Timeline of Boulder, Colorado explained
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Boulder, Colorado, USA.
19th century
- 1858
- October 17 - A group of gold prospectors from Fort St. Vrain 30 mi. to the east camp in Red Rocks on Boulder Creek in modern-day Settler's Park at the mouth of Boulder Canyon. This was in Arapaho territory, near the camp of Southern Arapaho chief Chief Niwot (Left Hand) (1825–64) in Valmont Butte. Chief Niwot rode to their camp to warn them to leave, but changed his mind after being given food and liquor. He welcomed the visitors, but not before uttering the Curse of the Boulder Valley: "People seeing the beauty of this valley will want to stay, and their staying will be the undoing of the beauty."[1]
- 1859
- January 15 - gold is discovered in Gold Hill, Colorado above Left Hand Canyon in NW Boulder.
- February 10 - the Boulder City Town Company is formed, and the town laid out into 4,044 lots, offered for $1,000 each.[2]
- 1861
- February 28 - the Territory of Colorado is created by the U.S. Congress, causing Boulder to no longer be part of Nebraska Territory.
- November 7 - legislation is passed making way for the state university to be located in Boulder.[3]
- 1869 - Boulder County News begins publication.[4]
- 1870
- 1871
- 1873 - Railroad begins operating.
- 1875
- 1876
- August 1 - Boulder becomes part of new State of Colorado.
- 1877 - September 5 - The University of Colorado at Boulder officially opens.
- 1878 -
- The first mayor, Jacob Ellison, is elected for a two-month term.
- January - Mary Rippon, first female professor at the University of Colorado, joined the faculty.
- 1880 - The town passes the 3,000 population mark, making it eligible for incorporation.[7]
- 1882
- April 3 - Boulder is incorporated as a 2nd class town, and later that month a new town hall is completed in time for the first meeting of the city council.
- 1883
- 1885 - Denver, Marshall and Boulder Railway begins operating.
- 1890
- 1891 - Feeny Opera House active (approximate date).
- 1892
- 1893 - Philharmonic Club formed.
- 1895 - Crockett Ricketts elected mayor.[8]
- 1896 - Colorado Sanitarium in business.
- 1898
- 1900
20th century
1900s-1940s
- 1902
- 1906
- 1907
- 1909
- 1910 - Population: 9,539.
- 1916
- 1918 - Lucile Buchanan is first black female graduate from University of Colorado Boulder.
- 1923 - Macky Auditorium opens.
- 1924 - Colorado Stadium opens.
- 1926 - Rialto Theatre built.
- 1929 - Denver Municipal Airport begins operating.
- 1932 - The courthouse burns down, and is rebuilt in 1934.
- 1937 - Balch Fieldhouse (arena) opened.
- 1941 - Civic Symphony Orchestra founded.
- 1942 - US Navy School of Oriental Languages moves from California to Boulder and begins training recruits to the US Navy and the Marine Corps in Japanese.[13]
- 1944 - Boulder Historical Society established.
- 1947 - KBOL radio begins broadcasting.
- 1948
- 1949 - Sommers–Bausch Observatory built.
1950s-1990s
21st century
- 2002 — Spot Bouldering Gym in business.
- 2004
- Mark Ruzzin becomes mayor.
- Shoot Out 24 Hour Filmmaking Festival begins.
- Boulder Chamber Orchestra founded.
- 2005 — Boulder Adventure Film Festival begins.
- 2006
- 2007
- Communikey Festival begins.[30]
- October - Outdoor gear co-op REI opens prototype green store on 28th St.[31]
- 2009
- 2010 — Population: 97,385.
- 2011
- 2012 — National Institute of Standards and Technology Precision Measurement Laboratory dedicated.[36]
- 2013
- 2014
- Galvanize opens Boulder location[38]
- 2016
- October — Sen. Bernie Sanders headlines ColoradoCare healthcare-for-all ballot Amendment 69 rally at CU Farrand Field[39]
- Nov. 10 — US36 shut down briefly as anti-Trump protesters march[40]
- 2017
- 2018
- Ban on assault weapons, bump stocks, large magazines[42]
- Boulder History Museum, rebranded as Museum of Boulder, opens in former Masonic Lodge on Broadway[43]
- Radio station KGNU celebrates 40th anniversary, commemorated with Museum of Boulder exhibit
- 2021
See also
Bibliography
- Published in the 19th century
- Book: Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer, Or, Geographical Dictionary of the World . 1880 . Lippincott . Boulder . https://books.google.com/books?id=rxNFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA275 .
- Book: Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming and Arizona Gazetteer and Business Directory . 1884 . Polk & Co. and A.C. Danser . Chicago . Boulder . https://books.google.com/books?id=2CIzAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA54 .
- Published in the 20th century
- Boulder (Colorado) . 4 . 319 .
- Book: Federal Writers’ Project . https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15607429W/Colorado_a_guide_to_the_highest_state . Colorado: a Guide to the Highest State . . New York . Hastings House. 1945. Boulder . 105+ . Federal Writers’ Project .
- Published in the 21st century
- Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20181118152216/http://us-cities.survey.okfn.org/place/boulder . Boulder, CO . November 18, 2018 . U.S. City Open Data Census . . 2018 .
External links
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Notes and References
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080723191406/http://getboulder.com/visitors/articles/southernarapahoe.html Southern Arapahos Are Part of Boulder's Spirit
- https://bouldercolorado.gov/visitors/history https://bouldercolorado.gov/visitors/history
- Web site: University of Colorado History. www.Colorado.edu.
