More People Eligible for Vaccines, a Surprising Number of Live Music Options, a Big Development, and Black Gold

*Golden Eye Candy – Joyce Davell – Relaxing by the Creek in March – click to enlarge*

COVID Updates

24.2% — *% of Jeffco residents (16+) who have received either one or both shots – source*

STARTING TODAY, MARCH 5TH, Coloradans age 60 to 64, people with two or more chronic health conditions and grocery store and agricultural processing workers will be eligible for vaccinations.

Appointments to Get the COVID Vaccine (Eligibility)
State of Colorado’s Find Out Where You Can Get Vaccinated page | Lutheran Medical Center | JCPH Clinic in Arvada (70+ only)

CHECK THIS SITE, which looks for available appointments all over the state. Might be useful if you’re willing to drive a bit: www.vaccinespotter.org/CO/

Jefferson County Public Health’s COVID-19 Vaccine Call Center: 303-239-7000

State Hotline to answer questions, including location of vaccine providers: 1-877-268-2926. It is staffed 24 hours a day.

Golden Testing Sites
Mines COVID Testing | Jeffco Fairgrounds COVID Testing

*Visit the Jeffco Public Health website for information about Level Blue*

Jefferson County Case Summary:
Cases in Jeffco – Weds: 37,543 | Thurs: 37,675 (+132)
Deaths in Jeffco – Weds: 764 | Thurs: 766 (+2)
Currently Hospitalized in Jeffco – Weds: 33| Thurs: 29 (-4)
Known Cases in Golden – Mon: 1511 | Thurs: 1521 (+10)
Recovered – Weds: 35,865 | Thurs: 35,941 (+76)

Virtual Events

6-6:55AM Virtual HIIT
8AM Morning Start: An Artist Coffee Meetup with Christina Morrison
8:30-9:30AM Virtual Power Training
10AM Rescheduled: TriceraTOTs – Shadow Art
10:30-11:15AM Virtual: Play and Learn
10:30-11AM Call In: Mental Fitness Fridays
4-5PM Friday Crafternoons

Real World Events

3-4:30PM Vaccine, License & Microchip Clinic
4PM Matt Weatherbee & the Gnarlbillies! @ Goosetown Tavern
5PM Poor Till Payday at Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
6PM Shelvis & The Roustabouts @ Buffalo Rose
6PM John Adam Smith at Golden Moon Speakeasy

Proposed Development

This development is being proposed in Pleasant View, just outside of the Golden city limits. Any comments should go to Jefferson County, rather than the City of Golden. Learn more about the proposal….

Golden History Moment

*Advertisement from the front page of the March 5, 1902 Colorado Transcript – click to enlarge*

119 Years Ago
In 1902, the front range (and Golden along with it) was in the throes of oil fever. Oil had been discovered the previous year in the Boulder area, and people were optimistic that more would be forthcoming. Oil speculators frantically sought investors to help fund oil exploration, and Golden residents were excited at the prospect of oil-borne prosperity.

Several wells were sunk in the Golden area, including one in Golden Gate Canyon, another on the Churches Ranch, just north of North Table Mountain, one on the Welch Ranch (approximate area of Colorado Mills Mall), one on the east side of North Table Mountain, one near the Church Brick Yards (west of 93, north of Golden Gate Canyon Road), and one two miles east of Golden on the Middle Golden Road (32nd Street).

By the end of the year, hope was fading for the Golden-area wells.

We have now waited since March to witness the apotheosis (that’s what we call it) of the Golden Basin Oil Co.; not one thimbleful of oil…has been struck.
Colorado Transcript, October 8, 1902

Oil frenzy flared a few more times after that, but by about 1905 the dreams of Golden as an oil town had faded away.

Many 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!