How did Pearl Street get it's name?

Positively Pearl St. Sylvia Pettem 2007
From "Introduction: Who was Pearl?"

For as long as anyone can remember, residents and visitors in Boulder, Colorado have asked, Who was Pearl? In 1859 when Boulder's main thoroughfare was named, a collection of a few log cabins was a frontier town for gold prospectors in the mountains to the west - not a likely place to find a gem from the sea.

The prospectors were all men. At the time, the wives of the original party remained in the East or Midwest. In February of 1859, prospector A. A. Brookfield wrote a letter home to his wife Emma. He stated, "We thought that as the weather would not permit us to mine, we would lay out and commence to build what may be an important town."

Pearl Street is the heart of our very important town, Boulder, Colorado. To date, it is unknown who Pearl Street is named for. Do you know? Please e-mail us if you do.