WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?
10AM-2PM Money Mingle @ On Tap Credit Union
10:15-10:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library
10:30AM and 1:30PM Friday Tour @ Colorado Railroad Museum
12-12:55PM All Levels Yoga (Virtual)
1-1:45PM Silver Sneakers Yoga (Virtual)
1PM and 4PM Wild West Short Tour
3PM Vaccine, License & Microchip Clinic @ Foothills Animal Shelter
7PM Golden Ghosts & Spirits Tour
7PM Movies & Music in the Park @ Parfet Park
Music: Ghost Town Drifters | Movie: Ghostbusters: Afterlife
FIREWORKS: The postponed 4th of July fireworks display will be shown between the music and the movie–at about dusk.
7:30PM Avenue Q: The Musical @ Miners Alley Playhouse
SEE THE COMPLETE CALENDAR OF EVENTS.
LIVE MUSIC
5-8PM Burgundy Ties@ Golden Mill
5-8PM Denver Vintage Reggae Society @ Coda Brewing
5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom
6-8PM Katie Quick @ Morris & Mae
6PM Hairaiser @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
6-10PM Bruce Cole @ Wrigley’s
7-10PM Chris Child @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
SATURDAY PREVIEW
My daughter and I will be giving one of our Wagon Rides through Golden History tomorrow morning at 10AM. We hope you can join us! Tickets are available here.
Email me if you have any questions.
GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT
Government-issued currency was always in short supply on the frontier. Golden’s early merchants were accustomed to accepting gold as payment, and reportedly kept small scales on hand to weigh it. They also accepted agricultural commodities in trade for other goods.
154 Years Ago
The September 1, 1869 Colorado Transcript includes several examples of “trade.” The Pacific Insurance Company accepted “Currency or Gold.” Bell’s Stone-Ware Pottery exchanged pottery for “Ranch Produce.” Clark & Doolittle took either “Greenbacks or Country Produce.”
Of course, the best offer came from George West, publisher of the Transcript:
We trust our subscribers in the country who are in arears, will not forget to set aside grain enough to liquidate our claim when they do their threshing. We shall be glad to take wheat or oats at market prices for your indebtedness or for new subscription. To those who call upon us we will furnish sacks for the purpose.
(I’m not sure whether he was serious or not!)
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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