From 1916 to 1956, Boulder resident Chester Johnson was more than a familiar face. To adults and children alike, he was “the popcorn man,” selling both popcorn and peanuts from his ornately painted red wagon on the northwest corner of 13th and Pearl streets, across from the Boulder County Courthouse. Although the wagon was designed […]
On Nov. 4, 1979, Iranian militants in Tehran seized the U.S. Embassy, taking hostage 52 American diplomats. A few weeks later, the Boulder Chamber of Commerce turned on the lights of the star on Flagstaff Mountain, as had been the custom every Christmas season since 1947. These two events would soon become related. In early […]
Within the past year or two, a couple of readers of this column –– both avid hikers –– asked me about the disappearance and death of a man named Aquilla Cook.
A couple of weeks ago, on a picture-perfect late September day, I was fortunate to witness more than 100 members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies saddle up their horses and ride out from the townsite of Caribou –– a former silver mining camp at 10,000 feet west of Nederland, in Boulder County.