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Lakewood Historical Society (Colorado) Newsletter Index

Courtesy The Lakewood Historical Society.
Edited by David Barth 6 March 2014.

1976 to 1992
The formation of the Lakewood Historical Society-its developing years and the many donations of historical items along with its activities and exhibits and people who made it all happen.

December 1994/January 1995 (2 pages)
Country School Dedication
Lakewood's New History Book, Lakewood - Colorado, an illustrated Biography
Coming Up!! Annual meeting at Sammy's
As a Member of the Lakewood Historical Society

February/March 1995 (2 pages)
Annual Dinner, March 14, 1995; Program: "Lakewood's Coming of Age" by Dr. David P. Nelson
Annual Meeting, April 18
Historic Preservation
Condolences: Opal Wright

April/May 1995 (2 pages)
Annual Membership Meeting at Mark Starr Building
From President Moore
Candidates to fill Three Vacancies on The Lakewood Historical Society's Board of Directors: Dorothy Donovan, Darlene Creighton Ground and Frank Navarro

November/December 1995 (4 pages)
President' s Message
Relocation to Belmar of Hallack-Webber House and Ralston Crossing School
Annual Membership Meeting. Program: The Leadville Ice Palace by Darlene Godat Weir on November 10
Candidates to fill Vacancies: Jack Davidson, Patty Martinson and Dale Moore
A New Look: New logo for the Lakewood Historical Society by Barbara Tobiska
Good News for Lakewood Landmarks
Dues
You are Invited: LHS Art Show in Lakewood Municipal Center
Annual Dinner Party-April 12-Lakewood Country Club-Program: Pianist Jeff Waters and His Mother

Winter 1996 (4 pages)
Lakewood Country Club Dinner Party-April 12, 1996
Art Show a Big Success
Lane's Tavern
Belmar Lake
Hayden Ranch Gatepost
Welcome to Deborah Ellerman

Spring 1996 (4 pages)
Membership Meeting, May 16, 1996
The Denver Federal Center-Lakewood, Colorado, An illustrated Biography, 1995, Editor, Patricia K. Wilcox
Jean Charters Graham Honored
Early Entrepreneurs-Lakewood, Colorado, An illustrated Biography, 1995, Editor Patricia K. Wilcox
Mark Your Calendars Now!!!
Annual Dinner, April 12, Lakewood Country Club
Help Wanted: Cason Howell House, Schnell Farm, Hart's Corner, and Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner

Summer 1996 (4 pages)
Membership Directory, 1996
"Is the White House Hiding Somewhere in Lakewood?" by Jack Davidson
The Schnell Farm by Patricia K. Wilcox
Cider Days by Win Ferrell
Master Plan for the Lakewood Heritage Center
Ellerman to Speak
Lane's Tavern Escapes the Wrecker's Ball

Fall 1996 (4 pages)
Cason Howell House placed on State Register
A City Treasure-Howell House is Link to Area's First Settlers by Pat Wilcox---Life Begins on 40
A Dairyman's View of Early Lakewood-Program by Dairyman James Gibson, Jr. on November 20, Mark Starr Building
Lakewood's Heritage Center Concept Plan
Lane's Tavern by Todd and David Nelson
Board Election-Fiscal Year Changes to January 1, November 20 at Mark Starr Building
Jack Anderson nominated to fill out Dale Moore's term

Winter 1997 (4 pages)
The Significance of Hart's Corner-Research by Frank Navarro
Lakewood Historical Society Membership Form
An Invitation by Kristen Anderson Collections Curator, Lakewood's Heritage Center
The Colfax Hub (1930-1960)
The Future Hub (1960-2000)
The Heritage Visitors Center
Cider Days, 1996
Jeffco Family YMCA

Spring 1997 (4 pages)
1997 "Women Who Made a Difference", Honoree, Marjorie "Bunny" Clement
Colorado State Questers Five Grants
Mile High Motor Court Tour
The Gibson Dairy
Historic Bugs Bunny - Victim of Corporate Power
Mark Your Calendars - Annual Dinner, May 2, Lakewood Country Club
Cider Days, October 4 & 5
Our Role in Cider Days
Historic Preservation Ordinance
Society's Field Trip (Colorado Railroad Museum)
The 1930s

Newsletter Extra 1997
Annual Membership Meeting, November 12
Program "Alferd Packer, the Facts, the Fiction and the Controversy" by Jack Kent Anderson
Proposed Changes in By-Laws
Memories of Lakewood and Environs. . .then & now, (Multi-media art exhibit - Municipal Center Atrium)
Your Gift Would Be Appreciated!!!

