Coronavirus/COVID-19
Public Health References
CDC * Colorado * Jefferson County * City of Golden
JCPHD updates these numbers Monday through Friday at about 3 PM. Here’s the most recent Coronavirus report from Jeffco Public Health’s Case Summary Page:
Cases in Jeffco – Fri: 13,948 | Mon: 15,146 (+1198)
Deaths in Jeffco – Fri: 373 | Mon: 388 (+15)
Ever Hospitalized in Jeffco – Fri: 963 | Mon: 1,038 (currently 204) (+75)
Recovered – Fri: 9,709 | Mon: 10,386 (+677)
Known Cases in Golden – Fri: 466 | Mon: 508 (+42)
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Virtual Golden
7:30-8:30AM Downtown Merchants Association Meeting
10:15AM Toddler Time with the Library
2PM Shelton Elementary Kindergarten Virtual Open House
7PM Parks, Recreation and Museums Advisory Board Regular Meeting
Nathan Richie from the History Museum will visit the Parks, Recreation & Museums Board meeting tonight to tell them about items that they plan to deaccession. The list is included in the meeting packet. They will review City Council’s draft strategic plan (which Council discussed in their meeting last week). They will consider a conceptual drawing of some new tent spaces (and a rentable yurt) that they plan to include in the City’s RV Park. For more information, see the meeting packet. To watch the meeting live, visit the Agenda page at 7PM and click the “View Event” link. To submit public comment, email STurner@cityofgolden.net before 5PM.
Real World Golden
10-11AM Storytime and Craft at the Railroad Museum – The Turkey Train
4:45PM Yoga in Parfet Park with Pranatonic
Golden History Moment
You probably already know about Golden’s major historic industries–paper mill, flour mills, mines, smelters–not to mention the giant brewery on the east side of town.
Obscure Industries
Articles from the 1870s reference some lesser-known Golden industries, including a match factory, a mattress factory, and a few different cigar factories. I can’t discover much about any of them, but I do know that the match factory was located on Ford Street. The mattress factory used machinery for picking rags and washing them.
The earliest reference I find to a cigar factory was from 1872, and the last was 1905, so that industry had some staying power. One factory produced “Golden City Belles,” while another made “Golden Reds.”
