WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?
This is the last day for downtown holiday celebrations.
Annual Holiday Outdoor Market @ Dirty Dogs
8AM Saturday Morning Run and Social Walk @ Golden History Park
9AM-12PM Winter Survival Class @ Golden History Park
10AM Wild West Walking Tour
10AM-5PM Holiday Art Market @ Foothills Art Center
10AM-3PM Breakfast and Photos with Santa @ Avalanche Harley Davidson
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
10AM-3PM Mines Football Watch Party @ The Golden Mill
We are opening the doors at 10 AM this Saturday to watch our #1 Colorado School of Mines Football team play for the DII National Championship. The weather will be beautiful (54º and
), and we will have a GIANT outdoor tv to watch the game and multiple indoor TVs. There will be happy hour from 10 AM – 3 PM on our tap wall, breakfast burritos, Blaster Bloody Marys being served out in our yard, and Blaster Pale Ale from New Terrian Brewing will be flowing. The real-life Blaster the Burrow will be here! Make sure to get here early to get a photo!
10:15AM Family Time @ Golden Library
10:30AM-3PM Sewing Bee @ First Presbyterian Church of Golden
11AM Jingle on the Avenue @ Washington Avenue
11AM – 4:30PM Orediggers National Championship Watch Party @ Morris and Mae
The Orediggers are in the National Championship! Come watch with us on our massive screen and stadium seating! BOGO beers for anyone decked out in CSM football gear to show support!
11AM and 1PM Children’s Theater – The Story of the Nutcracker @ Miners Alley Playhouse
12-2PM Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides @ 12th Street
12-12:45PM Fight Back Against Stress @ Natural Grocers
12-3PM Pottery Studio Sale @ Foothills Animal Shelter
1PM Wild West Pub Crawl
1-3PM Kids Christmas Party and Post White Elephant @ VFW Post 4171 (map)
Kids Christmas Party. Come and lend the Post and Santa a hand in bringing some joy to local families. Post White Elephant at 5PM. Bring a gift around $20 to participate. Pot Luck – bring some great food to share.
2-3:30PM Dancing in the Schoolhouse @ Golden History Museum
Learn the polka and country dancing in the Guy Hill Schoolhouse in the Golden History Park from dance teacher Mary Eiberger. Just like the pioneers and ranchers of the 1800s, we’ll be using the schoolhouse as a dance hall for the holidays! Anyone under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Space is limited so don’t wait to sign up! Mary has been a high school math and science teacher and tutor for 33 years. She also loves to teach others to country and West Coast Swing dance. She started competing in Polka dancing at the age of five, and she has competed for many years in West Coast Swing dancing.
2-9PM Ugly Sweater Party & Whiskey Tasting @ Goosetown Station
3PM Christmas Cookie Decorating @ Windy Saddle
6-10PM Kringle Mingle @ The Golden Mill
7:30PM The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical @ Miners Alley Performing Arts Center
7:30PM A Christmas Story @ Miners Alley Playhouse
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LIVE MUSIC
11AM-2PM Southside Mike @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom
5-9PM Live Music @ Bridgewater Grill
7-10PM Adam Rey @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
7-9PM The Lookout Mountain Boys @ Cannonball Creek
7PM Frisk and Friends @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT
48 Years Ago
Do you recognize the structure shown in the photo above? That’s the gazebo that was–until about three years ago–in the back yard of the Astor House. The December 16, 1975 Colorado Transcript reports on its construction.
Gene Child of Golden Landmarks Association spearheaded the effort to rebuild a gazebo that had stood in the yard in the early 20th century. The gazebo was later turned into a storage shed, and remnants of the shed were still in the yard when the City acquired the property in 1972. Gene used those remnants to determine the dimensions of the original structure.
GLA received a $2,000 grant from the Colorado Centennial/Bicentennial Commission to fix up the “Golden Legislative Park” (backyard of the Astor House), including the gazebo. Gene appealed to Warren Tech school for carpentry help. The students built the structure at the school. The City moved it to the park, and Golden High School Key Club members provided the muscle to move it into position.
“I think it adds a lot to the park,” Childs said, wiping his brow after completing work on the gazebo. “On a nice day it will give somebody a good place to take a lunch break.”
After the Astor House Museum was dismantled, the little park went through a period when no one was claiming or maintaining it. It was filled with weeds and strewn with empty liquor bottles. When the City cleaned it up, they decided the gazebo was too attractive to partiers, so they removed it.
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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