Soccer, Walking Tour, JSO Season Opener, and a Stone Stable

*Golden Eye Candy – Liz Erickson – Fall at Fossil Trace – enlarge*

What’s Happening in Golden Today?

9-10:15AM Align and Flow (Virtual)
9:30-11:30AM Full Walking Tour @ Dinosaur Ridge
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
2:30-4:30PM Textile Society @ Golden Library
12PM CSM Women’s Soccer – WSOC vs UCCS @ Stermole Soccer Stadium

12:30-2:30PM Ofrendas 2022: Huichol Yarn Painting Workshop @ Foothills Art Center
2:30-4:30PM Textile Society @ Golden Library
2:30PM CSM Men’s Soccer – MSOC vs. UCCS @ Stermole Soccer Stadium

3-5PM Jefferson Symphony Orchestra Season Opener @ Green Center

Internationally acclaimed artist, MASAKAZU ITO, returns to our concert hall for an enchanting collaboration—Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez.

Lili Boulanger’s D’un matin de printemps channels the aesthetic of Debussy while depicting the rapid progression of spring through changing moods and vivid soundscapes.

Béla Bartók, wrote his iconic Concerto for Orchestra within the span of two months. Folk rhythms and dance melodies burst from every instrument on stage.

Concert Program
AARON COPLAND – Fanfare for the Common Man
LILI BOULANGER – D’un matin de printemps
JOAQUÍN RODRIGO – Concierto de Aranjuez
BÉLA BARTÓK – Concerto for Orchestra

Live Music

11AM-2PM Scot Slay @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
2PM Keith Hicks @ Golden Mill
2PM Dave Frisk and Band @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
3PM Jewel & the Rough @ Wrigley’s

4-7PM CW Wooten @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
4PM John Walker @ Over Yonder
8PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern

Golden History Moment

*Livery Stable on Jackson Street, built in 1870 – Golden History Museum Collection – Click to enlarge*

The August 17, 1870 Colorado Transcript announced that “Mr. Doolittle’s splendid stone stable is receiving the roof, and will be ready for occupancy in a few days…. When fairly settled in his new quarters he will have as fine a livery stable outfit a the most fastidious could require. We commend his enterprise.”

*Excerpt from the 1919 Sanborn Insurance Map of Golden – Click to enlarge*. *The livery stable would have been across Jackson Street from the (current) downtown parking garage.*

Doolittle built up a fine fleet of vehicles, including the only Hearse in Golden. He operated the stable for ten years and sold it in 1880. The business went through several owners, including Lake & Covey (1880-1884), Jud Fowler (1884-1886), Fenn (1886-1888), John Williams (1888), and Elwood & Hiskey (1888). C. W. Lake bought the business in 1889, and for the next 22 years it was owned at various times by either C. W. Lake or Joseph Dennis or the partnership of Lake & Dennis.

*Dennis & Cunningham being used as a set in a movie. Joseph Dennis and Shorty Cunningham both appeared in the movie! Golden History Museum Collection – Click to enlarge*

In 1901, Lake moved on and Dennis took a new partner–“Shorty” Cunningham. Dennis & Cunningham ran the business until 1911. Cunningham then ran it alone until 1915.

By 1917, automobiles were becoming widespread enough that livery (rental of horses and carriages/wagons) was a dying industry. The March 8, 1917 Colorado Transcript announced that the horses, carriages, harness, etc. had been sold at auction. The article remarks that the sale “probably marks the end of the livery business in Golden.” For the next several decades, the building was used as a gas/service station.

In 1959, the old stone building was torn down. The stone was hauled away by the Colorado Central Power company and used for rip-rap at one of their buildings along the South Platte.

Thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and thanks to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!