Rails and Cocktails, D&D, and Golden’s Missing Dino

Guy Hill Schoolhouse and its outhouse with Castle Rock in the background — *Golden Eye Candy – Richard Luckin – Guy Hill School in the Morning – enlarge*

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WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?

Miners Alley Playhouse presenting I Have Hamet, March 31- April 23, 2023

CSM Track and Field Kit Mayer Invite @ Colorado School of Mines
6-6:55AM HIIT (Virtual)
8:30-9:30AM Power Training (Virtual)
10AM Wild West Walking Tour
10AM and 1PM Wild West Short Tour
10:15-10:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library
10:30AM The Friday Tour @ Colorado Railroad Museum
11AM CSM Softball – Orediggers vs. MSU Denver @ Joe Coors, Jr. Softball Field
12-12:55PM All Levels Yoga (Virtual)
1PM CSM Softball – Orediggers vs. MSU Denver @ Joe Coors, Jr. Softball Field
1-1:45PM Silver Sneakers Yoga (Virtual)
1:30PM The Friday Tour @ Colorado Railroad Museum
3PM Vaccine, License & Microchip Clinic @ Foothills Animal Shelter
3-5PM Dungeons & Dragons Hangout @ Golden Library
4PM Wild West Pub Crawl
4-7PM Family Climb Night @ American Mountaineering Center

7-8:30PM Colorado Rails and Cocktails @ Colorado Railroad Museum
7:30PM I Hate Hamlet @ Miners Alley Playhouse (through April 23)

EASTER ALERTS

Bronze statue of a bike racer dressed in an Easter Bunny suit - Golden, Colorado - photo by Bud Rockhill — *The Easter Bunny’s on the way! – Bud Rockhill – enlarge*

Reminder: Easter Egg Hunts are BYOB (Bring Your Own Basket)

Saturday
10AM Golden Family Easter Egg Hunt @ Parfet Park
10AM-12PM Make an Easter Centerpiece @ Morris & Mae

Sunday
10AM Easter Egg Hunt @ The Golden Mill
11:15-11:45AM Easter Egg Hunt @ Golden 1st United Methodist Church

LIVE MUSIC

5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom
5-8PM Cool Shade @ Goosetown Station
5:30-8:30PM Tyler Ballantyne’s Bluegrass Extravaganza Day 1 – The Bullpen Bluegrass @ Over Yonder

7-10PM Chris Child @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)

7PM Sons of Genesis | Project Foreigner @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)

7-10PM Mad Dog Blues @ Morris & Mae
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern

GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT

children playing on the dinosaur mascot at Sinclair gas station - Golden, CO — *Riding Dino at the Sinclair station, 12th and Ford – enlarge*

57 Years Ago
The front page of the April 7, 1966 Colorado Transcript shows children playing on Dino, the mascot at the Sinclair gas station.

According to the Oil Company’s website, Sinclair started using dinosaurs in their advertising in the 1930s. The dinosaur association was immediately popular. The company had several life-sized fiberglass dinosaurs fabricated for display at the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair. After the fair closed, the dinosaurs went on a nationwide tour.

In the mid-1960s, smaller fiberglass dinosaurs began appearing at Sinclair stations across the country–like the one in the photograph above! It was probably new at the time, making it front page-worthy.

Fiberglass dinosaur at the Golden, Colorado Sinclair station, 2017 - Google Street Images — *Dinosaur at the Golden Sinclair, 12th and Ford, in 2017 – Google Street Images*

Golden’s Sinclair had a Dino until a few years ago. It appeared in Google Street Images through 2017, but was gone by December of 2018.

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!