What’s Happening in Golden Today?
9AM Public Art Commission Meeting @ City Hall
The PAC will consider potential projects and initiatives for 2023. They will also discuss a schedule to when they will hear community proposals for new art projects (probably April and October).
9:15-9:45AM Baby Time @ Golden Library
10-10:30AM Call In: Mid-Morning Meditation (Virtual)
6PM Run Club @ Runners Roost
6-7PM Ukulele Thursdays @ Golden Library
Live Music
5-8PM Josh Blackburn @ Golden Mill
6PM Carl DiFederico @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
6PM Cool Shade @ New Terrain Brewing
8PM Karaoke @ Rock Rest Lodge
Golden History Moment
117 Years Ago
The July 5, 1905 Colorado Transcript viewed the previous year with satisfaction. The population was increasing, the number of farms was multiplying, and many new enterprises had been launched.
A new electric rail line–the Denver & Northwestern–had opened between Denver and Golden, making nineteen round trips on normal days and more on heavy travel days. This convenient transportation was encouraging development between the two towns.
Land along the line is being cut up into small garden tracts and there will soon be an almost continuous row of residences reaching from Denver to Golden.
The previous winter had been dry, so early crops such as strawberries had been mediocre, but later the ditches had filled and there were bumper crops of fruit, grain, and alfalfa. Livestock was flourishing. Jefferson County was estimated to have 5,000 horses, 3,000 sheep, and 15,000 cattle. Dairy farms were producing quantities of milk and butter. Italian settlers were focusing on “fancy” produce, running truck farms and selling their produce in Denver. “…most of them are getting rich by growing celery, tomatoes, beans, onions and small fruits.”
Industry was thriving. Coors had make improvements to their brewery. Two dredges were at work, looking for gold in the bed of Clear Creek. The Leyden coal mine had increased production and several smaller mines had opened. The Golden Smelter was running steadily.
Things were going well in town too: Golden had a fine new water supply, bringing pure water from Beaver Brook. Several handsome homes had recently been constructed, and Stratton Hall and the power plant had both been built on the School of Mines campus.
The Transcript was pleased with the year that had just ended, and predicting more of the same in 1905!
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!
