Timeline of Boulder, Colorado
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Boulder, Colorado, USA.
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18th century
- 1858 - Settlement formed.[1]
- 1859
- 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
- Colorado Banner newspaper begins publication.[4]
- Boulder High School established.
- 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
- Boulder Railroad Depot built.
- Boulder Camera begins publication.[4]
- 1891 - Feeny Opera House active (approximate date).[7]
- 1892
- Highland School built.
- University of Colorado Law School established.[8]
- 1893 - Philharmonic Club formed.
- 1895 - Crockett Ricketts elected mayor.[9]
- 1896 - Colorado Sanitarium in business.
- 1898
- Chautauqua Auditorium built.
- Colorado & Southern Railway in operation.
20th century
1900s-1940s
- 1900 - Colorado Chautauqua established.
- 1902
- Boulder Oil Field well in operation.
- University of Colorado Museum of Natural History founded.
- 1906
- Curran Opera House opens.[7]
- University of Colorado College of Commerce established.[8]
- 1907 - Carnegie Library built.[10]
- 1909
- Denver, Boulder and Western Railroad begins operating.
- Hotel Boulderado in business.
- 1910 - Population: 9,539.[8]
- 1923 - Macky Auditorium opens.
- 1924 - Colorado Stadium opens.
- 1926 - Rialto Theatre built.
- 1929 - Denver Municipal Airport begins operating.
- 1937 - Balch Fieldhouse (arena) opens.
- 1941 - Civic Symphony Orchestra founded.
- 1944 - Boulder Historical Society established.
- 1947 - KBOL radio begins broadcasting.
- 1948
- Andrews Arboretum established.
- Conference on World Affairs begins at the University of Colorado.
- 1949 - Sommers–Bausch Observatory built.
1950s-1990s
- 1952
- U.S. National Bureau of Standards-Atomic Energy Commission Cryogenic Engineering Laboratory in operation.[11]
- Denver-Boulder Turnpike opens.
- Population: 19,999.[3]
- 1953 - Colorado Daily in publication.
- 1954 - September: U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology facility dedicated.[12]
- 1955 – Denver Regional Council of Governments formed.
- 1958
- Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra founded.
- Colorado Shakespeare Festival begins.
- 1963 - Crossroads Mall in business.
- 1966 - Attention Homes opens its first home on 14th St.
- 1967 - U.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesa Laboratory built.
- 1969 - Regional Transportation District (public transit system) organized.
- 1970
- City "comprehensive plan" created.
- Paladin Press in business.[13]
- 1971 - Boulder Arts and Crafts Cooperative founded.
- 1972 - Historic Boulder, Inc. formed.
- 1973 - Vajradhatu headquartered in Boulder.[14]
- 1974 - Naropa Institute[14] and Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics established.
- 1975 - KBVL radio begins broadcasting.
- 1976
- Colorado Music Festival begins.
- Residential-growth management ordinance approved.
- 1977
- Pearl Street Mall constructed.
- KBCO begins broadcasting.
- 1978 - Boulder Magazine begins publication.
- 1979
- Colorado University Events Center (arena) opens.
- Bolder Boulder footrace begins.
- 1980 - Kinetics Conveyance Race begins.[2]
- 1983 - January 1: Polar Bear Plunge begins.
- 1986
- Farmer's Market begins.[2]
- Sister city relationship established with Lhasa, Tibet.[15]
- 1987 - Sister city relationship active with Dushanbe, Tajikistan.[15]
- 1988 - Colorado MahlerFest begins.
- 1989 - Rocky Mountain Spiritual Emergence Network Times begins publication.[16]
- 1990 - Radio Reading Service of the Rockies founded.
- 1991
- Culinary School of the Rockies founded.
- eTown (radio program) begins broadcasting.
- 1993
- Mountain Sun pub in business.[17]
- Boulder Weekly begins publication.
- 1994
- Denver International Airport begins operating.
- Sister city relationship established with Yamagata, Japan.
- Boulder Community Network online.[18][19]
- 1996
- Boulder Area Trails Coalition founded.[20]
- Smoking ban enacted.
- 1998
- October 31: Naked Pumpkin Run begins.
- Bob Greenlee becomes mayor.
- Dushanbe Tea House opens.
- Bent Lens Cinema founded.
21st century
- 2000
- Sister city relationship established with Ciudad Mante, Mexico.[15]
- Moondance Film Festival begins.
- 2002 - Spot Bouldering Gym in business.
- 2004
- Mark Ruzzin becomes mayor.
- Shoot Out 24 Hour Filmmaking Festival begins.
- Boulder Chamber Orchestra founded.
- 2005 - Boulder Adventure Film Festival begins.
- 2006
- November: Carbon tax approved.[21]
- Twenty Ninth Street shopping center in business.
- Bikes Belong coalition headquartered in Boulder (approximate date).
- 2007 - Communikey Festival begins.[22]
- 2009
- Susan Osborne becomes mayor, succeeded by Matthew Appelbaum.[23]
- Jared Polis becomes Colorado's 2nd congressional district representative.
- Sister city relationship established with Kisumu, Kenya.[15]
- 2010 - Population: 97,385.
- 2011
- November: Municipal electric utility approved.[24]
- Boulder Food Rescue active.[25]
- 2012 - National Institute of Standards and Technology Precision Measurement Laboratory dedicated.[26]
- 2013 - Falling Fruit (urban agriculture map) launched.[27]
See also
- History of Boulder, Colorado
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Boulder County, Colorado
- Education in Boulder
- Denver-Aurora-Boulder Combined Statistical Area
- Timeline of Colorado history
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.
- 1 2 3 Britannica 1910.
- ↑ 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 30, 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.
Special Series: Local Government on the Internet
- ↑ "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+.
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Coordinates: 40°01′03″N 105°16′47″W / 40.017624°N 105.27966°W
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