Historically Jeffco Magazine 2001
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HHII SS TTOORRIICCAA LL LLYY JJEE FF FF CCOO JEFFERSON COUNTY’S FIRST LIGHT RAIL What Goes Around Comes Around Page 11 T H E J E F F E RS O N C O U N T Y H I S T O R I C A L C O M Historic stone pylons mark the entrance to Lookout Mountain Park and the Lariat Loop (see story page 32). COMMISSION MEMBERS Deborah Andrews Donald E. Ebner Liz Grady Jerry Grunska Max Haug Viona "Vi" Mae Hader ,JCHC 2000. JCHC 1990. JCHC 1981, JCHC 1999, JCHC 1997, Vice JCHC 1985. Committees 2001: Committee 2001: Parliamentarian and Corresponding Chair. Committees Committees 2001: Hall Chair Historic Grants Chair, Historic Historian. Secretary. 2001: Budget & of Fame, Education, Preservation. Preservation. Past Committees 2001: Committees 2001: Finance, Historic Festival of the West. Founder Andrews & Chair & Vice Chair, Procedures & By- Writers Award Chair, Preservation, Past Chair, Secretary, Anderson Hall of Fame, Writers laws, Writers Award. Education. Retired Nominating. Past Historian. Past Manager Architecture, Award, Place Names, Colorado native, English teacher and President Olde Town Golden Chamber of Historic restoration Historic Preservation has served sports referee, author Arvada Assoc, Arvada Commerce, Astor specialist since Committees. Retired many charitable of sports officiating Historical Society. House & Foothills Art 1983; lives in Mt. executive; lives in organizations; books; lives in Realtor; lives in Center; lives in Golden. Vernon Canyon. South Jeffco. lives in Lakewood. Evergreen. Arvada. M M I S S I O N JEFFERSON COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION NEWS 2001 The second phase of the Cultural Resource Survey is underway.The field work will be prioritized so that the remaining mountain areas – Evergreen, North Mountain and Deer Creek/South Turkey Creek – are completed first. The funding is a cooperative effort with the County Colorado Historical Commissioners providing special funds, and the JCHC SCIENTIFIC & CULTURAL Society — State FACILITIES DIST R I C T Historical Fund acquiring grant money through the Colorado Historical Fund and the Scientific and Cultural Finance District. All members of the commission were provided copies of the first phase and were asked to review and provide feedback to Cathleen Norman. The membership on the commission continues to change. Members Delbert Bishop, Kris Christensen, Scott Pierson and Kevin Rucker submitted their resignations during the year. Each one contributed greatly with guidance to our work of our commission. Kris and Kevin influenced the commission with their enthusiasm and experience with the State Historical Society and other historic preservation organizations. Charter member Jane Gardner and longtime member Ruth Richardson also retired from the commission.All these people will be missed. In May, five new members came on board,Tommy Raye and John Jenkins from the Golden area; Charles Hanson from Lakewood;Tim Montgomery from Arvada; and Joyce Weedon from South Jeffco.All these new appointees come with experience and great interest in preserving and providing the effort to accomplish the work of the commission. Different museums and historical societies continue to provide the monthly displays in the atrium of the Government Center, thanks to the efforts of the Education Committee. This committee also has made contacts with numerous writing groups and the teachers in Jefferson County R-1 schools to promote the Writers Award Contest.This resulted in a record number of entries in the youth category.The winning articles appear in this issue of HISTORICALLY JEFFCO. The Historic Preservation Committee has been extremely involved this year coordinating the contract and work for the second phase of the Cultural Resource Survey that began in August.The committee has worked diligently with various departments to provide options for Certified Local Government status to preserve historic sites in the county. Members of this committee continue to provide input to the County Planning Department on developments in the County and their historic merit. Commission members continue to serve as liaisons to their local historical societies. Max Haug has attended meetings of Rocky Flats Historical Group, and Tommy Raye and Carole Lomond attended the meetings of Lariat Loop partners, keeping the JCHC aware of historical activities throughout the county. (continued on page 45) Postcard by C.T.American Art Card Cover photo courtesy Rocky Mountain Railroad Club Charles Hanson Erlene Hulsey-Lutz Carole Lomond Larry Lotito Norman Meyer Tim Montgomery JCHC 2001. Place JCHC 1986. JCHC 1997. JCHC 1999, JCHC 1986. JCHC 2001. Names Committee. Committees 2001: Committees 2001: Recording Committee 2001: Committees: Grants, Architectural Hall of Fame Chair, Publications, Writers Secretary. Place Names. Past Hall of Fame. Active Historian, History Publication, Historic Award, Place Names, Committee 2001: Recording Secretary, in many Arvada Graduate student CU Preservation, Writers Procedures & By Laws, Writers Awards. Grants, Writers Award charitable & public Denver, Certified Award. Past Chair, Nominating. Publisher Retired U.S. Army Committees. Pilot, organizations, Public Accountant; Vice Chair, Secretary City & Mountain Views 1981, Weather rancher, journalist, including Arvada City lives in Lakewood. & Historian. 