Real World Events
8AM New and Prospective Member Hike @ Apex Trail
9AM-4PM What Makes Painting with Watercolor So H̶a̶r̶d̶ Fun? With Steve Griggs @ Foothills Art Center
9:30AM-12PM Walk With a Geologist @ Dinosaur Ridge
10AM-3PM Harvest Haunt @ Colorado Railroad Museum
10AM-2PM GHS COED Varsity Cheer Team Fundraiser – Paint Recycling Event
Got old paint? Drop off your old paint at Bell Middle School (map). Paint drop-off is free. Voluntary cash donations will support the GHS Cheer Team. Please: Stay in your car | Turn off your engine | Pop your trunk
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
10:15AM Family Time @ Golden Library
11AM and 1PM The Legend of Sleepy Hollow @ Miners Alley Playhouse
11AM-3PM Knife Sharpening Event @ 94 DeFrance Way (map)
Sharpen your blades with Hello Sharpness. It’ll be a beautiful day to get your knives and tools sharpened.
11AM-3PM Hogoween @ Avalanche Harley-Davidson
1-3PM Oktoberfest @ Miners Saloon
1-5PM Fall Chili Fest @ Barrels & Bottles Camp George West
1-8:30PM A Tiny Story Fest
Live, In-Person Storytelling is back! RockyMountain Storytelling presents a new event, structured for current times – with a view towards our future. Come bask in LIVE, IN-PERSON STORYTELLING once again!
2-4PM RHDV Vaccine Clinic for Rabbits
7-9PM Talking Dead Pub Crawl @ Golden Hotel
7:30PM The Crucible @ Miners Alley Playhouse
8PM Golden Ghosts and Spirits Tour – SOLD OUT
Live Music
11AM Scott Slay @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage – outdoor patio)
2-5PM Dan Buller’s Swing Aggregate @ Golden Mill
5PM Matt Weatherbee and the Gnarbillys / The Misfits Cover Band !! Halloween Haunting @ Goosetown Station
7PM Mostly Harmless Duo @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage – outdoor patio)
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
Golden History Moment
102 Years Ago
The October 23, 1919 Colorado Transcript told a gruesome tale. Two ranch hands were riding in Coal Creek Canyon when a human skull rolled across the trail in front of them. Looking up, they spotted a headless body seated in a pine tree overhead.
The coroner was summoned. With considerable difficulty, he removed the body from the tree and brought it back to Golden. He concluded that death had been caused by suicide. There was a rope in the tree, and the man had evidently tied one end to a branch and the other around his neck, then jumped to his death. When the head eventually detached, the body dropped and caught in a fork of the tree: that’s how he came to rest in a sitting position.
Based on the state of the teeth and hair, the coroner believed the man to have been 55-60 years old. He was dressed in heavy winter clothing and gloves, so the coroner speculated that he had been in the tree since the previous winter. There was no identification, but the man was carrying a silver watch.
Within a few days, they tracked down the man’s widow in Denver. She identified her husband by his clothing and watch. She said he had been unemployed and “despondent.” He had left home to look for work on the 9th of April and had not returned.
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!
