Boulder: A Sense of Time & Place Revisited

by Silvia Pettem

Journey with Silvia Pettem through Boulder's history in Boulder: A Sense of Time & Place, Revisited. Watch the evolution from a frontier mining town to the "Athens of the West." Learn of murder and bootleggers in the 1920s, survive the Great Depression and follow Boulder's postwar growing pains as the city matures and residents reflect on its past. Each article is a story in itself but only a small piece of what makes Boulder the city it is today.

144 pages, Paperback

First published August 27, 2010

About the author

Silvia Pettem (www.silviapettem.com) is a longtime historical researcher, newspaper columnist, and author of more than twenty books. Just released is IN SEARCH OF THE BLONDE TIGRESS: THE UNTOLD STORY OF ELEANOR JARMAN.

After decades of work for individuals and governments, her life took a new turn in 1996, when she stumbled upon the gravestone of a Jane Doe –– a murder victim from 1954. Pettem then applied her research skills to both old-fashioned detective work and the power of the internet by entering into a partnership with her local sheriff and with forensic experts of the Vidocq Society to successfully determine the young woman's identity. Pettem chronicled their work in "Someone's Daughter: In Search of Justice for Jane Doe," recently republished as an "Updated Edition."

Reviews

[Kathleen · Rating 3 out of 5]

“Redlight districts and railroads went hand in hand in western frontier towns, including Boulder, where train workers often left their red lanterns on the porches of prostitutes. Census takers were more discreet, calling the madams ‘fancy housekeepers’ and their household occupants ‘inmates’ or ‘boarders’” (28).

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

[Demaree · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great read! I learned a lot about Boulder and its history...will read more written by Sylvia Pettem!