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Only in Boulder : the county's colorful characters

Title: Only in Boulder : the county's colorful characters / Silvia Pettem.
Author: Pettem, Silvia.
Publication: Charleston, SC : History Press, 2010.

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Description

157 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Series Statement

American chronicles

Uniform Title

American chronicles (Series)

Subject

Genre/Form

Anecdotes.
Biographies.
History.

Note

Includes index.

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 received 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 gift -- 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'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 disappeared 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.

ISBN

9781596299757
1596299754

LCCN

2010015344

OCLC

ocn608491478
SCSB-9643359

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library