Timeline of Boulder, Colorado
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Boulder, Colorado, USA.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
19th century
- 1858 - Settlement formed.[1]
- 1859
- Boulder City Town Company formed.[2]
- Town laid out.[3]
- 1860 - Schoolhouse opens.[3]
- 1869 - Boulder County News begins publication.[4]
- 1870
- Denver and Boulder Valley Railroad begins operating.
- Population: 1,939.[5]
- 1871 - Town incorporated.[3]
- 1873 - Railroad begins operating.[3]
- 1875
- 1876 - Boulder becomes part of new State of Colorado.
- 1877 - September 5: University of Colorado opens.[6]
- 1883 - University of Colorado Medical School opens.
- 1885 - Denver, Marshall and Boulder Railway begins operating.
- 1890
- 1891 - Feeny Opera House active (approximate date).[7]
- 1892
- 1893 - Philharmonic Club formed.
- 1895 - Crockett Ricketts elected mayor.[9]
- 1896 - Colorado Sanitarium in business.
- 1898
20th century
1900s-1940s
1950s-1990s
21st century
See also
- Other cities in Colorado
References
- ↑ Frank Fossett (1876), Colorado, Denver: Daily Tribune Steam Printing House, OCLC 1886104
- 1 2 3 "Timeline". Boulder History Museum. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, OL 6112221M
- 1 2 3 "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ↑ A. von Steinwehr (1875). "Boulder". Centennial Gazetteer of the United States. Philadelphia: McCurdy.
- ↑ Quarto-centennial celebration, University of Colorado, November 13, 14 and 15, 1902, Boulder, Colo, Boulder, Colorado: Regents of the University of Colorado, 1902
- 1 2 Charles Ralph. "Opera in Old Colorado". Fort Collins, CO. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ↑ Portrait and Biographical Record of Denver and Vicinity, Colorado. Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company. 1898.
- ↑ American Library Annual, 1917-1918. New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1918.
- ↑ John L. Sloop (1978), "National Cryogenic Engineering Laboratory", Liquid hydrogen as a propulsion fuel, 1945-1959, U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, OCLC 68918094, retrieved March 30, 2013
- ↑ "NIST Tech Beat". U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology. September 5, 2012. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ↑ Erik Larson (1995). Lethal Passage: The Story of a Gun. Vintage. ISBN 978-0-307-80331-3.
- 1 2 Pluralism Project. "Buddhism in America". America's Many Religions: Timelines. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 "Boulder Sister City Program". City of Boulder, Colorado. Retrieved December 2015.
- ↑ "R.M.S.E.N. Times". WorldCat. USA: Online Computer Library Center. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ↑ "Mountain Sun Pub & Brewery". Boulder. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ↑ "Boulder Community Network". Archived from the original on January 1997.
- ↑ Patricia A. Langelier (1996). "Local Government Home Pages". Popular Government (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) 6 (3): 38+. ISSN 0032-4515.
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- ↑ "BoulderRunning.com". Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ↑ "City Approves ‘Carbon Tax’ in Effort to Reduce Gas Emissions". New York Times. November 18, 2006. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ↑ "Marquee Magazine". Boulder. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ↑ "Mayor and City Council". City of Boulder. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ↑ "Colorado: Boulder Votes to Remove Power Company". New York Times. November 2, 2011. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ↑ "Our Bylaws". Boulder Food Rescue. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
- ↑ "NIST Tech Beat". U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology. April 17, 2012. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ↑ Henry Grabar (June 28, 2013). "Hungry? Here's a Map of Every Urban Plant You Can Snack On". Atlantic Cities. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
Bibliography
- Published in the 19th century
- "Boulder", The Rocky Mountain Directory and Colorado Gazetteer, for 1871, Denver: Samuel S. Wallihan & Company, 1870
- "Boulder", History of Clear Creek and Boulder Valleys, Colorado, Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co., 1880
- "Boulder". Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer, Or, Geographical Dictionary of the World. Lippincott. 1880.
- "Boulder". Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming and Arizona Gazetteer and Business Directory. Chicago: Polk & Co. and A.C. Danser. 1884.
- Published in the 20th century
- "Boulder", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
- Frederick Law Olmsted (1910), The improvement of Boulder, Colorado, OCLC 5149048
- Francis Potter Daniels (1911), The flora of Boulder, Colorado, and vicinity, Columbia, Mo.: The University of Missouri
- Federal Writers’ Project (1945). "Boulder". Colorado: a Guide to the Highest State. American Guide Series. New York: Hastings House. p. 105+.
External links
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