Steam Trains, Appliques, Triceratops, Homestead Open House, Hair, and Wet Days

*Golden Eye Candy – Nancy Torpey – The View from South Table Mountain – enlarge*

Real World Events

*Homestead Open House Today – Richard Luckin – enlarge*

8AM-1PM Golden Farmers Market @ Golden Library west parking lot
9-5PM Rail Fair & Steamup with Train Ride @ Colorado Railroad Museum
9:30AM-4PM Pumpkin Time Machine Applique @ Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
9:30AM-12PM Walk With a Geologist @ Triceratops Trail
10AM-2PM Homestead Open House @ Golden History Park
10AM Wild West Short Tour
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
10AM-3PM Saturday Train Rides @ Colorado Railroad Museum
10:15AM Family Time @ Golden Library
12-12:30PM Smoothie Bowls @ Natural Grocers
1PM Wild West Short Pub Crawl
6PM Wild West Short Tour
7:30PM HAIR @ Miners Alley Playhouse

Live Music

11AM-2PM Tall Poppy Stringband @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
4PM 6202 Band @ Wrigley’s
5-8PM Band of Randoms @ Goosetown Station
6PM Poor Till Payday @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
7-10PM Tommy’s Shinebox @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern

Golden History Moment

*Wet Day in 1964 – Colorado Transcript Photo, taken from the northeast corner of 12th and Washington – enlarge*

58 Years Ago
As we head into another hot day, I thought you’d enjoy seeing cooler, wetter days of yore–thus, this photo from the August 13, 1964 Colorado Transcript.

*August 14, 2018 – Donald Tallman – enlarge*

4 Year Ago
Fast-forwarding 54 years, here’s a picture that Donald Tallman, the now-retired Executive Director of the Railroad Museum, took as he was leaving Barrels and Bottles. He reported that the water was almost up to the door of his Subaru Forester. “It gave me an excuse to have another beer to wait for the water level to subside a bit before wading out to the car.”

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!