Trails, Dinosaurs, Quilts, and (Literally) Too Much Fun

*Golden Eye Candy – Jen Rutter – Sunrise – click to enlarge*

COVID Updates

37.2% — *% of Jeffco residents (16+) who have received either one or both shots – source*

Colorado has entered Phase 1B.4 of the vaccine distribution which opens eligibility up to those 50 years of age and older, as well as many frontline workers in education, food services, agriculture and those 16 – 49 with one high-risk factor. For a complete list of who is eligible in Phase 1B.4, as well as resources for finding and booking a vaccine appointment, visit www.Jeffco.us/covid-vaccine

Appointments to Get the COVID Vaccine (Eligibility)
State of Colorado’s Find Out Where You Can Get Vaccinated page | Lutheran Medical Center | JCPH Clinic in Arvada (70+ only) | www.vaccinespotter.org/CO/

Jefferson County Public Health’s COVID-19 Vaccine Call Center: 303-239-7000 | State Hotline to answer questions, including location of vaccine providers: 1-877-268-2926. It is staffed 24 hours a day

Golden Testing Sites
Mines COVID Testing | Jeffco Fairgrounds COVID Testing

Jefferson County Case Summary:
Cases in Jeffco – Thurs: 39,862 | Fri: 39,981 (+119)
Deaths in Jeffco – Thurs: 776 | Fri: 774 (-2) *
Currently Hospitalized in Jeffco – Thurs: 21 | Fri: 15 (-6)
Recovered – Thurs: 38,049 | Fri: 38,121 (+72)
Known Cases in Golden – Mon: 1605 | Thurs: 1637
* When the “Deaths” number decreases, it’s usually because they changed a “cause of death” to something other than COVID.

Real World Events

Saturday Train Rides, 10AM-3PM – photo courtesy of the Railroad Museum

10AM-3PM Saturday Train Rides at the Railroad Museum
11AM-2PM Brunch at the Rose
11AM-8PM 1 Year Anniversary at Roaming Buffalo BBQ
12-2:30PM Walk With a Geologist @ Dinosaur Ridge
1-3PM Color & Composition with Lea McComas

7:30PM LIVE MUSIC: Homeslice at the Buffalo Rose

Golden History Moment

*Early photo of the Lariat Loop – click to enlarge*

107 Years Ago
The March 26, 1914 Colorado Transcript featured a story titled “Students Have Close Call When Powder Explodes.” The Lariat Loop Road was under construction at that time, and two freshmen from the School of Mines were out exploring the project on a Saturday. It was a chilly day, and when they reached an empty blacksmith shop the decided to light a fire in the forge.

Once the fire was going, they decided to heat a piece of iron to white hot, then wack it over the anvil. The white hot end of the iron bar flew off and landed on a can of black powder.

Recognizing the disaster about to happen, they plunged out the door, but hadn’t gone far when the explosion occurred. One boy had burns “along his full length.” The other “plunged headfirst into a snowbank, and the exposed part of his anatomy was blistered. The boys at his fraternity house have rigged up a shelf for him, as he will have to eat his meals standing up for a time.”

Many 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!