Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Boulder's First Officials

From the Boulder Daily Camera, 28 June 1933:
County Judge 1861 - 1863, P M Housel
County Clerk and Recorder 1861 - 1863, Amander Barker
County Treasurer, 1861 - 1862, G W Chambers
County Sheriff, 1861 - 1862, William A Corson
County Assessor, 1861, E S Glotfelter
County Superintendant of Schools, 1863 - 1864, Amos Widner
County Commissioner, took office 13 Dec 1861, Darius P Walling
County Commissioner, took office 18 Dec 1861, H N Coffey
County Commissioner, took office 21 Dec 1861, T J Graham

Sunday, September 9, 2007

1867 Petition to move the County Seat to Boulder

From the Colorado State Archives, in 1867 hundreds of Boulder citizens petitioned the County Clerk to move the county seat to Boulder. Among the petitions was a request to create a polling place in Valmont as the current polling place at John H Hughes' place was nearly 3 miles away.