WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?
9-9:55AM Silver Sneakers Classic (Virtual)
9:15-9:45AM Baby Time @ Golden Library
10-10:30AM Call In: Mid-Morning Meditation (Virtual)
10-12PM DeLong Park Weed Busters @ DeLong Park
10AM Wild West Walking Tour
10AM and 1PM Wild West Short Tour
11:30AM-1PM Library for All @ Golden Library
5PM An Evening of No Barriers @ American Mountaineering Center
No Barriers is raising a toast to 20 years of impact and looking toward the future. Join us for an Evening of No Barriers, the inaugural flagship fundraising event to transform lives and shift mindsets. Register to attend a one of a kind evening of celebration and fundraising with special guests Erik Weihenmayer, Gretchen Evans & Kate Sullivan. Complimentary registration includes heavy hors d’oeuvres, as well as local craft beer and wine.
6-7PM Mines Community Meeting (Virtual)
Agenda:
1. Update on Mines Park Redevelopment
2. Update on Campus Operations
3. Update on Capital Projects
Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://mines.zoom.us/j/91327752907?pwd=d1pKN1liakowWGlGWkcrZHlZbFJSUT09&from=addon
Password: 815577
6-8PM Denver West Quilt Artists Group Meeting @ Golden Quilt Company
6PM Run Club @ Runners Roost
7PM Golden Ghosts & Ghouls – Kids Ghost Tour
7-9PM High Performance Windows & Doors @ Jefferson Unitarian Church
In-person and live broadcast (at 7pm follow this link)
Hosted by Colorado Renewable Energy Society
7:30PM The Cherry Orchard @ Miners Alley Playhouse
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CITY MEETING
9AM Public Art Commission Retreat @ Public Works Building (map)
The PUC will review their progress over the past year and compare it to the goals they presented to Council and their own Public Art Frame Plan. They will discuss the process they follow when the public comes to them with an art acquisition request, consider PAC’s involvement with the new Art and Culture Master Plan, and discuss their goals for 2024.
6PM Mobility & Transportation Advisory Board Meeting @ City Hall
The Mobility Board will discuss proposed locations for bike racks downtown and will review the pros and cons of various styles of bike racks.
CITY COUNCIL ELECTION
Wondering who to support for this year’s City Council election? We have a list of resources to help you decide, including links to the candidates’ websites and survey responses compiled by several local groups:
LIVE MUSIC
5-8PM Alibi@ Golden Mill
5:30-8:30PM Quinlan Valdez @ Goosetown Station
6-9PM Derek Hall @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
6PM Jay Roemer Band @ New Terrain Brewing
7PM Kickstart My Heart / Live Wire @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)
8PM Karaoke @ Rock Rest Lodge
GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT
107 Years Ago
The October 26, 1916 Colorado Transcript included an advertisement by Charles Nolin, offering to provide a mailbox, install it on your house, and and including your street address. Why would this service warrant a display ad in the paper? Was Nolin expecting a sudden surge in demand for mailboxes?
Yes he was!
Prior to 1917, Golden’s postal patrons called at the post office to collect their mail. Beginning in January of that year, the post office offered home delivery service. In order to get it, homeowners had to install a mailbox and post their street address. Street addresses were still fairly new at that time, and many homeowners had had no reason to attach their numbers (or even learn what their address was). Nolin was offering to take care of the whole thing for $1.
The January 4, 1917 Colorado Transcript reported on the successes and foibles encountered so far. Many homeowners hadn’t yet attached numbers to their houses, so the postal carrier couldn’t deliver there. Some homeowners hadn’t yet learned was their street addresses were. One posted two numbers on his house–one in the 400s and the other in the 900s.
Some mailboxes were set on the porch, rather than being securely attached to the house. “…one box fell off the porch the minute mail was placed in it. A high wind was blowing at the time, and the carrier was forced to do a marathon to rescue the missives.”
(They should have hired Charles Nolin.)
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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