WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?
8AM Saturday Morning Run and Social Walk @ Golden History Park
8-8:55AM Tai Chi (Virtual)
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
10:15AM Family Time @ Golden Library
12-12:45PM Quick Class: Eggs – Beyond Breakfast @ Natural Grocers
1-4PM Wild West Pub Crawl
7:30-10PM Get Into the Groove @ PranaTonic
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LIVE MUSIC
10AM-4:30PM Colorado Cowboy Gathering | A Festival of Western Music, Poetry, and Story-telling – Matinee Performances @ Buffalo Rose
and
7:30-10PM Colorado Cowboy Gathering | A Festival of Western Music, Poetry, and Story-telling – Evening Performances @ Buffalo Rose
12-3PM Johnny O @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom
5-9PM Live Music @ Bridgewater Grill
5:30-8:30PM Bunny Blake @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
7PM Dave Frisk and Friends @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
7PM Hot Breakfast Club @ Golden Moon Speakeasy
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT
58 Years Ago
The January 13, 1966 Colorado Transcript reported that Mountain State Telephone was opening their newly remodeled and expanded building at 1313 Washington Avenue, giving us “one of the most modern and complete offices in the area…. Golden’s telephone office has everything now except touch tone phones…and we may even have that by 1967.” The new building had all of the switches for Golden and Lookout Mountain as well as a business office. At that time, Golden had 8600 subscribers.
Golden got telephone service in 1879. At that time, the phone company office was in the Dougherty building at 1112 Washington Ave (map). Golden’s first subscribers were C.L. Palmer (a farmer), the Adolph Coors Brewery, the Everett Bank, the Golden Fire Department, Jefferson County Bank, Valley smelting works, Golden Smelting Works, French Smelting Works, Elmus Smith grocery, Fred Taft’s store,the manager of one of the smelters, and the Colorado Central Railroad.
Early telephones were powered up by turning a crank on the telephone. In 1926, we upgraded to a new type of “common battery” service, which meant that the phone was on as soon as the receiver was lifted. By that time, the phone company equipment had moved to the Everett Bank building (now Goozell Yogurt).
In 1955, we upgraded again, to dial phones. Dials allowed people to place their own calls, without involving an operator. By that time, the phone company had its own building, at 1313 Washington Avenue (now Bent Gate). This building was expanded and remodeled several times over the years, as equipment was upgraded and new subscribers were added.
In 1972, the business office was moved to a separate location on 14th Street, to make room for more equipment at 1313 Washington Ave. Golden was growing a lot at that time, and the phone company needed to serve new areas, such as Heritage Dells, the Golden Ridge Apartments, and Apple Meadows.
In 1973, the company moved their equipment to a new and much larger building at 19th and Jackson Streets. By that time, they had eliminated the Golden business office and instead encouraged people to pay their phone bills at Foss Drug.
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!
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