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 ARTICLESSince March 1998, I have written a history column for the Daily Camera. My "beat" is Boulder history, and l write about people and places in the city's past. "Using the Media in Cold Case Research" (pages 30-32) in the 2012 July-August issue of Evidence Technology Magazine, is an excerpt from my recent book, Cold Case Research: Resources for Unidentified, Missing, and Cold Homicide Cases. BOULDER CAMERA
Salina is losing a visual reminder of its mining past, December 21, 2014 [NOTE: FOR REGULAR USERS, THE DAILY CAMERA NOW CHARGES A FEE TO ACCESS ITS MATERIAL ONLINE. OCCASIONALLY USERS MAY BE ABLE TO READ THESE ARTICLES. IF YOU CAN'T, AND YOU WANT TO READ A SPECIFIC STORY, PLEASE CONTACT ME, SILVIA PETTEM, AND I WILL EMAIL YOU A COPY. Long before Ebola, Boulder was subject to quarantines, November 23, 2014
Numerous floods cut swaths of devastation, sorrow, in Boulder County, September 22, 2013 
Club honored Boulder's WWI veterans, November 11, 2012
Colorado women set standard in vote process, October 28, 2012 Early Boulder street names, October 14, 2012 Sheriff discusses brother's murder––in 1892, September 30, 2012 Loop tour combines fall colors, history, September 23, 2012 Boulder surf band soared to new heights, September 16, 2012 Tourists rode train to "the top of the world," September 2, 2012 Durgin recalls Margaret Thatcher's visit to Boulder, August 19, 2012 (reprinted by the Margaret Thatcher Foundation) Glaciers drew summer tourists to Boulder County, August 5, 2012 A story of community, dynamite, and arson; Engine #30 set in Central Park 60 years ago, July 22, 2012 Ward's phone system recalled by Ray Cordsen, July 8, 2012 Annual CMF continues tradition of patriotism and pops, June 24, 2012 Gold Hill Inn retains flavor and spirit of its founders, June 10, 2012 Gahm sisters served their country during WWII, May 27, 2012 |
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| Economics a factor in reopening Bueno mine, May 13, 2012 Walks and talks highlight CU's variety of trees, April 29, 2012 Camera editor spoke of hope after Titanic disaster, April 15, 2012 Reconfigured star became cross at Easter, April 2, 2012 Boulder historians, amateur and professional, to reap rewards of 1940 census, March 18, 2012 S&H Green Stamps stretched budgets to cover luxuries, March 4, 2012 U.S. Presidential visits to Boulder were warm and brief, February 19, 2012 How CU got placed in Boulder County, February 5, 2012 Eyewitness remembered Ward fire, January 22, 2012 Toll road to Denver opened 60 years ago, January 8, 2012 Christmases Past: Dancing and dining in Boulder, December 25, 2011 Historic Boulder calendar highlights mining towns, December 11, 2011 Corson, An Early Community Contributor, November 27, 2011 Pearl Street's namesake remains a mystery, November 13, 2011. Peter Housel judged well by posterity, October 30, 2011 Ward Post Office was one of county's oldest, October 16, 2011 Sunshine School & Pilot Mine Recall the Past, October 2, 2011 Boulder County mining town names recall people, places, September 18, 2011 Gulch named for Ralph Waldo Emerson, September 4, 2011 Names aptly describe Boulder County towns, August 21, 2011 Caribou hike offers boomtown ruins and flowers, August 7, 2011 Colorado's first laws were made in Gold Hill, July 24, 2011 Craven reflects on welcoming era of the 1950s, July 10, 2011 Ansel Adams America blends photography and music, June 26, 2011 Broadway in Motion walking tour is a trip back in time, June 12, 2011 Flood turned Smith into "raving maniac," May 29, 2011 Olin Hatfield Chilson had a long and illustrious career, May 15, 2011 Narrow-gauge railroad connected Boulder with mountains, May 1, 2011 Poor farm and hospital helped the needy, April 17, 2011 Emma Fairhurst known for fireplace of ore specimens, April 3, 2011 Restaurant owners' dream twice destroyed by fire, March 20, 2011 Boulder was early in -- late out -- of Prohibition, March 6, 2011 Attorney M.M. Rinn had long career in Boulder, Februrary 20, 2011 Guidebooks gave advice to early prospectors, February 6, 2011 Sheriff John A Jester was a miner, merchant, and lawman, January 23, 2011 Keystone Ranch was Boulder County's first farm, January 9, 2011 Camera's longtime location recalls the past, December 26, 2010 Homegrown decorations spruced up Pearl Street in the 1930s, December 12, 2010 Roy Spore's murder has never been solved, November 28, 2010 After owners moved, so did pets' resting places, November 14, 2010 Colorado women voted ahead of the country, October 31, 2010 Bench will be final memorial for Boulder Jane Doe, October 17, 2010 Firehouse preserved as a pottery lab, October 3, 2010 Snowbound shaft house can never be replaced, September 19, 2010 Wait for a bus and learn about the past, September 5, 2010 Former bar owner reflects on the Sink and Tulagi, August 22, 2010 Ewing farmhouse is still standing, August 8, 2010 Thomas Riha's disappearance has never been solved, July 25, 2010 Chapman Drive was built as a scenic circle loop, July 11, 2010 Cottage camps catered to tourists of the 1930s, June 27, 2010 CMF: "A good