’s Day Weekend. The Museum is open 9AM-5PM both days. Purchase admission tickets online.
7-8:15AM Yoga in the Park with Pranatonic
Our first yoga class in person since March! Join us for a summer solstice class led by Allegra. All donations will go toward the rental of our new yoga home here in Golden. Tickets
8AM-1PM Golden Farmers Market
Now in its 18th season, the Golden Famers Market continues to connect our community to fresh food from local farmers and food producers as an essential business. In these unprecedented times, we are committed to keeping our local economy strong and our community safe.
9AM Walk with a Geologist at Dinosaur Ridge
Join a professional geologist for a tour of Dinosaur Ridge–a 2½-hour walk and discussion of the geology and changes of the Denver area through time. You will be transported by van from the Visitor Center to the west side of Dinosaur Ridge for a 1½-mile walk back. The first quarter-mile of the walk gains approximately 100 feet of elevation. The remaining 1¼ miles of the walk is downhill. These exclusive tours offer you private access to scientists who provide “insider” information about all of the sites at Dinosaur Ridge.
10AM-8PM Drive-Thru Toy Drive for Miracle Shop Holiday Store
Rotary Club of Golden is hosting the Miracle Shop Toy Drive to fill the outline of a snowman with toys on this first day of summer. These toys will be made available during the Christmas season to families that are struggling financially so that they can provide a joyful, toy-filled holiday season for their kids. The toy drive this year is completely contact-less, in drive-thru style. Put the toys you are donating into your car an drive them down to the East side of Parfet Park where Rotarians will meet you and take the toys to fill the snowman, without you ever getting out of your car. Receive a free mask made by Vivienne Naylor for a cash donation of $30.00 or more, while supplies last. Learn more at www.themiracleshop.org.
10AM-2PM Homestead Open House at the Golden History Park
Homestead Open House is a series of open days that will allow you to experience 1800’s homesteading life. It’s held on summer Saturdays at Golden History Park, adjacent to downtown Golden. This event is drop-in style; there is no registration. Free Homestead Open House may include woodstove cooking, cabin exploration, schoolhouse lesson, or blacksmithing.
10AM, 1:30PM, & 5PM Wild West History Tours
Relive the Wild West as we walk in the footsteps of Colorado’s pioneers. From bowling to bath tubs, railroads to Ranchers, there are stories throughout the streets of Golden waiting to be told, and some of them are even hiding in plain sight! Tours run 90-120 minutes through the streets and parks of Golden. Hitch up your wagon and come on out west!
Live Music:
11AM Colorado Freedom Festival Mini at Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
2PM Will Whalen at Buffalo Rose
4PM Jewel and the Rough at Wrigley’s
6PM The Gnarbillys at Ace Hi Tavern
Golden History Moment
I’ve been intrigued by this photo from Dan Abbot’s collection. I was pretty sure that was the Burgess House in the background, so this was apparently taken from 10th Street. I like the “NCE HALL” (presumably DANCE HALL) on the left side of the picture.
These buildings appear on the 1886 Sanborn Insurance Map. The NCE HALL appears on that map as a saloon (SAL). Both the sleeping rooms and the saloon are still there in the 1896 insurance map, but by the 1900 map, the saloon is marked “vacant.” In the 1906 map, some of the sleeping rooms are gone and the saloon has become a carpenter’s workshop. In 1911 and 1919 maps the sleeping rooms are there but the saloon/carpenter’s shop is vacant again, and by 1935 the saloon building is gone. The “Dwg” (Dwelling) on the left side of the map is a constant in the 1886 through 1935 maps.
The Burgess House and the little house next door are still there today, but the sleeping rooms are long gone.
