WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?
Barrels & Bottles 10 Year Anniversary Celebration Begins @ Camp George West
6-6:55AM HIIT (Virtual)
8:30-9:30AM Power Training (Virtual)
10AM Wild West Walking Tour
10AM and 4PM Wild West Short Tour
10:15-10:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library
10:30AM The Friday Tour @ Colorado Railroad Museum
12PM CSM Softball – Orediggers vs. Colorado Mesa @ Joe Coors, Jr. Softball Field
12-12:55PM All Levels Yoga (Virtual)
1-1:45PM Silver Sneakers Yoga (Virtual)
1:30PM The Friday Tour @ Colorado Railroad Museum
2PM CSM Softball – Orediggers vs. Colorado Mesa @ Joe Coors, Jr. Softball Field
3PM Vaccine, License & Microchip Clinic @ Foothills Animal Shelter
3:30-4:30PM El Día de los Niños / Children’s Day Celebration @ Golden Library
5-7PM Fireside Chat on Protection Efforts @ Dinosaur Ridge
5-7PM Foothills Art Center Member Event @ The Mines Museum
Join us at the School of Mines Museum of Earth Science for appetizers and drinks while browsing their fascinating display of thousands of rocks, minerals, and fossils! The Mines Museum has the most extensive public collection of minerals from Colorado and many more exciting things to see.
6PM CSM Baseball – Orediggers vs. MSU Denver @ Jim Darden Field
7PM Student-Directed One Act Plays @ Golden High School
See the complete calendar of events.
LIVE MUSIC
5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom
5-8PM Kevin Supina Band @ Goosetown Station
6-10PM 2nd Time Around @ Wrigley’s
7-10PM Keith Wren @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
7-10PM Groove Mountains @ Morris & Mae
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT
86 Years Ago
The April 29, 1937 Colorado Transcript describes several Works Progress Administration projects happening in Golden at the time.
The new WPA field house was under construction on the School of Mines campus. As described by the Transcript:
Not only the athletic department will profit by this building, but other departments of the school as well. The Reserve Officers Training Corps, and splendid band, will be able, under the spacious roof of this building, to pass in review and stand at attention in full formation for inspection by officers of the regular U. S. army, when, as happened Friday due to inclement weather, if it impossible to parade at Brooks field. At no time during the winter need the young officers in training have to miss scheduled drills, when the field house with its 120 by 290 feet of open floor space has been completed.
The Central School (another WPA project) had recently opened on 12th Street, so the North School was ready to be either sold or demolished. The Junior Chamber of Commerce and Parent Teachers Association were circulating a petition asking the City to purchase the building, to be used “for community purposes.”
In the end, the County bought it for use as a Courthouse Annex. Part of the building was dedicated for use as a Jefferson County Museum. The museum was another WPA project. It survives to this day as the Golden History Museum.
The third WPA project featured in the paper was a new Washington Avenue bridge. The crew was hurrying to finish the bridge before spring run-off made the water level rise. Many Transcript articles of that era spent a paragraph or two reassuring readers that WPA workers were not “worthless loafers.” This article praises the hard-working crew and quotes the project foreman as saying “I’ll put this crew up against any ‘hire and fire’ outfit in the country.”
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!
