Colorado State University. Extension

Arvada Hackberry Tree Collection, 1936-1937

Collection — Small collection box 6, Envelope: 4

Identifier: Series-231

Scope and Contents This collection contains documents and photographs gathered and assembled from various sources by the Archives regarding the tree on Hackberry Hill that was ultimately cut down due to the straightening of Wadsworth Blvd. north of Arvada in 1937. There are letters written to the Board of County Commissioners by citizens protesting destruction of the tree as well as resolutions and other correspondence by the Peace Pipe Chapter of the DAR; the Colorado State Forestry Association; the Woman's...

Dates: Event: 1936-1937

Found in: Jefferson County Archives / Arvada Hackberry Tree Collection, 1936-1937

Bright and Brown Lateral Ditch Company Records, 1886-1980

Series

Identifier: Series-249

Content Description Collection of various types of record books and documents of the Bright and Brown Lateral Ditch Company, located in Arvada, Colorado.Sub-series I contains bound record books. The first is an accounting journal dated 1955-1971, containing assessments, expenses and transfers. The first 20 pages of the book have been cut out. Next are the Record of Proceedings (minutes) books, of which there are three covering 1882-1966. The first five pages of the earliest book appear to have been...

Dates: Record Keeping: 1882-1884; Record Keeping: 1886-1980

Found in: Jefferson County Archives / Bright and Brown Lateral Ditch Company Records, 1886-1980

Cooperative Extension Services Annual Reports, 1920, 1934-1937

Series

Identifier: Series-132

Scope and Contents Annual reports of Jefferson County's first Extension Agent K.A. McCaskill and later Louis G. Davis, and Home Demonstration Agent Jeanne Warner, regarding Cooperative Extension work in agriculture and home economics in Jefferson County, Colorado. Agent Davis' reports detail all activities and projects undertaken in the following areas: Rural Organization; Crops; Soils; Weed Control and Eradication; Horticulture; Pests: Forestry; Poultry; Dairying; Animal Husbandry; Veterinary Medicine;...

Dates: Publication: 1920; Publication: 1934-1937

Found in: Jefferson County Archives / Cooperative Extension Services Annual Reports, 1920, 1934-1937