Davis, Louis G.

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...

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;...