Winter 1998
Colfax Cottage Courts by Lyle Miller
Lakewood Accepts ‘House Gift' - Jean Charters Graham benefactor
"There Was a Time" - research by Rocky Mountain Public TV
Interurban No. 25-State Register of Historic Properties
Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner - Mayor Linda Morton presents National Register of Historic Places plaque
Oral History Program
Nellie Gorrell Green
Alameda High School's Golden Anniversary
Washington Heights Center

Spring 1998
Early Lakewood Schools, Lakewood - Colorado, An Illustrated Biography, Editor, Patricia K. Wilcox
Lakewood's History Book
A Woman Who Made a Difference - Betty Proctor
A Not-To-Be Missed Opportunity - visit Interurban No.25
The Hill Section, Golden Hill Cemetery
History of Applewood by Jeanne Vamell, Lakewood - Colorado, An Illustrated Biography, Editor, Patricia K. Wilcox
Passages: Mary E. (Tintle) McAlister, Pierce Brooks, Georgina Brown

Summer 1998
West Metro Fire Protection District, Lakewood - Colorado, An illustrated Biography, Editor, Patricia K. Wilcox
Join Us at Dinosaur Ridge
Are You a Multi-Generational Coloradoan? (Pioneer tag)
The Kerstiens Family - Oral History by Frank Navarro
Bear Creek Girlhood by Marion Anderson Scott, Lakewood - Colorado, An Illustrated Biography, Editor, Patricia K. Wilcox

Newsletter Extra 1998
Annual Membership Meeting, November 11
Mile High Motor Courts
Your Gift Would Be Appreciated

Fall 1998
Sportsmen's Ranch, 2121 Youngfield - drawings and story courtesy of Darlene Creighton Ground
Annual Dinner - September 18. The Arts Bridge - Program: "Lakewood and Historic Jefferson County" by Dr. Thomas J. Noel
Roy O. Wisenberg by Patricia Wilcox
Visit Historic Colfax Avenue - Tour
Passages - Harold E. Bray, Elias J. Candell, Betsy O'Kane, and A.D. Irwin

Winter 1999
"Selling Off the Wild West", Program by Eric Bittner on William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody
Historic Preservation Ordinance
Descendants of Cason Howell Visit
Stories from Howell tape
Passages - Nellie Gorrell Green, Robert T. (Bob) Krueger, Dr. Joseph Perito, Jr., Joseph Prunk, Reverend Robert Syrianey
Country Gentleman by Robert Krueger, 76 Centennial Stories of Lakewood, Editor, Patricia K. Wilcox
Lakewood 1889 - 76 Centennial Stories of Lakewood, Editor, Patricia K. Wilcox
Brown Brothers - 76 Centennial Stories of Lakewood, Editor, Patricia K. Wilcox
Membership renewal form

Spring 1999 Program
Membership Directory
Antarctic Expeditions with John C. Behrendt
Extraordinary June 9 Program Features Antarctic Exploration and National Ice Core Laboratory at the Denver Federal Center
The National Ice Core Laboratory - NICL Homepage

Spring 1999
The Truman Stockton Car Collection
A Not-To-Be Missed Opportunity - Program by Darrell T. Arndt, Interurban Car No. 25
"Wight - Starkweather House"
Military Warrants-Lakewood - Colorado, An Illustrated Biography, 1994, Editor, Patricia K. Wilcox
Jim Anderson's Long Walk by Patricia K. Wilcox - Life Begins on 40, 1995
Passages: Cleva Griffin O'Hayre
Oral History Project
Worthless Area?--- 76 Centennial Stories of Lakewood, Editor, Patricia K. Wilcox
Postmark: Lakewood

Summer 1999
Happy Music for Annual Dinner
Queen City Jazz Band -14 years in Lakewood, 1958 - 1972 by Don Marquis, 1978
The 1930s Kitchen Foodways Program
Furnishing the "1930s Farmhouse Kitchen"
Please Plan to Attend - Rollout of Interurban No. 25

