What’s Happening in Golden Today?
8:30-9:30AM Power Training (Virtual)
10-11:30AM NREL – Public Campus Experience (Virtual)
10-11AM and 11AM-12PM Nature’s Gifts @ Lookout Mountain Nature Center
10AM-5PM Holiday Art Market @ Foothills Art Center
10:15-10:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library
12-12:55PM All Levels Yoga (Virtual)
1-1:45PM Silver Sneakers Yoga (Virtual)
1-2PM The Friday Tour @ Colorado Railroad Museum
3PM Vaccine, License & Microchip Clinic @ Foothills Animal Shelter
3:30PM Wild West Short Tour
4PM Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting @ Morris & Mae Market
We are excited to announce that Morris & Mae is opening today! We are a food hall, bar, and local market located at I-70 & Colfax across from the Dino Lots.
Our food partners are:
- The Alpine House serves breakfast burritos & evening bites
- Gold Mine Sweets & Espresso serves cupcakes, gelato, & espresso
- Kiki’s Fresh Bowls serves poke and açaí bowls
- La Rosita serves hand-pressed street tacos
- Mac Nation Cafe serves mac & cheese
- Paisan serves Italian street fare
Our bar & market are hyper-local to showcase Golden’s many wonderful businesses.
We are hosting the ribbon-cutting celebration on Friday at 4pm, and we will have live music, giveaways, and local tastings Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. More information is available on our website.
Morris & Mae is open today from 7AM to midnight.
5PM CSM Women’s Basketball vs. South Dakota Mines @ Lockridge Arena
6:30PM Holiday Concert @ Golden High School
7PM CSM Men’s Basketball vs. South Dakota Mines @ Lockridge Arena
7:30PM A Christmas Story @ Miners Alley Playhouse
Live Music
5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom
5-8PM Zea Stallings of The Copper Children @ Goosetown Station
6-9PM Alibi @ Over Yonder
7-10PM Howard Dlugasch @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
8PM Last Men on Earth – Best Classic Rock on the Planet! @ Buffalo Rose
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
Golden History Moment
74 Years Ago
The December 9, 1948 Colorado Transcript announced that a radio station had purchased the “upper terminal of the funicular” as the site of a TV and radio station. That site isn’t located within the City limits, but Golden had water lines up there, and the station was hoping to get water service.
Recognizing what an attraction a television and FM radio station would be for this vicinity, Golden City councilmen are studying with considerable favor a request by radio station KFEL for a water tap on Lookout Mountain…. In making his request, Mr. Morrisey pointed out that the station would serve as an additional attraction for tourists visiting Buffalo Bill’s grave…. Both Golden and Buffalo Bill’s grave would receive publicity thru the location of this station and would probably receive continuous mention through announcements.
Colorado Transcript – December 9, 1948
Television was new at the time; in fact, Golden didn’t receive TV signals until 1952. The thought of having a television station on Lookout Mountain sounded terribly glamorous. Council granted them water service.
The glamour never developed, but the site was soon the favored location for the transmission equipment of Denver’s TV and radio stations. Antennas on Lookout Mountain proliferated rapidly.
The antennas must have carried a certain glamour of their own. In 1954, the “TV Coffee Shop & Tavern” opened at 836 Lookout Mountain Rd (map). It offered a lovely view of the ever-growing collection of antennas. In 1977, the same building opened as a nightclub called the “Gold City Transmitter.”
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!
