Produce, Dogs, Dinosaurs, Tack, Trains, Brunch, Dreams, Beer & Cheese, Music, and a 162nd Anniversary

*Golden Eye Candy – Chris Davell – Golden Farmers Market – click to enlarge*

COVID Updates

% of Jeffco residents (12+) who have received at least one shot–source

Jefferson County Case Summary:
Cases in Jeffco – Thursday: 48,392 | Friday: 48,418 (+26)
Deaths in Jeffco – Thursday: 843 | Friday: 843 (unchanged)
Currently Hospitalized in Jeffco – Thursday: 31 | Friday: 31 (unchanged)
Recovered – Thursday: 47,255 | Friday: 47,290 (+35)
Known Cases in Golden – Monday: 2001 | Thursday: 2005

COVID Vaccine Appointments
State of Colorado: Where You Can Get Vaccinated
Jeffco Public Health Vaccine Call Center: 303-239-7000
State Vaccine Hotline: 1-877-268-2926.

Golden Testing Sites
Mines COVID Testing | Jeffco Fairgrounds COVID Testing

More Public Health References
Sign up for exposure notifications | CDC | Colorado | Jefferson County | City of Golden

Real World Events

*The Farmers Market needs volunteers! Learn more….*

8AM-1PM Golden Farmers Market
9AM-12PM Adopt a Dog @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
9:30AM-12PM Walk with a Geologist @ Dinosaur Ridge
10AM-3PM Westernaires Tack & Other Stuff Swap Meet at the Fairgrounds
10AM Saturday Train Rides @ Colorado Railroad Museum
10AM-2PM Homestead Open House @ Golden History Park
11AM-2PM Brunch at the Rose
1-5PM Golden Lions Beer and Cheese Tasting Event @ Barrels and Bottles Camp George West
1PM The Stuff Dreams are Made of… @ Miners Alley Playhouse (only 2 weeks left!)
4PM Wild West Walking Tour

LIVE MUSIC:
12PM Ryan Chris and the Rough Cuts at Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
2PM Honey Blazer at Golden Mill
4PM Trip Wire at Wrigley’s
5PM Grind 5280 at Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
5PM Circlin’ the Drain at Goosetown Station
6PM Live Music on the Patio at Ace Hi Tavern
7PM Teledonna with Nancy Hubacks @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage – outdoor patio)
8PM Wash Park Band @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)
9PM Karaoke at Ace Hi Tavern

Golden History Moment

*This postcard image was taken in the early 20th century, but it looks remarkably life George West’s description of June 12, 1859. click to enlarge*

162 Years Ago
In 1905, George West recalled his arrival in Golden on June 12, 1859:

…an anniversary of more than passing interest to the writer of this article, as just forty-six years before he arrived for the first time upon the sedgy banks of Clear creek, then known as Vasquez fork of the South Platte. The remarkable pellucidity of its waters, filled as they were with myriads of trout, and the banks skirted with countless pensile willows and waving cottonwoods made it the admiration of all, and it was voted an ideal spot for a camping ground, a veritable haven of rest after more than two months journey with ox teams across the arid plains from St. Joe., Mo.

*This image from the 1869 Hayden Survey (for the USGS) show that little growth took place in Golden’s first ten years. – click to enlarge*

Our immediate company, known as the Boston company, which made the journey together, comprising seven members who had left the “Hub” late in March, crossed the Missouri at St. Joe on April 1st… Upon our arrival here there were perhaps half a dozen small outfits encamped along the banks of the creek, some of them already preparing to push farther on into the mountains, packing their belongings upon ponies, and even upon the backs of their oxen, as at that time no roads had been opened into or through their rugged fastnesses. This circumstance struck us at once as evidence that if the mines which had at that time been discovered should amount to anything, this as a location for transfer of goods, would be just the place for a town.

Early residents of Golden gathered at the Boston Company store, located in what is now Parfet Park – click to enlarge

Lots were selected by the Boston company and a party sent to the mountains to prepare the timbers for a substantial building, as there was at that time no lumber to be had in the country. Logs were cut and hewn and hauled to the site selected, and a substantial log building, two stories in height was erected as rapidly as possible. It was the first business house to be completed and occupied in the town, and as an evidence of its merit it is standing today, in good repair…all the windows intact with their 10×12 glass the largest to be had when the structure was built…..

In an earlier description, written in 1877, General West reported that their campsite had been “upon the ground now occupied by Fitzpatrick flouring mill.” Today, that spot at 11th and Washington is occupied by the Golden Hotel.

The Golden Transcript (originally called the Colorado Transcript) has been publishing since 1866. The Golden History Museum has been working on digitizing the historic issues. You’ll find old Transcripts online at coloradohistoricnewspapers.org.