WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?
6-6:55AM Cardio Lift Interval (Virtual)
8-8:55AM Tai Chi (Virtual)
8:30-9:30AM Power Training (Virtual)
9AM Golden Walks – Wednesday Morning Celebrating Life @ Golden Library
10:15-10:45AM Outdoor Story Time @ Golden History Museum
10:15-10:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library
10-10:55AM All Levels Yoga (Virtual)
3-5PM Hard Times Writing Workshop (Virtual)
5:30PM Baby Goat Night @ New Terrain
6PM Books on Tap @ On Tap Credit Union
SEE THE COMPLETE CALENDAR OF EVENTS.
CITY MEETING
6:30PM Planning Commission Meeting @ City Hall
The Planning Commission were scheduled for a public hearing to discuss 2011 Mt. Zion Drive (where the owners hoped to encroach 5 feet, 5 inches into the setback for a new garage). The case has been withdrawn, so they will accept general public comment before moving into study session.
In the study session, they will discuss Form Zone Site Plans and the application of site improvement standards based on existing conditions on an already developed site. See the meeting packet for more information.
LIVE MUSIC
6-9PM Keith Wren @ The Buffalo Rose Sky Bar
6-9PM Live Music @ Miners Saloon
GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT
72 Years Ago
The September 6, 1951 Colorado Transcript announced the grand opening of a new Frontier service station at 10th and Washington. They planned a party for Saturday, September 8th, with “Cowboy entertainment” and balloons for the kids.
The service station had replaced Ed Furniss’s blacksmithing shop. Ed moved into that building in 1914. Beginning in 1922, he also operated a filling station on the site. Mr. Furniss retired in 1945, died in 1951 at the age of 80, and is buried in the Golden Cemetery.
Another blacksmith–Fred Bochatey–leased the shop beginning in 1945. Mr. Bochatey had been teaching blacksmithing at the Industrial School for several years. He died in 1949 at the age of 65 (and is also buried in the Golden Cemetery).
That corner had seen many businesses over the years. The historic Sanborn Insurance Maps show that the site had been occupied by a Flour & Feed Store (1886), “Oil Etc.” (1890), a Meat Market (1895), Grocery Store (1906 and 1911), the blacksmith shop (on the 1919 map), and finally the Frontier service station.
The Golden Chamber kept a Visitors Information booth there and the rest of the property served as a parking lot. During the summer of 1975, the City campground was closed. Visitors were allowed to camp in the parking lot at 10th and Washington. The amenities were less than ideal, but the sites were free, and the visitors liked that.
In 1995, a community-wide effort began to raise funds for a permanent Visitors Center and home for the Golden Chamber. The funds were raised and the Golden Visitors Center was built in 1997.
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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