Fall 1999
Chasing the Cure in Colorado - Program by Jeanne Lichtman Abrams, PhD
Glenn R. Scott - Alameda AveNews
Women of Consequence: Lives from The Colorado Women's Hall of Fame
Community Cameos - Julia and Sol Cahen from 76 Centennial Stories of Lakewood, 1976, Editor, Patricia K. Wilcox

Winter 2000
Cover: General George A. Custer and Grand Duke Alexis of Russia. Photo taken January 20, 1872
The Great Buffalo Boondoggle - Program by Bob Palmer
Hall of Fame Honoree - George S. Green by George J. Robinson
George J. Robinson
Passages: Geraldine A. Bray, Daniel P. Webster, Nessie Dolcourt, John Okie Hayden
Community Cameos - Charles Kellogg, John Grout, Albert Rylands, William Burton, Gleb Ilyin - 76 Centennial Stories of Lakewood, 1976, Editor, Patricia K. Wilcox

Spring 2000
Lakewood's Aviation Country Club by Cathleen Norman
Passages: Harry W. Diehl and William Lyman Davies
Lakewood City Commons Tour
Betty Park Robinson - Lakewood - Colorado, An Illustrated Biography, 1994, Editor, Patricia K. Wilcox
Betty Robinson Resume

Summer 2000
Mystery House Braves Winds by Jeanne Varnell, 1975
Lakewood Historical Society's Annual Dinner
White Fence Farm - A Dream Still Growing---We Built More Fun
Cider Days, October 7 & 8
Glenn Scott Cited by Denver Library
Passage: John (Jack) McCoy - McCoy and Jensen Evergreen Nursery
Sarsaparilla and Howdy Orange - 76 Centennial Stories of Lakewood. 1976, Editor, Patricia K. Wilcox

Fall 2000
West Alameda Avenue/Parkway by Pat Wilcox
Garrison Street Station by Don and Carolyn McEndaffer, owners, reprinted from Lakewood - Colorado, An Illustrated Biography, 1994, Editor, Patricia K. Wilcox
Interested in Serving on the Board?
After the Big Snow by Marsh and Evelyn Nottingham - 76 Centennial Stories of Lakewood, 1976, Editor, Patricia K. Wilcox
Passage: Robert E. Stanton

Extra 2000
Annual Membership Meeting - What a Gas! by Dale Heckendorn
Society adopts "Gas, Service, Filling Station" Project
Your Gift Would Be Appreciated!

Winter 2001
Mobility and Gasoline by Elizabeth Nosek
Some of Lakewood's Earliest Gas Stations
Mars Gas Station Comes to Lakewood's Heritage Center
The Early Days of Bear Valley

Spring 2001
Lakewood Riding Club
Unique Mounted Easter Service Survives County Urbanization by Marlene Morton
Edna Hoff Manring - Lakewood Riding Club Newsletter, 1976
Silver Screens Under Starry Skies - Program by Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer at the Clement Center
Horses Still Blazing Trails by Guy Kelly
A Lot of Horses

Summer 2001
Membership Directory
Gil & Ethel's Restored
Applewood Reliques
Gil & Ethel's at Lakewood's Heritage Center
Sand Castles from The Sand Castles of My Father‘s Life: A Life Review of Con Becker by daughter, Sue Becker Heritage
2121 Wadsworth History - Why Spanish?

Fall 2001
50 Years of Fun in the Sun by Pat Wilcox
History Project Explores Edgewood and Two Creeks Areas by Cathleen Norman
Lakewood, Colorado, Just Above Denver in 1959 - Lakewood Community Directory
Lakewood 1889- 76 Centennial Stories of Lakewood, Editor, Patricia K. Wilcox
Lakewood's Founders - 76 Centennial Stories of Lakewood, Editor, Patricia K. Wilcox

