Meyer Hardware Update
A Question for Golden Residents Living North of Highway 58
The meeting for North Golden Residents to discuss the new zoning code is scheduled for September 8th. Have you received a postcard inviting you to participate? Please let me know–thanks!
Virtual Events
10AM Mid-Morning Meditation
10-10:55AM All Levels Yoga
10:15AM Preschool Time with the Library
11-11:55AM Silver Sneakers Circuit
2-5PM Jeffco Free Legal Clinic
3PM Hard Times Writing Workshop
5:30-6:25PM HIIT & Sculpt
6-7PM Qs and Brews Trivia
6-7PM Golden United Task Force Meeting
This meeting will feature a presentation by Sunshine Home Share and include an open dialog about education around housing issues and options, and discussion about how to get engagement from our neighbors.
Real World Events
9AM Public Art Commission Meeting @ City Hall
The PAC will discuss the Public Art Framework Plan–Next Steps and Preliminary Schedule. City staff will report on the Golden Hotel mural project and public art maintenance work.
9AM-3PM COVID Vaccine Clinic @ Jefferson County Fairgrounds
10AM-1PM COVID Vaccine Clinic @ First United Methodist Church
5-9PM Bike Night @ Avalanche Harley Davidson
6PM Fun Run @ Runners Roost
6-9PM Mini Paint Night @ Golden Game Guild
Live Music
3PM Gnarbillys @ Coda Brewing
5PM Arena Rock All Stars @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
5PM Todd Sheaffer & Chris Thompson @ Goosetown Station
5PM Bruce Cole @ Wrigley’s
6PM Jonathan Browning Acoustix @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage – outdoor patio)
6PM Way Down Wanderers @ New Terrain Brewing
6PM Open Pick Night @ Over Yonder Brewing
7PM The Highroad Home @ Columbine Cafe
Golden History Moment
In the 1870s, telephony was the hottest technology around, and it was a fiercely competitive business. Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison were both hoping to dominate the field by being the first provider to serve every town and hamlet in the country.
The race came to Golden in September of 1879. Bell Telephone had been installing new polls between Denver and Golden, while Colorado Edison planned to use the ones already in place, belonging to Western Union. They both needed to string telephone wire to connect the two towns.
Bell Telephone began the work in Denver at 8:30AM on September 1, 1879 and reached Golden at 7PM. By 7:30 that evening, they had placed their first call to Denver.
Colorado Edison completed their wiring and placed their first call ten minutes later.
The neck-and-neck competition was exciting, but short-lived. By December of 1879, Edison’s telephone company had retreated from Golden, leaving us with Bell Telephone as our sole provider.
Sources: September 3, 1879 Colorado Transcript and September 2, 1954 Colorado Transcript
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!
