Virtual Events
6-6:55AM Virtual Dynamic Circuit
8:30-9:30AM Virtual Power Training
10:15AM Spanish Story Time with the Library
11:40AM-12:30PM All Levels Yoga Virtual
2-3PM Active Minds Mondays – The Year 1963
4-4:30PM Kids Martial Arts Class
5-6PM Young Readers Book Club
5:30PM RTD Proposed Service Changes
RTD was forced to cut transit services during the past year, and is now getting ready to resume some of what was lost. In Golden’s case, the major losses were the GS line (Boulder to Golden/NREL) and the 16L bus (Golden to Denver). At this time, RTD is not planning to reinstate either line. The W Line (light rail) is also running less frequently than pre-pandemic, and RTD is not planning to increase frequency.
Former Mayor Marjorie Sloan is now our representative on the RTD board, and she wants Golden residents to know that public comment can make all the difference. She suggests that comments during public meetings (such as the one tonight) are most effective, but the RTD page about service changes also provides a phone number (303-299-2004) and an email to submit public comments.
RTD is holding three (3) virtual public meetings (including one tonight at 5:30PM) to present the details of the proposed changes and will be accepting public feedback through July 8, 2021. Join on your computer or mobile app Or call in (audio only) 720-443-6193 Phone Conference ID: 878 831 010#
Real World Events
10AM – Foss Market @ 13th and Arapahoe
5-9PM Golden Game Guild Meet-Up
6-7:30PM Community Listening Session: People Experiencing Houselessness
Come share with city leadership your questions, ideas, and thoughts about issues involving our Houseless community. The first meeting will be Monday, June 28, 6 – 7:30 p.m. tonight in Council Chambers and online. The link for watching the meeting online has not yet been posted, but check this page later today to see if they’ve posted one. The meeting’s focus is the City listening to your feedback on the topic. The second meeting will be Tuesday, August 3, 6 – 7:30 p.m. in Council Chambers and online (link TBA). The second meeting’s focus is for the City to respond and talk about some of the causes of homelessness locally and what the City is doing about it. We will have a panel to speak on the topic including our Police Chief, our Homeless Navigator, the City’s legal counsel, community representatives, and more.
6:30PM Historic Preservation Board
HPB will consider a request to grant a Certificate of Appropriateness for window and siding changes to 912 12th Street (map), which is a noncontributing structure within the 12th Street Historic District. They will then hear from City staffers Nathan Richie and Lauren Simmons about the Golden Area Native American Ethnographic Study that they are starting. Representatives from CoorsTek will describe their plans for the manufacturing buildings on 9th Street, between Ford and Washington. Finally, the board will discuss how the proposed zoning code rewrite will affect historic preservation.
Golden History Moment – Summer Reruns
Golden Mills, Part 3
The Golden Mill was one of the City’s earliest industries, having been built in 1864 by David Barnes. The mill race that powered the mill was built at the same time, giving the business very senior water rights. Mr. Barnes also built the impressive Italianate mansion that still stands behind the Mill on Water Street (now subdivided into apartments).
In 1876, Jesse Quaintance bought the business with its mill race. He and his son Brough ran the business until Jesse’s death in 1889. At that point, Brough turned to other types of business.
Fred Buckman was running the mill in 1898 when a newly formed company, The Golden Milling Company, purchased the mill. The new company was owned by several prominent local businessmen, including J.H. Linder of Linder Hardware and J.W. Rubey of the Rubey Bank. They hired J.F. Vivian to manage the business.
The Peery brothers of Tennessee bought the Mill in 1920 and operated it successfully for several decades. Their son Mayford joined the business. Mayford had graduated from Golden High School and the Colorado School of Mines before serving as a pilot during World War II.
After the War, the flouring industry changed, local farming was disappearing, and small mills like the Golden Mill were no longer cost-effective. At the same time, the old mill race was increasingly regarded as a hazard, as more than one child drowned in it. In 1952, the City paid to electrify the mill and bought the 1864 water rights. They filled in the old mill race in 1954.
The business continued under the “Golden Mill” name, even though they were no longer milling. It served as a feed store for about 60 more years, and in 2021 it was remodeled to serve as a food hall, also under the name of Golden Mill.
Many influential Golden people have been associated with the Golden Mill throughout its 150+ year history. The Quaintance family went on to own large swaths of the state, ran the Castle Rock funicular and dance hall, and still own the Castle Rock part of South Table Mountain. John F. Vivian went on to be Mayor of Golden and his son, John C. Vivian, was Governor of the State of Colorado. The Peery family was responsible for a significant part of Golden’s post-World War II development. Peery Parkway was theirs, of course, and they built the Gold Apartments and Golden Office Building east of Parfet Park. Norman D. Park on Ford Street was named after Mayford and Winnifred’s son Norman, who was killed in Viet Nam. City Councilman and Mayor Pro Tem Ed Ramstetter owned the Golden Mill feed store until his death in 2003. Ed’s picture can be seen on the Ford Street bridge, on the rail closest to the Golden Mill.
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!