Winter 2002
Soldier Comes Home --- Recollections of George Mitchell ---76 Centennial Stories of Lakewood, 1976, Editor, Patricia K. Wilcox
Lest We Forget ---76 Centennial Stories of Lakewood, 1976, Editor, Patricia K. Wilcox
What's in a Name? --- Belmar Elementary, Carmody Jr. High, Creighton Jr. High, Deane Elementary, Dennison Elementary, Devinny Elementary, Dunstan Jr. High, Eiber Elementary, Kendrick Lakes Elementary, Lasky Elementary, Miller Special Education, Motholm Elementary, O'Connell Jr. High, Patterson Elementary, Slater Elementary, Stein Elementary, Stober Elementary, Vivian Elementary
Lakewood's Zoo by Frank Navarro
Eli Christian Molholm - 76 Centennial Stories of Lakewood, Editor, Patricia K. Wilcox
Do You Know? - Monuments/Landmarks

Spring 2002
The Bradford-Perley House at Ken Caryl Ranch and Colonel John Milton Chivington by Dolores A. Ebner
The Rooney Homestead and Dinosaurs by Jack Davidson
Corner Drug Store Grew Up with City (Philnor Pharmacy) - Life Begins on 40
Gary Eiber Remembers Colfax of Yesterday by Pat Wilcox in Life Begins on 40
Kawanee Gardens Irrigation Company
Judy Allison Joins Board

Summer 2002
Lakewood United Methodist Church Centennial 1881-1981
Landscape Finished (Lakewood High World War II Monument)
The House Where Jack Lived (Jack Kerouac)
The Early Days of Bear Valley by Helen Bevans Marris, 1972
The Bevans Family - Lakewood - Colorado, An Illustrated Biography, Editor, Patricia K. Wilcox

Fall 2002
Dr. Frederick Jones Bancroft - A Monumental Man
Woman Bowler Now Manager of Lakewood Restaurant (Margaret Taylor)
Your Gift Would Be Appreciated
Carl Morse Park
Annual Meeting in November

Winter 2003
Change in name to The Lakewood Historian
Orphan Train Program
Roz Brown
LHS Update on monument plantings
More Projects Taken On
Crossroads of History - Garrison Street Station
The City Builds - Willow Glenn on site of Cason Howell house
Max Mosko
West Colfax Addresses - Mosko properties
Memberships Due plus form
Officers Elected - President, Metsopoulos - First Vice President, Navarro - Second Vice President, Davidson - Secretary, Reul - Treasurer, Whittenburg - Historian, Navarro - Membership Chairman, Davidson

Spring 2003
"History on a Plate" by Zoe Hubbard - Spring Program, April 24
We are Now 13! - Addition of two members to the Board of Directors
Were You Called? New Telephone Tree
Hess Jewelers
The Trees of Cason Howell by Frank Navarro
Passages: Billy Wilson, Paul Leroy Eccker, James R. Clark
Three Generations
Blue Cow Creamery
Denver West - new kind of Western Workstyle, Lakewood Sentinel, Feb. 12, 1976
The Rymer Family -76 Centennial Stories of Lakewood, 1976, Editor, Patricia K. Wilcox
Harry Hailer - 76 Centennial Stories of Lakewood, 1976, Editor, Patricia K. Wilcox
Do You Need Any Help? Yard sale

Summer 2003
The Beers Sisters
Another Mark Your Calendar Date - Phil Goodstein presents "Lakewood from the Bottom Up" at July 17 program
The Yard Sale
When Baseball Came to Lakewood by Jack Kent Anderson
Passages: Donald Johnstone Firmie, James G. Kiryakakis

Fall 2003
Do You Know This House? - Near West Colfax Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard: Lynne Wiese and Jim Furrer hope to raise money to save it and move it
Annual Meeting, November 6, 2003
Doris Osterwald's Avocation by Pat Wilcox
New Board Member taking Millie Roeder's vacancy
High Tea to Raise Money to Buy Sculpture
The Road to Villa Italia - The Early Years - Timeline for Change - Key Facts - Continuum Partners
"The First Fifty Years" by Captain David Weist - Excerpts from 193 7-1 989, Lakewood Fire Department, Then and Now
What is a Fireman?
Fire Destroys Country Club - East Jefferson Sentinel, December 22, 1948
Wrong Number?
Fire Department Ball

2003 Annual Fall Membership Meeting
Cason Howell Arbor Restoration by Frank Navarro
Kathy Reul and Lyle Miller - outgoing board members
Joan Howard - continuing
Ann Moore, Sharon Tebow, Karen Zoltenko - bios for board vote
Historic Lakewood Neighborhoods: Glen Creighton, Two Creeks and Cloverdale - program given by Lyle Miller
Passage: Natalie Greer

