An edition of Only in Boulder
(2010)
Only in Boulder
the county's colorful characters
by Silvia Pettem
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Only in Boulder: the county's colorful characters
2010, History Press
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1596299754 9781596299757
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Table of Contents
pt. 1. Early residents and visitors
Chief Niwot's "curse" was an early attempt at growth control
A century ago, Emma Brookfield was Boulder's oldest old-timer
Jacob Adriance preached Boulder's first religious services
Peter Housel's memory now preserved with gravestone
Prospector "Indian Jack" died in poverty
Independent bookstores were favored by Bixby
Mary Rippon to receive posthumous honorary degree
Forrest Jones is a legend in Sunshine
Mary Bradford Rovetta reflects on Chautauqua childhood
pt. 2. Activists and politicians
Bryan well received in Boulder a century ago
Edith DeLong was a society girl turned activist
Dwight and her temperance workers "rested" at Chautauqua
Sherwood brought Chicago working women to Boulder and Gold Hill
CU President Farrand also served mankind
Campbell and McHarg were early civic leaders
Antoinette Bigelow earned respect of CU women
Ruth Cave Flowers was an advocate for human rights
Anna Belle Morris devoted her life to animals
pt. 3. Public servants
Letter carrier "Joe" kept on walking
Eben G. Fine was Boulder's biggest promoter
Sheriff Everson's family made the courthouse their home
Johnson prepared residents for survival
Father Fife was a Catholic priest and a colorful character
Dock Teegarden's love of the West spanned nine decades
pt. 4. Artists and photographers
Martha Maxwell won national acclaim for her animal displays
Photographer "Rocky Mountain Joe" left a legacy
Photography was one of Louis Meile's several trades
Matilda Vanderpoel was at home in Gold Hill
Georgia Snow worked behind the scenes at photo studio
Muriel Sibell Wolle remembered as her namesake is demolished
pt. 5. Musicians and entertainers
Tightrope walker Ivy Baldwin was at home in the air
Boulder-born O'Brien starred in theatre and films
Jazz musician Morrison got his start in Boulder County
Glenn Miller played at dance halls in the roaring twenties
Josephine Antoine's followers hung on every note
Chautauqua entertainer mimicked bird sounds
"Reveille with Beverly" cheered troops in the 1940s
Stripper Tempest Storm visited CU campus in 1955
pt. 6. Entrepreneurs
Andrew J. Macky was a self-made man
Henry Drumm made mapmaking his final career
Boulder's first female taxi drivers were a hit
Miners Dopp and Walker competed in rock-drilling
Johnson's popcorn wagon was a downtown Boulder institution
Newlyweds received Hotel Boulderado as a wedding present
Lefferdink left empty pockets in Boulder
Boulderado guests urged to "eat with Fred and sleep with Ed"
Helen Gilman's handicap a psychic gift
Harrison Cobb preserved county's mining and milling history
pt. 7. Unusual and legendary
Horace and Baby Doe Tabor's Boulder County years nearly forgotten
Charles Caryl's utopian dreams for Wallstreet never materialized
Tom Horn's a star in "Meet the spirits"
Heinrich preferred detective work to government
Byron White was CU's favorite son
Plane bomber executed for mother's murder
Dummy mum on canyon prank
Astronaut's Mother Treated as a Celebrity
Ellenor Hacker took out the trash and sisappeared for eleven years
"Lonesome cowboy" tried to marry his horse
Charlie Steen was a legend in his own time
Only in Boulder : Demmon's secret to long life.
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