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Views of Crystal Springs Brewing and Ice Company, which took over from Boulder City Brewery in 1897. It was in the 900 block of Arapahoe Avenue. View shows buildings and grounds; sketch by Joseph Sturtevant shows overview of the site with each building labeled.

This folder contains two copies of a newspaper-size four-page printed sheet with captioned views of mines, mills, and mine buildings in "the richest gold camp in Colorado," in the Ward Mining District. It also contains views of the town of Ward, and views that accompany advertisements for businesses in Boulder, Colo. It is undated, but probably ca. 1890s. The first copy has been mended archivally; the second copy is in a number of pieces, in poor condition.

This research was compiled in 1939 by Clarence L. Spears. "This study is an experiment in that it takes a year, selected more or less arbitrarily, and attempts to determine the general situation, from an examination of the documents dealing with that year and from interviews with persons familiar with Boulder in that year; it attempts also to compare, after the passage of more than fifty years, the values of records with the memories of people who knew the town in that year, and have remained through the changing scenes.

This folder contains a diary, daybook, and clippings pertaining to W. A. Fleck.

Views of street scenes in Ward showing businesses.