Town & Gown, Powder Bash, and an Attempted Burglary

*Golden Eye Candy – Joyce Davell – Never Too Early to Start Tanning – enlarge*

Monthly Appeal

March is drawing to a close. Considering that winter didn’t really start until the December 31st snowstorm, I’m surprisingly anxious for spring.

This past month I’ve covered Prohibition, Depression, the Dust Bowl, the birth and death of businesses, construction and demolition of buildings, tourism, industries, burglaries, crime and punishment, sewers, and roadways…oh yes, and the CoorsTek rezoning, Heart of Golden, retail marijuana, retention of public records, and the City’s hiring plans.

Many thanks to the people who sponsored this email for the month of March! If you enjoy the Eye Candy, the events, the descriptions of upcoming city meetings, and the Golden History, please consider sponsoring us for April–or contributing a small amount on a monthly basis. Click here to find out how.

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Barb Warden
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Virtual Events

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Real World Events

9AM Golden Walks – Wednesday Morning Celebrating Life @ Golden Library
9:15-9:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library – WAITLIST

12-2PM Golden Town & Gown @ Colorado School of Mines
4-5PM Gardening and Kites @ Golden Library – FULL

5-9PM Spring Powder Bash at the Golden Mill
6PM Pong Night @ Coda Brewing
7PM Trivia Night @ Trailhead Taphouse

Live Music

5-8PM Robby Peoples @ Golden Mill
6PM Live Music @ Miners Saloon
6:30PM Open Jam/Mic at Over Yonder Brewing

Golden History Moment

*Excerpt from the 1882 Birdseye View Map – enlarge*

141 Years Ago
The March 30, 1881 Colorado Transcript included a column of business news.

The Cambria Fire Brick works were planning to add on to their facility. The new space would allow them to make 10,000 bricks per day. They would be adding two new kilns and an additional smokestack.

Burglars had attempted to rob the Golden Mill the previous Sunday morning. Nearby residents had heard two explosions and afterwards saw “three suspicious looking characters” hurrying across the Ford street bridge.

Later that morning, the proprietor’s son discovered their Mosler, Bahmann & Co. safe partially blown. After using gunpowder, the burglars had used a sledgehammer, but they were unable to breach the safe.

*Excerpt from the 1886 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, showing the mill (upper left) and the blacksmith shop (lower right)*

It was later discovered that the sledgehammer had been stolen from the nearby blacksmith shop, where the owner found his door broken.

The business news ended with this perky announcement:

Small-Pox
Fresh vaccine virus just received at
DR. KELLY’S

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!