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 ARTICLESSince March 1998, I have written (and continue to write) a history column for the Boulder Camera. My "beat" is Boulder history, and l write about buildings, places, and historic preservation, but the stories I like the best are the ones on people. |
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BOULDER CAMERA Silvia Pettem's stories from the past year: 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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