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These images were found in a photo album that belonged to the Donor's father, Winston Morgan. The collection contains scanned images of photographs that can only be viewed through our on-line catalog. The actual photographs remain in the possession of the Carnegie Library patron who gave us permission to scan the images and to include them in this virtual collection.

This folder contains lists and descriptions as well as criteria and the nomination process for the Nation Register of Historic Places and Centennial Farms designations for Boulder County.

Two men hosing down a coal mine dump near Lafayette (Tangen photo #990)

A detailed typewritten summary of the interview is available.

Views of Rocky Mountain Fuel Company's Mitchell Mine showing mine buildings.

Dolores Silva is a long-time resident of Lafayette, Colorado. She was born at home in Denver in 1929 with the assistance of a midwife. Her mother was from Taos, New Mexico; she was part American Indian, and when orphaned as a child was raised by the Taos Indians. She came to Denver and met Dolores' father, a professional baseball player. When they divorced, their other children were sent to an orphanage, but Dolores was a baby and stayed with her mother and stepfather. Her father and her husband worked as coal miners in the winters and did construction in the summers. She discusses safety issues in the mines. Joe Jaramillo, who was killed in the Monarch Mine explosion, was a relative. Dolores went to school in Denver and did well but did not graduate because she had to go to work. She and her husband, Manuel, have been married and lived in Lafayette for 68 years. Manuel mentions working for the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) around the time of the Depression. Dolores worked for Walmart and then NeoData. She describes good relations between Mexicans and Italians in Lafayette, her son's service in Vietnam, and the importance of the VFW post as a social center.

A detailed typewritten summary of the interview is available.

Interior and exterior views of the Lafayette power plant.

This folder contains a certified indenture (deed) agreement between Mary E. Miller, administrator of the estate of Lafayette Miller, and G.H. Church of Jefferson County, Colo.

Topics include: Lafayette (childhood, mining, strikes, ethnic groups, gambling, Ku Klux Klan, school, Maypole, 4th of July, Biscuit Day); Erie; Gus Waneka; Union Hall; dances.