Virtual Golden
10:15AM Toddler Time with the Library
1-2:30PM Zoom into Watercolor with Janet Nunn
Have a resolution to paint more in 2021? The Foothills Art Center will be having a weekly Zoom class with Janet Nunn. Each week is a new class. You can sign up for all six classes or pick and choose your class each week. We will have a supply list and a lesson plan so you will have plenty of time to prepare for the class. In the classes we will be using the Dr. Ph. Martin’s Hydrus Watercolors, along with a few fun painting items like plastic wrap, wax paper, a basting brush, and a few other items from around the house. Here is a detailed supply list so you can make sure you have everything for the classes. $50 members / $80 non members Register
6-7:30PM Let’s Talk – Self-Help and Self-Improvement
Talk books with JCPL! Each month the group will focus on a different genre with a special guest co-host from our passionate and knowledgeable library staff. Join the chat to talk about your recent favorite reads and discover great new books and authors. Today’s book: Self-Help and Self-Improvement Save your spot for this Zoom program.
Real World Golden
The Governor has declared us to be at “Level Orange,” which means that dining in is “in” again! Learn more….
10AM-12PM and 1PM-3PM Hexie Ladies – English Paper Piecing Group
Attendee size will be limited to six students, and we will be offering two different time slots: 10:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Please join other paper piecing enthusiasts for a fun get-together and educational opportunity to learn, explore, and develop your skills with English Paper Piecing! Meeting is held the first Tuesday of each month.
Save your seat by calling the Gift Shop at 303-277-0377. Everyone is welcome whether you are just starting out and want to learn the various techniques or are an advanced sewer skilled in paper piecing techniques. Bring your projects to “Show & Tell” or ask for helpful suggestions.
Get excited and involved in this hand-piecing technique which is enjoying a healthy resurgence. From simple hexagons to the more complicated Millefiore patterns, you will find help and guidance. The museum gift shop sells all the supplies you need as well as wonderful fabrics from our fabric collections. NO COST TO ATTEND More information
Golden History Moment
The City of Denver began installing a sewer system in the late 1870s. Much of ceramic pipe used for that system was manufactured in Golden, using our local clay.
Golden itself was slower to embrace the idea of a city-wide sewer system. Our early efforts were privately financed pipes that led straight to Clear Creek. Once there, the raw sewage was discharged directly into the Creek.
In 1879, Golden’s leaders were anxious to get a first class, modern hotel. Apparently one critical element of this hotel would be indoor plumbing, rather than outhouses. The Transcript described how this could be achieved:
A suitable location can now be secured on the principal street here, from which a sewer pipe to the creek can easily and cheaply be laid.
Colorado Transcript, March 26, 1879
Mr. Staples, who owned a tailor shop and residence at Washington Avenue and 1st Street (now 11th) installed a sewer pipe from his building to the creek in 1885.
The same year, the Transcript connected to the hotel’s sewer pipe to discharge the waste water from their motor.
In 1893, the county commissioners paid $200 to install a sewer pipe from the courthouse down to meet with the hotel’s sewer. Property owners along the line also contributed to the cost, so they too could connect to the line.
West of Washington Avenue, there was a combination of buried sewer pipes and open runs.
A February 24, 1886 Transcript article describes John Nicholl’s lovely home on 14th Street and mentions that “The bath-room, lavatories, sinks, etc., as well as the yards, are drained through lines of sewer pipe leading to the street gutter in front.”
A February 27, 1895 article discusses “…the proposed sewer from the School to Clear Creek. This improvement is very much needed as at present all the drainage is passed down through the city in the open run leading thence to the creek.”
Until 1896, the State Industrial School (now the Lookout Mountain Youth Services Center – map) discharged its waste into Kinney Run, which eventually carried it to Clear Creek. Residents in the Ford Street neighborhood disliked having the open sewer run past their houses.
By the turn of the century, the need for a city-wide underground sewer system was becoming clear. To be continued….
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!
Coronavirus Update
Public Health References
CDC * Colorado * Jefferson County * City of Golden
Jefferson County is at Level Orange, “High Risk.” Here’s the most recent Coronavirus report from Jeffco Public Health’s Case Summary Page:
Cases in Jeffco – Thurs: 29,640 | Mon: 30,326 (+686)
Deaths in Jeffco – Thurs: 637 | Mon: 651 (+14)
Currently Hospitalized in Jeffco – Thurs: 191 | Mon: 141 (-50)
Known Cases in Golden – Thurs: 1110 * | Mon: 1127 * (+17) *
Recovered – Weds: 27,181 | Mon: 27,883 (+702)
* Golden cases are updated on Monday and Thursday. The other stats are updated Monday through Friday.
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