Only in Boulder: The County's Colorful Characters

by Arcadia Publishing

Overview

Boulder County has captivated settlers and travelers since gold prospectors founded the town in 1859. Only in Boulder is a look at the fascinating people who make up the area's rich and historic past. Here, you'll vicariously mine for gold with Indian Jack, fight for temperance with Lena Dwight and dance to the tunes of Glenn Miller. You'll also learn of Horace and Baby Doe Tabor's elusive connection to Boulder County and visit the final resting place of outlaw Tom Horn. Acclaimed historian Silvia Pettem has been writing about Boulder and its people for decades. This selected collection of her columns brings to life some of Boulder's most memorable and unique visitors, residents, activists, artists and entrepreneurs. Each compelling character is a thread in the fabric of the Boulder we know and love today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781596299757
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	06/04/2010
Series:	American Chronicles
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	1,102,524
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Silvia Pettem started writing for the Boulder Daily Camera in the 1970s and has written the newspaper's history column since 1998. A longtime Boulder County resident, she is the author of more than a dozen books including Separate Lives: The Story of Mary Rippon and Someone's Daughter: In Search of Justice for Jane Doe.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 7

Part I Early Residents and Visitors

Chief Niwot's "Curse" Was an Early Attempt at Growth Control 9

A Century Ago, Emma Brookfield Was Boulder's Oldest Old-timer 11

Jacob Adriance Preached Boulder's First Religious Services 14

Peter Housel's Memory Now Preserved with Gravestone 16

Prospector "Indian Jack" Died in Poverty 18

Independent Bookstores Were Favored by Bixby 20

Mary Rippon Received Posthumous Honorary Degree 22

Forrest Jones Is a Legend in Sunshine 24

Mary Bradford Rovetta Reflects on Chautauqua Childhood 26

Part II Activists and Politicians

Bryan Well Received in Boulder a Century Ago 29

Edith DeLong Was a Society Girl Turned Activist 31

Dwight and Her Temperance Workers "Rested" at Chautauqua 33

Sherwood Brought Chicago Working Women to Boulder and Gold Hill 36

CU President Farrand also Served Mankind 38

Campbell and McHarg Were Early Civic Leaders 40

Antoinette Bigelow Earned Respect of CU Women 42

Ruth Cave Flowers Was an Advocate for Human Rights 44

Anna Belle Morris Devoted Her Life to Animals 46

Part III Public Servants

Letter Carrier "Joe" Kept on Walking 49

Eben G. Fine Was Boulder's Biggest Promoter 51

Sheriff Everson's Family Made the Courthouse Their Home 53

Johnson Prepared Residents for Survival 55

Father Fife was a Catholic Priest and a Colorful Character 57

Dock Teegarden's Love of the West Spanned Nine Decades 59

Part IV Artists and Photographers

Martha Maxwell Won National Acclaim for Her Animal Displays 63

Photographer "Rocky Mountain Joe" Left a Legacy 65

Photography Was One of Louis Meile's Several Trades 68

Matilda Vanderpoel Was at Home in Gold Hill 70

Georgia Snow Worked Behind the Scenes at Photo Studio 72

Muriel Sibell Wolle Remembered as Her Namesake Is Demolished 75

Part V Musicians and Entertainers

Tightrope Walker Ivy Baldwin Was at Home in the Air 79

Boulder-born O'Brien Starred in Theatre and Films 81

Jazz Musician Morrison Got His Start in Boulder County 84

Glenn Miller Played at Dance Halls in the Roaring Twenties 86

Josephine Antoine's Followers Hung on Every Note 88

Chautauqua Entertainer Mimicked Bird Sounds 90

Reveille with Beverly Cheered Troops in the 1940s 92

Stripper Tempest Storm Visited CU Campus in 1955 94

Part VI Entrepreneurs

Andrew J. Macky Was a Self-made Man 99

Henry Drumm Made Mapmaking His Final Career 101

Boulder's First Female Taxi Drivers Were a Hit 103

Miners Dopp and Walker Competed in Rock-drilling 105

Johnson's Popcorn Wagon Was a Downtown Boulder Institution 107

Newlyweds Received Hotel Boulderado as a Wedding Gift 111

Lefferdink Left Empty Pockets in Boulder 113

Boulderado Guests Urged to "Eat with Fred and Sleep with Ed" 115

Helen Gilman's Handicap a Psychic Gift 117

Harrison Cobb Preserved County's Mining and Milling History 120

Part VII Unusual and Legendary

Horace and Baby Doe's Boulder County Years Nearly Forgotten 123

Charles Caryl's Utopian Dreams for Wallstreet Never Materialized 125

Tom Horn's a Star in "Meet the Spirits" 127

Heinrich Preferred Detective Work to Government 129

Byron White Was CU's Favorite Son 132

Plane Bomber Executed for Mother's Murder 134

Dummy Mum on Canyon Prank 136

Astronaut's Mother Treated as a Celebrity 138

Ellenor Hacker Took Out the Trash and Disappeared for Eleven Years 141

"Lonesome Cowboy" Tried to Marry His Horse 143

Charlie Steen Was a Legend in His Own Time 145

Only in Boulder: Demmon's Secret to Long Life 147

Index 151

About the Author 159