701 Arapahoe Avenue. [1880-1899]

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701 Arapahoe Avenue. [1880-1899]

Views of the house at 701 Arapahoe Avenue surrounded by a grove of trees. The house was built in 1872 by James V. Pomeroy, bought in 1875 by Ira Austin, and razed ca. 1960. It was the Boulder Rest Home in the 1940s. Note: In one photo a cow is in the field in front of the house.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7460316

Boulder Public Library

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Pomeroy, James M. (James Morgarum), 1836-1887

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Austin, Ira, 1807-1893.

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Parsons, Martin R., 1875-1965.

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Sturtevant, J. B. (Joseph Bevier), 1851-1910

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Sturman, Hattie Austin,

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Montgomery, Mabel D.

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Mabel Montgomery (1879-1968 ) was an author from Marion County; S.C., and a member of S.C.'s first Illiteracy Commission; she also served as a supervisor of the S.C. branch of the Federal Writers' Project of the WPA (Works Progress Administration); a volunteer in numerous civic and social work activities; columnist for The State newspaper, and creator of The Marion Mail for S.C. soldiers serving in World War II; and eldest daughter of S.C. State Senator William Joseph Montgomery and Annie Jane S...

Coffin, Claude C., 1884-1954

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T. Freedman and Company (Denver, Colo.),

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