New Art, Edward Berthoud, and a Little Street

*Jesse Crock finished this newest piece on Miners Alley yesterday! It’s behind the Harrison Block, which includes Creekside Jewelers, Avenue Vision, and Del’s Tonsorial. Click to enlarge.*

Public Health References
CDC * Colorado * Jefferson County * City of Golden

JCPHD updates the Coronavirus statistics Monday through Friday at about 3 PM. The next update will be included in Tuesday’s post.

Virtual Golden

The following Golden churches have information about virtual services and/or sermons on their websites:

Calvary Episcopal Church – Golden Presbyterian – Faith Lutheran Church – First United Methodist Church – First Presbyterian Church – Flatirons Community Church – Golden Church of Christ – Hillside Community Church – Jefferson Unitarian Church – Rockland Community Church – St. Joseph Catholic Church

Virtual Golden Gallop – This is the last day to participate in the Golden Gallop…on your own time, at your own pace, in your own place.

Real World Golden

8AM-3:30PM Tree Limb Drop-Off
8:30-3PM Thomas the Tank Engine at the Railroad Museum – must buy advance tickets
9AM-2PM Brunch at the Rose
11AM Wild West Pub Crawl Tour
5PM Wild West Walking Tour

Live Music:
3PM Boomers at Wrigley’s

Topical/Ephemeral Art

Chris Davell sent this picture of artwork-in-progress at the West 8th Street Apartments. Artist Reggie is making a beautiful chalk portrait of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on Friday. Click to enlarge.

Golden History Moment

Edward Berthoud was a well-known engineer in Golden’s pioneer years. He laid out many of the railways in Colorado, and had both a town (map) and a mountain pass (map) named after him.

He also laid out an early plat for the town of Golden. Since he was laying out streets that didn’t yet exist, he had the privilege of coming up with many of the street names. He named streets for his wife, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law.

If you read my meeting agenda previews, you may remember that Paul Haseman recently asked the Historic Preservation Board to honor “founding mother” Helen Berthoud by posting a plaque in her honor on Maple Street, which was called “Helen Street” on Berthoud’s original street grid.

*Kate Street, shown on the 1895 Sanborn Fire Map – click to enlarge*

Richard Gardener recently told me of another street named after one of Berthoud’s in-laws: Kate Street. Who was Kate? She was Berthoud’s niece, who was 4 years old at the time he laid out the streets.

Where was Kate Street? It’s now serving as a driveway beside the fire station on 10th Street. It’s not marked as a street, but according to Rick, it’s never officially been vacated. So Berthoud was naming a little street for a little girl.