Virtual Events
8:30-9:25AM Silver Sneakers Classic
10AM Mid-Morning Meditation
10-10:55AM All Levels Yoga
10:15AM Preschool Time with the Library
11-11:55AM Silver Sneakers Circuit
3PM Hard Times Writing Workshop
5:30-6:25PM HIIT & Sculpt
6-7PM Qs and Brews Trivia
6-7:30PM Colorado School of Mines, The Early Years (available both online and in-person)
Real World Events
7:30AM Golden Young Professionals Monthly Membership Meeting @ Golden Visitors Center
5PM VIBE@Five @ Sunflower Bank
5-9PM Bike Night @ Avalanche Harley Davidson
5PM Wanderfest – 5th Anniversary Weekend Begins @ New Terrain Brewing
6PM Fun Run @ Runners Roost
6-9PM Mini Paint Night @ Golden Game Guild
6-8PM Opening Reception | Nature: the Visual Map @ Foothills Art Center
6-7:30PM Colorado School of Mines, The Early Years (available both online and in-person)
7PM Parks, Recreation and Museums Advisory Board Meeting @ City Hall
The City ran a survey to see what the public thought of this summer’s Clear Creek management The PRAM board will go through the survey results tonight. The results are not included in the packet. The History Museum director will present a list of artifacts that the museum intends to deaccession (get rid of). The list is available on the museum’s website. The items will be sold through an auction house in Littleton. Staff will provide an update on the Golden Open Space master plan.
Live Music
5PM Bruce Cole @ Wrigley’s
6PM Todd Sheaffer w/special guests Chris Thompson & Friends @ New Terrain Brewing
6PM Open Pick Night @ Over Yonder Brewing
7PM The Lowroad @ Columbine Cafe
8PM Karaoke @ Rock Rest Lodge
Golden History Moment
73 Years Ago
The September 16, 1948 Colorado Transcript announced that Golden Bus Service would begin the following Monday. The operator, Dick Loyd, intended to have his bus on display at 13th and Washington on Saturday the 18th, and would give free rides to all comers that day.
Loyd planned to alternate between a north and a south route, both starting at 13th and Washington. Each loop would take 15 minutes. The fare would be 10 cents for adult and 5 cents for children and high school students. The bus would operate from 6:25AM until 11:30PM.
The service got off to a good start. The following week’s Transcript reported that kids were enjoying riding the bus, women were organizing sight seeing parties, and the merchants were pleased to have bus service into downtown.
Apparently, once the novelty wore off, ridership dropped. The following March, a notice appeared in the paper that the Golden Bus Service would be discontinued due to lack of community support.
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!
