by Matt Flood | Mar 15, 2017 | Erie Historical Society News
Erie Community Library and Erie Historical Society present the 2017 Local History Series Download Flyer Join us Thursdays at 7:00pm at the Erie Community Center on these dates: March 16,2017 Harvey Houses of the American West with Curator Elizabeth Nosek. This event...
by Matt Flood | Mar 15, 2017 | Erie History
by Jim Stull People often ask how Erie received its name. The best documented answer is that it is named after Erie, Pennsylvania. Richard van Valkenburg, considered the “Father of Erie,” named the town after his last official residence before becoming a circuit...
by Matt Flood | Mar 15, 2017 | Erie Historical Society News
The Museum will open for the season on Saturday, May 6th. This will be our tenth year so we are planning a celebration sometime in early July. We are also planning a program for Erie Junior High 8th graders in May. Mark Monday, March 27 on your calendar. We will be...
by Matt Flood | Mar 15, 2017 | Erie History
by Jim Stull The town of Canfield was located on the eastern border of Boulder County, just west of Erie, at Jay/Jasper Road and N. 119th Street. It was platted in the mid -1870s and named after Isaac Canfield. In 1873, Isaac Canfield discovered a rich coal seam; he...
by Matt Flood | Dec 5, 2016 | Erie History
The McKenzie Well was the site of the 1901 discovery of the Boulder Oil Field, the first discovery of oil in the multi-state Denver Basin. Florence driller Isaac Canfield noticed Boulder’s typography was similar to Florence. Oil seeps and petroleum odors...
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