This index of the hotel's register gives the names of hotel guests, their residence, the date of their stay, the meal service and what room number they were given. Each guest register page is separated by a blotter page with advertisements for businesses. Some of the more notable events are the P.T. Barnum's Show stay on August 1st to 3rd, and the hotel's reception given to former President Ulysses S. Grant and his wife on August 21st, where more than one hundred guests were treated to a ten course dinner, cocktails and desserts while being entertained by the Cremona Park Brass Band of...

This index covers the cases that took place in the Boulder, Colorado County Court. The years covered by the index are uncertain as no dates are given in the book, although based upon the case numbers, the years are most likely to be in the 1870s and 1880s. Both civil and criminal cases are listed. The first section of this book is a re-creation of the Plaintiffs' section in the order that entries appear in the original ledger. The second section is the Defendants' section following the same convention. The final section is an alphabetical list of every name that appears in the index,...

The Boulder County, Colorado District Court Civil Appearance Docket, 1878-1882 is a a brief synopsis of the cases heard before the District Court. The majority of cases in this record are civil cases including a few guardianship cases, along with a few criminal cases. There are quite a number of water rights cases along with a synopsis of who had water rights, for how much water, and in what order. The first section of the book is a list of cases in the order that they appear in the ledger along with the case number, the primary plaintiffs and defendants in the case, as well as the cause of...

The Boulder County, Colorado District Court Widow's Relinquishment, Volume 1, 1889-1926, and Volume 2, 1926-1937 record what household items and other property that were given to the widow as a part of her assignment of property from the estate before any debts were paid. The records show the names of the deceased, the widow or orphan and the administrators or executors of the estate along with the judges and clerks who recorded each transaction.

The Inventors in the Colorado Territory and their U.S. Patents, 1861-1876: An Annotated Index contains the names of inventors from the Colorado Territory who were issued patents between 1861 and 1876. A copy of their patent filing is included, along with an index of the names of the patent holders, the witnesses to the patent filing, and the lawyers who filed the application. Understandably, many of the inventions pertained to advances in mining techniques, but not all. There were changes to medical equipment, a machine to make cutting gloves easier, military gear, agricultural machinery-even...

The Boulder County, Colorado Treasurer, Register of Accounts, 1867-1880: records the fees paid to individuals who performed work for the county such as Commissioner's fees, road work, witness or jury fees, providing coal for the courthouse or taking care of paupers. Each claim lists the date, the nature of the work performed, the amount of the claim, when it was allowed, how much of the claim was allowed and the number of the warrant issued to pay the claimant.

Boulder did not have a courthouse until 1867 and many of the cases that occurred before that time were sent to Golden in Jefferson County or Denver in Arapahoe County. After the courthouse was built, many of those cases were returned to Boulder. The docket lists the plaintiffs and defendants, often lists which attorneys represented which side in the case, gives the docket number in the Grand Docket (once that numbering system began), and has the judge's notes for how the case proceeded or the verdict, where appropriate.

The Boulder County, Colorado Surveys and Mineral Claims at the General Land Office, 1859-1876: An Annotated Index contains the names of the mine owners (claimant), surveyors and survey crew members, along with the mines and their range and township information. One additional piece of information was added when found-cabins, houses, barns, buildings, bridges, boarding houses, mills, toll roads, wagon roads, creeks and rivers. Using those listings is one way to see what was built where during these early mining days.