- Web site: US Newspaper Directory . Washington DC . Chronicling America . Library of Congress . March 30, 2013 .
- Book: Centennial Gazetteer of the United States . A. von Steinwehr . McCurdy . Philadelphia . 1875 . Boulder . https://books.google.com/books?id=LnPlY0vj_kEC&pg=PA137 .
- Web site: C.U. History . BoulderGuide . June 30, 2009 . December 9, 2010.
- Web site: History of Boulder . bouldercolorado.gov . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130823211833/https://bouldercolorado.gov/visitors/history . 2013-08-23.
- Book: Portrait and Biographical Record of Denver and Vicinity, Colorado . Chapman Publishing Company . Chicago . 1898 .
- Web site: Opera in Old Colorado . Charles Ralph . Fort Collins, CO . March 30, 2013.
- Web site: A Boulder Timeline . Boulder History Museum . January 17, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141010084603/http://boulderhistory.org/boulder-history/ . usurped . October 10, 2014 .
- Book: American Library Annual, 1917-1918 . 1918 . 7 v . New York . R.R. Bowker Co. .
- Web site: Brief History of Colorado . https://web.archive.org/web/20080307061152/http://www.ghostseekers.com/Timeline.htm . March 7, 2008.
- Roger V. Dingman, Deciphering the Rising Sun: Navy and Marine Corps codebreakers, translators, and interpreters in the Pacific War (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2009).
- http://www.coloradodaily.com/ci_14128205 The Colorado Daily, January 12, 2010
- Web site: Postwar Years: Overview. . Hernandez, Paul. . March 8, 2017 . . December 11, 2017.
- Web site: NIST Tech Beat . September 5, 2012 . . March 30, 2013.
- Book: Erik Larson . Lethal Passage: The Story of a Gun. 1995 . Vintage . 978-0-307-80331-3. Erik Larson (author).
- Web site: Buddhism in America . America's Many Religions: Timelines . Pluralism Project . Harvard University . Cambridge, Massachusetts . October 4, 2013.
- http://www.denverpost.com/2010/01/15/kinetics-leaving-boulder-for-longmont/ Denver Post, January 15, 2010
- Web site: Boulder Sister City Program. City of Boulder, Colorado. December 30, 2015 .
- http://www.bcfm.org/ http://www.bcfm.org/
- Book: R.M.S.E.N. Times . USA . WorldCat . . 28307892.
- Web site: Mountain Sun Pub & Brewery . Boulder . March 30, 2013.
- https://bouldercolorado.gov/sister-cities/yamagata-japan https://bouldercolorado.gov/sister-cities/yamagata-japan
- Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/19970101093940/http://bcn.boulder.co.us/bcn/behind-scenes/june-update.html . 1997-01-01 . Boulder Community Network .
- Popular Government . 0032-4515 . University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . 6 . 3 . 1996 . Local Government Home Pages . Patricia A. Langelier . 38+ . Special Series: Local Government on the Internet .
- Web site: History . Illegal Pete's . 29 August 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120830035924/http://illegalpetes.com/about/history . 30 August 2012 .
- Web site: BoulderRunning.com . March 30, 2013.
- Web site: City Approves 'Carbon Tax' in Effort to Reduce Gas Emissions . November 18, 2006 . New York Times . March 30, 2013.
- Web site: Marquee Magazine . Boulder . March 30, 2013.
- Web site: McLaren . Warren . REI To Open New Prototype Green Store in Boulder . TreeHugger . 13 August 2018 . en.
- Web site: Mayor and City Council . City of Boulder . March 30, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130117031408/http://www.bouldercolorado.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=459&Itemid=2009 . January 17, 2013 .
- Web site: Meltzer . Erica . KBCO to leave Boulder for new studio in Denver Tech Center . Daily Camera . 14 January 2010 . 13 August 2018.
- Web site: Colorado: Boulder Votes to Remove Power Company . November 2, 2011 . New York Times . March 30, 2013.
- Web site: Our Bylaws . Boulder Food Rescue . October 15, 2013.
- Web site: NIST Tech Beat . April 17, 2012 . . March 30, 2013.
- Web site: Hungry? Here's a Map of Every Urban Plant You Can Snack On . June 28, 2013 . . Henry Grabar . October 15, 2013.
- Web site: Galvanize Opens in Boulder. 2014-07-09. Your Boulder. en-US. 2019-08-23.
- Web site: Daley . John . As Sanders Rallies For Amendment 69, Colorado Is Again Feeling That Swing State Attention . Colorado Public Radio . 13 August 2018 . en.
- Web site: Bear . John . Boulder protesters rally against Donald Trump, block traffic . Daily Camera . 13 August 2018.
- Web site: State of the Map US 2017 Dates: October 19th - 22nd OpenStreetMap US . www.openstreetmap.us . 13 August 2018.
- Web site: Boulder bans assault weapons, bump stocks, large magazines . Coloradoan . 13 August 2018 . en.
- Web site: Renovated, rebranded Museum of Boulder to host grand opening – BizWest . BizWest . 13 August 2018 . 1 May 2018.
- News: Frosch. Dan. Elinson. Zusha. 2021-03-23. Boulder Shooting Leaves 10 Dead, Including Police Officer. en-US. Wall Street Journal. 2021-03-23. 0099-9660.