Winter 2004
Ancestors in My Front Yard by Dennis Vanderhoof
Excerpts from an 1911 Diary by George Vanderhoof
Passages - Marjorie Duston Bisant, Vallarie McCoy Diehl, and Wayne Taylor.
Mark Your Calendar for February 12- Story of Colorado Governor and Mrs. John C. Vivian by Donna and Dan Howes who live in the home.
Join Us Again and Bring Your Friends - Membership Drive.
Community Cameos - Abigail Duston.

Spring 2004
Tracing History - Alameda man' s painstaking work creates early day map of area. Glenn R. Scott.
Darlene Gruber Joins Board.
Meet Jim Richey, The First Mayor of Lakewood.
Bell's Sweep and Its Terminal Arches by Lynn Yehle.
The Wide Acres Story by Lorraine Wagenbach.
The Life of May Bonfils by Pat Kunkle.
Passages - Marjorie (Bunny) Clement, William (Bill) Brown, and Roscoe Pile.

Summer 2004
History of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS).
Statement of Significance, JCRS National Register Historic District.
History of JCRS Site.
History of the JCRS Buildings and Structures.
History of the JCRS Landscape.

Fall 2004
Mercy Grove, 1980 Garland Street.
A Date for Your Calendar - Glen E. Keller, Jr., Director of Westernaires.
Small Beginnings by David Nelson.
Passages - Jean E. Tompkins, George James Robinson, Harry E. Green, Gary Eiber, Sr.

Winter 2005
The Model A Club of Colorado - Its Organization and Early History by Roy E. Butler.
In the Beginning by Mary Binkley.
Model A Ford Club of Colorado by Dennis Vanderhoof.
Historic Landmark Register Created - February 17, 2004.
His Pride and Joy by Pat Wilcox.
Lillie Fahey
New Board Members - Jennifer Sylman and David Peterson.
Memberships Due.
The Five States of Colorado - Documentary Film by Jim Havey, Feb. 10, 2005 at Shepherd of the Hills Presbyterian Church.

Spring 2005
Before Fox Hollow and Developers - An Illustrated History of Farming in Bear Creek Valley by Dave Peterson - Program for the Spring Dinner (changed from fall to spring) at Copper Fields.
Cason Howell House First on Register of Historic Landmarks.
New Board Members: Lewis Bradford and David Wiechman.
Gifts to High Schools - Lakewood, Colorado, An illustrated Biography, given to Alameda, Bear Creek, Green Mountain, Jefferson, Lakewood and Jefferson County Open School by Belmar Optimist Club.
Colorado Marriages 1858 - 1939.
Cemetery Searching Hint
Pictures Under Pictures.
In Celebration - Historic Preservation Month - May.
Panoramic Park, Location of a Blue Star Memorial Byway Marker.
Yes, Another Yard Sale, June 11.
Did you put April 28 on your calendar?
Lakewood Grange No. 172.
Conditions Leading to Organization of the Grange.
Passages - Catherine Cole Eitzen, Dorothy L. Sharpley, James Robson Murray, David R. Braden III.
Silent Auction Goodies.

Summer 2005
First Private Home on Register of Historic Landmarks by Maft and Karen Girard.
The Lakewood Historical Society's Register of Historic Landmarks - The Cason Howell House, The Stone House, and The Peterson House.
Abbie Duston Roadside Park - Abbie Duston's Dream Come True.
Yard Sale a Big Success!
David Ruchman Explains the Light Rail in Lakewood.
The Isaac Solomon Synaogue.
Have You Put August l8 On Your Calendar?

Fall 2005
The Making of a Water Company - A Brief History of The Consolidated Mutual Water Company by Marian Metsopoulos.
The Irrigation Fight by Ralph Moody.
Lakewood's Waterways by Robert Krueger.
Annual Meeting.
The Register.
Historical Displays for Libraries.
Clyde, Colorado?

Winter 2006
Rockley Music Company - 1946.
New Board Members - Kris Autobee, Bunny Malm, and Art Rittenhouse.
Carl Morse Park by Patricia Wilcox.
National Historic Preservation Act.
Membership reminder and form.
Some Activities coming up in the months ahead.