idea whose time has come," in 1979, June 20, 2010 Hippies clashed with Boulder residents in the late 1960s, June 13, 2010 Auto campers welcomed with free city facilities, June 6, 2010 Robert T. Bryan, Boulder's last Civil War veteran/ active in Memorial Day activities, May 30, 2010 Teen led the way in memorializing Vietnam veterans, May 23, 2010 Movie theaters were downtown for decades, May 16, 2010 Newlands neighborhood has deep roots, May 9, 2010 Sheriff Capp saved prisoners from lynching, May 2, 2010 Nellie Bly left her namesake in Boulder County, April 25, 2010 Students and sweethearts called Vetsville home, April 18, 2010 Cigar-store Indian's missing hand remains a mystery, April 11, 2010 "Reveille with Beverly" cheered troops in the 1940s, April 4, 2010 Historians use census records to look into the past, March 28, 2010 Boulder called itself the "Athens of the West," March 21, 2010 Prospector Indian Jack died in poverty, March 14, 2010 Dogs were either loved or hated in Boulder's past, March 7, 2010 Boulder High School brick commemorates Wood family, February 28, 2010 Eben G. Fine was Boulder's biggest promoter, February 21, 2010 County records survived 1932 Boulder courthouse fire, February 14, 2010 Dee Demmon reflects on 100 years, February 7, 2010 Antoinette Bigelow earned the respect of CU women, January 31, 2010 Joseph Halpern's family continues search for lost hiker, January 24, 2010 Boulder-Colorado Sanitarium at Mount Sanitas drew health-seekers, January 17, 2010 Boulder nearly doubled in the 1950s, January 10, 2010 Dock Teegarden's love of the West spanned nine decades, January 3, 2010 "Broadway in Motion" featured in new transit stop shelters, December 27, 2009 Decades ago, Boulder promoted mild winters, December 20, 2009 Point Frankeberger recalls father and daughter engineers, December 13, 2009 Mickey Mouse decorations drew shoppers downtown in 1936, December 6, 2009 Boulder's red light district eventually faded away, November 29. 2009 Guggenheim Law Building was senator's gift to Boulder, November 22, 2009 New music at First Methodist Church leaves legacy for the future, November 15, 2009 Coal miner's marker once visible from U.S. 36, November 8, 2009 Boulderado's original stained glass ceiling gave way to modernization, November 1, 2009 History repeated in rehabilitation of Jamestown Town Hall, October 25, 2009 Helen Gilman's handicap a "psychic gift," October 18, 2009 CU Medical School cadavers buried in Columbia Cemetery, October 11, 2009 Shep, the "Turnpike Dog," remembered, October 4, 2009 Boulder – Estes – Nederland tour reveals history and fall colors, September 27, 2009 Forrest Jones is a legend in Sunshine, September 20, 2009 Ellenor Hacker took out the trash and disappeared for 11 years, September 13, 2009 Niwot echoes its past as a railroad town, September 6, 2009 Boulder's first women taxi drivers were a hit, August 30, 2009 Collected Rocky Mt. News stories tell Colorado history, August 23, 2009 Missing and unidentified need our help, August 9, 2009 Lifelong love affair with Eldora, July 26, 2009 Boulder Canyon's "Perfect Tree" was a tourist attraction, July 12, 2009 Underground architecture disproves urban legend, July 5, 2009 20 years ago, the CMF explored the American Scene, June 21, 2009 Boulder's centennial year included "round-up" against polio, June 7, 2009 Bolder Boulder – A Race Through Time, May 24, 2009 Hannah Barker's home, life to be acknowledged, May 10, 2009. Bootlegging thrived when Boulder was dry, April 26, 2009. Casey's walls recall school's history, April 19, 2009. Allen Lefferdink left empty pockets, April 12, 2009. Mission-style architecture still evident in Boulder, March 29, 2009. Exposed tracks provide glimpse into the past, March 8, 2009. Boulder's mountain landscape impressed early visitors, March 1, 2009. Colorado's first schoolhouse was in Boulder, February 15, 2009. In 1909, Emma Brookfield was Boulder's oldest old-timer, February 1, 2009. Wind fanned flames in Ward fire of 1900, January 11, 2009. Boulderado dining room marks 100 years, January 4, 2009. Kate Alexander was Miss Merry Christmas 50 years ago, December 21, 2008. Boulder's municipal Christmas tree was a community icon, December 7, 2008. "Talkies" were an escape from financial crisis, November 23, 2008. Editor Bixby favored independent bookstores, November 9, 2008. Gold Hill Club marks town's past, October 26, 2008. Tom Horn stars in Meet the Spirits, October 12, 2008. Previous topics include: agriculture, art, colorful characters, crime, disasters, education, health, holidays, mining, politics, preservation, recreation, religion, sports, tourism, transportation, war, weather, and women. My articles in the COLORADAN have included the following topics: buildings, deans, football, professors, engineering, entertainers, housing, medical school, murders, student publications, trees, World War II, and a 5-part series on the history of the CU Alumni Association. In addition, I wrote 12 interpretive panels on various aspects of Boulder history that are displayed on the city's Pearl Street Pedestrian Mall. |
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