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WEEK OF JUNE 20, 2024
VOLUME 158 | ISSUE 25
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Golden Day 2024: Colorado’s territorial capital turning 165 BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Golden’s going to need a bigger birthday cake this year to fit all 165 candles. On June 16, the city commemorates the anniversary of its founding, traditionally called Golden Day. The City Council will mark the occasion with an annual proclamation at its June 25 meeting. In 1859, George West and other members of the Boston Company established Golden City. “City” was dropped from the town’s title in January 1872. According to city documents, when Golden was founded, members of the Boston Company and others camping in the valley met and agreed to begin the formation of a new city. They took steps to form a town company and to survey and lay out a town site. Famous miner George Andrew Jackson requested the city be named after his most trusted friend and partner, Thomas L. Golden. Jackson and Golden had been caught in a flash flood in Clear Creek, west of the city’s current boundaries. The flood nearly took Jackson’s life, but Golden stayed by his side. SEE GOLDEN DAY, P2
Ryan Dick completes a ski jump March 15 at Heritage Dells Park. After the March 13-15 snowstorm dumped about 2 feet of snow on Golden, a group of local college students spent enjoyed skiing down a makeshift ramp at Heritage Dells Park. FILE PHOTO BY CORINNE WESTEMAN
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