New Park!
The fence is down at DeLong Park (map). There is a small playground and a pavilion with picnic tables. The City is planning a grand opening celebration, but the date hasn’t yet been set.
A group requested that this park be built and maintained without herbicides, and the city is trying it for a year. The experiment is dependent on volunteer weeders, and they are having a weeding party this Thursday, May 26th, between 8 and 10AM. For more information, contact Carol Cameron, goldenshealth@gmail.com.
Real World Events
Kinney Run Bird Walk with the Stewards of Golden Open Space
9AM Keg Konditioning @ The Golden Mill
Join Unite Fitness at the Golden Mill for a FREE outdoor, all-levels workout series all summer long. Classes will be 45 minutes, an interval format, and use bands, bodyweight and KEGS! All participants get a free $7 pour in the Golden Mill and can enjoy restorative therapies from our partners Kore Regenerative Medicine and Restore Hyper Wellness. Register
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
10AM-4PM Adventure Tour @ Bentgate Mountaineering
11AM-10PM Rocky Mountain Tree Festival @ New Terrain
12-9PM 3rd Anniversary Celebration @ Over Yonder Brewing Company
12:15-1:15PM Bhakti for Brunch @ Pranatonic
2PM Blue Ridge @ Miners Alley Playhouse
Tree Limbs
The City of Golden has opened a tree limb collection point at at Golden Gate Canyon Road, just west of Newstar Way (map). This site is available for Golden residents who are cleaning up from the storm, and the collection site will be open for the next two weeks.
Live Music
12-1PM Liver Down the River @ New Terrain Brewing
1:30-2:30PM Buffalo Commons @ New Terrain Brewing
2PM Skool Daze @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
3-4PM Big Richard Band @ New Terrain Brewing
3PM Goodspeed @ Wrigley’s
4-7PM Derek Hall @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
4:30-6PM Rapidgrass @ New Terrain Brewing
8PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
Golden History Moment
144 Years Ago
The May22, 1878 Colorado Transcript announced that the Colorado Central Railroad had reached Central City. That was a major milestone for the Golden-based railroad.
The Colorado Central had been completed from Denver to Golden in September of 1870. It was convenient for to have rail transportation to Denver, but the real objective for the Colorado Central was to reach the rich mining towns in the mountains. The mountain line enabled Golden to sell our goods to the mountain towns, and to carry their ore to smelters in Golden and Denver. It was a boon to Golden’s economy and growing industrial base.
The railroad had been built as far as Black Hawk by 1872, but a nationwide depression from 1873-1878 put a 5 year halt on continued expansion. When the depression finally eased, the Colorado Central quickly finished the lines to Central City, Idaho Springs, and Georgetown.
Thanks to Dan Abbott for his books, Colorado Central Railroad and The Gilpin Railroad Era. Thanks also to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts and to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866.
