Virtual Events
6-6:55AM Virtual HIIT
8:30-9:30AM Virtual Power Training
10:30-11:15AM Play and Learn with the Library
11AM-12PM All Levels Yoga Virtual
4-5PM Friday Crafternoons
Real World Events
1-2PM The Friday Tour @ Colorado Railroad Museum
3PM Vaccine, License & Microchip Clinic @ Foothills Animal Shelter
6-8PM Community Friday Night @ Pranatonic (most Fridays)
LIVE MUSIC:
5PM Born 2 Run Tribute @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
5PM Shawn Nelson Band @ Goosetown Station
6PM Edsel’s Garage @ Wrigley’s
7PM Chris Child @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage – outdoor patio)
7PM John Adam Smith @ Golden Moon Speakeasy
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
Golden History Moment
85 Years Ago
The July 2, 1936 Colorado Transcript found Golden planning “a little jollification” to celebrate installation of new streetlights in the downtown business district. The plan was to have Mayor Jones push the button turning on the lights while the aldermen (city councilors) stood in attendance. The manager of the electric company would give a speech. A quartet of Kiwanis would sing a few songs, followed by “a charming chorus of business girls.” Then they would have a dance on the well-illuminated street.
The City had had a few streetlights prior to this time, but they were widely spaced and of low voltage. A 1910 article said that downtown had 8 streetlights, each 200 candle power (approximately equivalent to a 150 watt light bulb).
The new, 1936 lights were described as “Golden’s Great White Way.” The paper enthused that the new lighting “will greatly facilitate evening window shopping, which will be a real pleasure with the marvelous new stocks of merchandise now on display by Golden merchants. Heretofore, persons who wanted to see goods being shown in many show windows at night would have had to carry a flash light or a candle.”
Thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and many thanks to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!