4th magazine and book: Officer in Europe developer. Much of Council, Plan & Zone generation Colorado. "Historical Tour of and Korea, civilian Meyer family ranch Commission. Certified Real Estate Broker; Lariat Loop Heritage career in Europe & now Jeffco Open Public Accountant & lives in Wheat Ridge. Area"; lives in Mt. US; lives in Space Park. Colorado Management Vernon Canyon. Arvada. Native; lives near Consultant; lives in Conifer. Arvada. Published by The Jefferson County Historical Commission Volume 14, Issue 22, 2001 ISSN 1532-6047 CONTENTS Shaffer’s Crossing: A Moment in Time 4 . Car 25 Where areYou? What Goes Around Comes Around 11 County of Vivian 14 Wild,Wild Edgewater . 22. Amazing Jefferson County Historical Sites 24 . Saint Francis Xavier Cabrini 28 The Tower Farms of Lookout Mountain 30 A Postcard Adventure Along the Lariat Loop 32 . Standish Penton, Jr. Rita Peterson Jack Raven Tommy D. Raye Marcetta Rhoades- JCHC 1999. JCHC 1981, Chair. JCHC 1997. Past Chair, JCHC 2001. Lutz 2001 Committees: Vice Chair 1999- Recording Secretary. Committees: JCHC 1987. Publication, Publication 2000. Committees Committees 2001: Historic Committees 2001: Distribution, 2001: Procedures & Publication Distributions Preservation, Writers Historic Preservation, Education. Owner of By-Laws, Budget & Chair; Education Chair, Award. Chemical Place Names Co-chair. Normandy Farms, Finance. American Procedures & By-laws Chair, engineer consultant Past Chair Place member of Colorado Cancer Society and Hall of Fame. President for construction and Names Committee. Horsemen’s Council Senior Resource Arvada Historical Society, natural resources JCHC Hall of Fame and Denver Westerners; Center boards. Real Arvada Lions Club, Arvada industries; lives in honoree 1996. lives in South Jeffco. estate appraiser; lives Cemetery Association. Mt. Vernon Canyon. Committee chair for in Lakewood. Retired Safeway Manager; three Arvada history lives in Arvada. books; lives in Wheat Ridge. Jefferson County Historic Hall of Fame Ebner 36 Vivian 32 The Benefits of Historic Designation 38 Historic Designations in Jefferson County: Rio Grande Engine No. 20 39 Denver & Rio Grande Caboose. N. .o. 05. 78. 40. Bradford House II Archaeological Site 41 Historical Museums in Jefferson County: The Hildebrand Ranch 41 The International Bell Museum 42 Resources for Historic Preservation Colorado Historical Society Grants Overview 43 44 .Bar . .n . .A . g.ain! . Colorado Centennial Farms Program 45 . JCHC Publications Committee Carole Lomond, Chair; Erlene Hulsey-Lutz, Vice-Chair; John Jenkins, Standish Penton, Milly Roeder, Editor of Historically Jeffco Historically Jeffco Layout and Design by Fine Print Brochures & Photography Golden, CO Milly Roeder Richard Simmons Joyce Weedon JCHC Staff JCHC Staff JCHC 1995. Committees JCHC 1997, JCHC 2001. Duncan Susan 2001: Publication, Treasurer. Committees: McCollum Casteleneto Historic Preservation, Committees 2001: Education, Hall of Jefferson County Archives & Hall of Fame. Editor of Budget & Finance Fame, Historic Archives & Records Historically Jeffco since Chair, Procedures Preservation. Former Records Manager Management 1997. Eng/Ger. transl. & By-laws. Pilot, member Historical & since 1993. secretary since consultant for Urban flight instructor, Architectural Sites 1995. Design; Colorado Manager & Commission and Historical Society Principal other community OAHP; historical Sunamerica organizations in researcher; grants writer; Securities; lives in Decatur, Illinois; lives lives in Lakewood. Arvada. in South Jeffco. Sheep herded through Shaffer’s Crossing make their way toward the stock yards in Denver in 1920. S H A F F E R ’ S C R O S S I N G : A M O M E N T I By Karen Land Cranford had as many as three names before year. Along with trading horses, 1st Place Adult Winner “Shaffer’s Crossing” finally stuck. the family business also included JCHC 2001 Writers’ Contest Harold Warren says it was farming, threshing, milling and common for rural places to be cutting railroad ties. Eventually To the driver passing by, Shaffer’s named for a school, a post office they ran the store and dance hall. Crossing on Highway 285 may or a stage stop.1 The name Shaffer’s Crossing came hardly seem worth a second The first