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The life of Iciminda Yockey is an example of how women and children played roles in their local economy. She was the daughter of two of the early settlers of Boulder. Her parents David Baumert and Iciminda Harper came to Colorado in 1860 where they opened a general store in...

Jennie (Jenny) Margaret Hogan Pruden is a wonderful example of the importance of women in building of homesteads. She kept a daily diary throughout her life, and her record, starting in 1891 through to her death in 1946, survives to this day. From her entries and stories passed down through...

The Newlands came to Colorado around 1860 with the intention of mining for gold. As this didn’t pan out as expected, they bought 240 acres of land just north of the Boulder city limits for $5,000. By 1876, they had established one of the most important fruit farms in the...