Virtual Events
1-2:30PM Virtual: Dungeons & Dragons for Beginners
3:30-5PM Virtual: Dungeons & Dragons for Advanced Players
Real World Events
8AM-1PM OPENING DAY: Golden Farmers Market
9AM-5PM Spring Whale of a Used Book Sale @ Jefferson County Fairgrounds
9AM-12PM Fractal That! @ Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
10AM-12PM Wild West Walking Tour @ Golden Visitors Center
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
10AM-3PM Saturday Train Rides @ Colorado Railroad Museum
10AM-4PM Slide Show Quilt @ Golden Quilt Company
10AM Coffee With Councilors @ DeLong Park
Come have coffee with Councilors Casey Brown and JJ Trout in our new city park!
10:15AM Family Time @ Golden Library
11AM-4PM Customer Appreciation Weekend @ Avalanche Harley Davidson
12-1PM Feed Your Brain @ Natural Grocers
1:00PM The Princess and the Pea @ Miners Alley Playhouse
1PM and 5PM Wild West Pub Crawls @ Golden City Brewery
2:30-3:30PM Wild West Short Tour (1 hour) @ Golden Visitors Center
3-6PM Electric Vehicle Roundup @ Net Zero Store
5-8:30PM Golden Super Cruise
7:30PM Blue Ridge @ Miners Alley Playhouse
Live Music
11AM-2PM Carl DeFederico @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
2PM The Wrecklunds @ New Terrain Brewing
4-7PM The Fuzzheads @ Goosetown Station
4PM Bill & Julian Nershi @ New Terrain Brewing
4PM Funk It Up @ Wrigley’s
6PM High Country Hustle @ New Terrain Brewing
7-10PM Howard Dlugasch @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
8PM Smokin’ @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)
8PM Coral Creek String Band w/Bill Nershi @ New Terrain Brewing
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
Golden History Moment
80 Years Ago
The June 4, 1942 Colorado Transcript showed Golden on a wartime footing, with many articles about rationing and housing shortages.
Sugar was strictly rationed, but special applications were being accepted to allow families to can their summer produce. Tires were becoming increasingly scarce. The tire rationing board published a list every month, giving the name of every person who had been permitted to buy a new or used tire.
Even use of telephone lines was restricted. Wartime shortage of materials made it difficult for the phone company to maintain or expand their service offerings.
The application of these restrictions will undoubtedly mean inconvenience for some people–part of the price of protecting our liberty–but we ask your fullest cooperation, for the restrictions will mean that more lead, iron, steel, zinc, copper and rubber used in telephone equipment will now go into arms.
Telephone Company Ad – June 4, 1942 Colorado Transcript
There was a nationwide housing shortage, and Golden was no exception. New wartime industries were creating the need for housing near government plants, but building materials were in short supply. The June 4th paper included an editorial stating that Camp George West should be put to use. The Transcript noted that 2500-3000 men and officers could be housed there.
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!
