WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?
9-10AM Western Heritage Days – Photos with Clydes in front of the Buffalo Rose
Saddle up for a taste of the Wild West in Golden during Western Heritage Days! Start by snapping a pic in front of a team of Clydesdales Don’t miss the charm and excitement of these unforgettable Western experiences!
11AM-3PM Western Heritage Month: Live Theater Wagon Rides Downtown
Fresh from their triumphant appearance at Denver’s Stock Show Parade, Clydesdales Todd and Wallace will be offering wagon rides from 11AM-3PM. Board at 12th and Washington, next to the Old Capitol Grill.
8AM Saturday Morning Run and Social Walk @ Golden History Park
8-8:55AM Tai Chi (Virtual)
9AM-4PM Quick Start Quilting for Newbies @ Golden Quilt Company
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
10:15AM Family Time @ Golden Library
10:30AM-3PM Sewing Bee @ First Presbyterian Church of Golden
1-4PM Nature Journal Club: Winter Nature Journaling @ Lookout Mountain Nature Center
Learn tips for sketching common cold-weather subjects such as snow, ice, conifers, and animal tracks. Then head outdoors to record winter observations in your nature journal. All ages. Instruction will be geared for adults, but children who are interested in art are welcome to attend with an adult. Parents, please make sure to monitor your children’s energy and interest levels during club outings to ensure that their behavior is conducive to a positive learning environment for everyone.
4-8PM Western Heritage Month: Rodeo Night @ The Golden Mill
Put on those cowboy boots and get ready for a rip-roaring good time that will have cowboys and cowgirls hootin’ and hollerin’ all night long. We will have a mechanical bull from 4-8 pm with prizes for the longest time. And music from Shawn Eckels from 5-8 PM
4-5:30PM Cocktail Class @ State 38 Distilling
6:30-7:30PM Soundbath @ PranaTonic
7:30PM Misery @ Miners Alley Performing Arts Center
Paul Sheldon is “rescued” from a horrible car crash by his number one fan, nurse Annie Wilkes. Annie takes the famous romance novelist prisoner and insists on treating him at her rural Colorado home. Then she reads his latest manuscript, and discovers he’s killed off her favorite character, Misery Chastain! When Annie forces Paul to do some major rewrites, Paul must write as though his life depends on it. Because it does. A chilling edge-of-your-seat thriller that balances dark comedy with psychodrama. Age recommendation: 17 and older
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LIVE MUSIC
12-3PM Southside Mike @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
5-9PM Live Music @ Bridgewater Grill
5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom
5-8PM Shawn Eckles @ Golden Mill
5:30-8:30PM Amanda Hawkins @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
8PM HomeSlice @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT
149 Years Ago
The January 20, 1875 Colorado Transcript reported that the region had been experiencing severe winter weather, but Golden was doing just fine.
During the recent cold spell the advantage of a home supply of good coal was made perceptible to our people, for while the price in Denver went up to $7.00 per ton, it remained steadily at $5.00 in Golden, including the cost of delivery.
The coal mines were good local employers, with 40 men employed at the time of writing and more to be hired soon. It was a great advantage for Golden’s railroad and industries to have a good local supply of coal, and all were anxious for the Golden mines to continue expanding.
The work of opening new chambers is being rapidly pushed, as the daily output of the mine must reach 100 tons before the present local, railroad and mountain demand can be fully met. They are now raising about fifty tons per day, but this output will be constantly increased as development progresses.
The winter storms had affected trains arriving from the east. The Transcript reported that a Kansas Pacific train had taken eleven days to get from Kansas City to Denver because of a snow “blockade.” The Union Pacific, which went through Nebraska, had also experienced weather delays, but theirs were a matter of hours, not days.
If any one in town has reason to congratulate himself it is Elmus Smith, upon his trade for the first weeks of the new year. He fortunately had a large and varied stock of all kinds of staple and fancy groceries when the blockade commenced, and has been able to supply all of his customers. Now that the blockade is raised he will commence receiving another big stock, fresh and nice, in a day or two. Mr. Smith thoroughly understands his business and the wants of his customers, a fortunate circumstance for the people of Golden and vicinity.
The cold snap had started on January 3rd and ended abruptly on January 13th. Edward Berthoud was the town’s unofficial weather-watcher, and he reported that the temperature went from five below zero at 6PM to 42 degrees above zero at 7PM–a 47 degree difference in the span of an hour!
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!
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