Hiking, Brunch, Music, and Flour

*Golden Eye Candy – Robert Saieg – South Table Mountain Wildlife – click to enlarge*

Real World Events

8AM New Member (Colorado Mountain Club) Hike: Apex Trail @ Apex Park
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose

Live Music

12PM Tangents at Goosetown Station
2PM Sedwho at Golden Mill
3PM Jewel and the Rough @ Wrigley’s
4PM Lionel Young Trio @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage – outdoor patio)
8PM Karaoke Contest at Ace Hi Tavern

Golden History Moment – Summer Reruns

Golden Mills, Part 2

*Rock Flour Mill, located at 9th and Cheyenne from 1867-1963 – Golden History Museum Collection – Click to enlarge*

The Rock Flour Mill opened in November of 1867. Many local farmers were growing wheat at that time, which often did well even on unirrigated land. The Mill purchased wheat by the bushel and sold the flour to regional grocery stores. Jonas Barber and his son Oscar owned and operated the mill from 1867-1884. At that point, the Colorado Milling and Elevator Company purchased the mill and upgraded it.

*Excerpt from the 1886 Sanborn Insurance Map – Click to enlarge*

The Rock Flour Mill was powered by a mill race–a channel of water diverted from Clear Creek. The mill race also powered the Golden Paper Mill, which was located just west of the Flour Mill.

*The Mill was powered by a flume of water diverted from Clear Creek – Golden History Museum Collection – Click to enlarge*

Flour milling was a somewhat seasonal business, subject to the grain harvest and the flow of water in the flume. The mill was actively producing flour into the 1930s, but then dropped out of the news, so I’m not sure when it was last used to grind flour. For many years after World War II, the building was used for storage and carpenter shops. It was razed in 1963. The flour mill’s warehouse was located on the other side of Cheyenne Street and is still there.

*The Rock Flour Mill’s warehouse, located at 8th and Cheyenne* – Photo from Google Maps

Thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and many thanks to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!