Colorado roads scrapbook 1916-1920 (bulk 1919). 1919.

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Colorado roads scrapbook 1916-1920 (bulk 1919). 1919.

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This folder contains maps, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and printed materials regarding the construction and maintenance of Colorado's state roads, 1916-1920. The materials are loosely attached in a scrapbook of David Holmes. The major emphasis appears to be on the initial paving of a significant portion of Colorado's state roads, and the means of obtaining funding for that project.

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Boulder Public Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7454421

Boulder Public Library

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National Good Roads Association

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Denver Civic and Commercial Association

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Holmes, David Hull, 1874-1967.

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David Hull Holmes was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on 18 July 1874. He first moved to Boulder in 1895, married Helen Pierce in 1898, and moved to Tucson, Arizona, where he taught and practiced architecture. Returning to Boulder in 1917, Holmes became involved in tungsten mining until 1929. He was active in civic matters, and was chairman of the Boulder Chamber of Commerce highway committee that secured the first section of concrete paving on the road from Boulder to Denver. ...

Colorado. State Highway Dept.

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Reed, William P., 1869-

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National Park-to-Park Highway Association (U.S.)

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Colorado. State Highway Commission

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Boulder Commercial Association. Good Roads Committee

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