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A Wild West Walking Tour and Haunted Pub Crawl Through Downtown Golden's Outlaw and Gold Rush History
514 9th St, Golden, CO 80401
Research updated August 2026
Age
The Wild West Walking Tour is open to most ages; Golden Ghosts & Spirits and the Wild West Pub Crawl are 21+.
Cost
$$
Wild West Walking Tour $18-$29; Golden Ghosts & Spirits Haunted Pub Crawl about $42 (includes one drink); Wild West Pub Crawl about $55. Pricing per the operator's own site.
Access
Wheelchair OK
About 1.5 miles of mostly flat downtown Golden streets and sidewalks, with stops inside three historic pubs on the Ghosts & Spirits tour.
Equipment
Photos OK
Downtown Golden Historic District · Colorado Gold Rush-era Golden · Golden's Wild West-era saloons
Golden History Tours has been locally owned and operated since 2019 by Chris Albrecht, a historian who leads and researches the company's tours. The company's flagship Wild West Walking Tour covers Golden's history as a Gold Rush-era town, including its outlaws, miners, and pioneers, and has been voted one of the 10 Best History Tours in the country by USA Today.
The company's Golden Ghosts & Spirits Haunted Pub Crawl pairs that same Wild West history with an evening pub crawl through three of downtown Golden's historic bars, starting at Goosetown Station or Mountain Toad Brewing. The company was featured on the FOX31 Denver (KDVR) morning show and other regional outlets.
Golden History Tours is a Golden-only local operator, distinct from the multi-city US Ghost Adventures chain, which separately operates a Golden program meeting at Vanover Park.
Sources
The operator's route material for Golden Ghosts & Spirits describes true stories of the outlaws, lynch mobs, and madams who lived and died in Golden during its Wild West era, framed as "who is still lingering around today." The tour visits three historic downtown pubs, each presented by the operator as carrying its own reported paranormal history alongside its documented past as a Gold Rush-era watering hole.
All of this is the tour operator's own marketing material, not documented history independently verified for this listing; it is included here as a description of what the tour covers, not as an endorsement of any specific claim.
Media Appearances
A guided history walk through downtown Golden covering the town's Gold Rush-era outlaws, miners, and pioneers, offered in 1-hour and 2-hour versions. Tickets from about $18. All ages.
A 2 to 2.5-hour, 21-and-up ghost tour with drinks, covering about 1.5 miles of downtown Golden. The guide tells true stories of Golden's outlaws, lynch mobs, and Wild West-era deaths, with stops at three historic pubs; one drink is included. Starts at Goosetown Station or Mountain Toad Brewing.
A 21-and-up combination history and pub crawl through downtown Golden, pairing the operator's Wild West storytelling with stops at local bars. Tickets from about $55.
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