Spring 2006
KLAK'S Ballyhoo Buggy:
Country and Western Music Hits Lakewood
Radio Station KLAK
Another "Mark Your Calendar" Event-Spring Luncheon
Historic Tag a Draw as Market Begins to Cool.
Passage: James (Jim) Eitzen
"Bits and Pieces" The Bed Played Music

Summer 2006
Mile-High Church: Religion for the Rockies.
Lakewood Historical Society announces additions to its Register of Historic Landmarks: The Rose Cottage & The Cline House.
The 1930s.
Deputy Preserves Much of Department's History-Jefferson County Courthouse.
The Klu Klux Klan.
A Big Parade.

Fall 2006
Our Turkey Tradition
Earle E. Clark-speaker for Annual Meeting (10th Mountain Division)
Present and Future Board Members.
Candidates for Vacancies---Thomas W. Keller and Terry Ray King.
Addenbrooke Fireplace and Panoramic Park added to twelve already on The Register of Historic Landmarks in Lakewood established by The Lakewood Historical Society in 2004.
Lakewood was Doorknob Capital.
Membership form.

Winter 2007
The Kendrick Family Entrepreneurs.
Lakewood Country Club Seeks Photographs and Materials for Hundred-Year History Book.
The Lakewood Historical Society Members
Betty J. Miller...leading Democracy with honest, open community. Sculpture at Belmar Library -The Reading Chair honors Betty.
Territorial and State Governors - 1861 to 2007.
Annual Membership Meeting.
New President of the Board - Karen Zoltenko.
Membership form.

Spring 2007
History from the mouths of those who lived it. William Porter, Denver Post Writer.
Oral History Game Plan.
Prohibition - Pat Wilcox
Historical Society's New Website - with some revisions
Passage - Joan Wilson Loveland Mengel

Summer 2007
A Cemetery Rich in History Celebrates its 100th Anniversary - Crown Hill.
Centennial Events
Honored - ArtsLinkJeffco - Marian Metsopoulos
The 4th U.S. Artillery Regimental Brass Band.
The JCRS Isaac Solomon Synagogue and Tent added to the Lakewood Historical Society's Register of Historic Landmarks in Lakewood.
Jefferson County Historical Society's Day with authors of Front Range History.
Passages - Stanford F. Renaud - Florence Rebecca Bruce Brown.

Fall 2007
Bricks, Bricks, and more Bricks.
Annual meeting and dinner-White Fence Farm-Nov. 8-Apple Orchards of Lakewood
Land Acquisitions
Many Two Eagles

Winter 2008
King Apple Comes to Lakewood
A Basket of Cherries with a Serious Message
Cider Hill

Spring 2008
Casa Bonita
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Do you need a Speaker?
European Jews in Denver's West Colfax Area
Lakewood's Advisory Commission for an Inclusive Community.

Summer 2008
Gorrell Iron Works (Now for Sale)
William Thomas Gorrell Family
The Kerstiens Family
The Lakewood Historical Society's Spring Meeting
LHS Co-hosts Symposium
Interurban No. 25 on State Register
Memberships - It's Time

Fall 2008
Schnell Farm on the Society's Register of Historic Landmarks in Lakewood
Olinger Crown Hill Mortuary, Cemetery & Arboretum programs
Historic Pillars restored-Fred Zastrow
Lakewood students wins award-Blaire Mikesell
Annual meeting-new and "old" board members
The Last of the Colfax Cowboys-' Slim' Jackson
Paul Pattridge

Winter 2009
The Baby That Grew Up in Lakewood - The Story of Cobe Laboratories
Wanted - Historic sites in Lakewood
A Family Pharmacy Closes after 54 Years
Daniels Elementary School
Lakewood Celebrates 40th Anniversary in 2009

Spring 2009
The Circus Never Left Town - Big Top convenience stores
Denver Federal Center Museum opens years of history to Lakewood
The Federal Center
The Hayden Ranch
Major Jacob Downing

Summer 2009
Lakewood, Colorado---It's First Hundred Years---1852-1952
Passages....Alexe "Boots" Stockton-Beran
Pictures, Pictures, Pictures

Fall 2009
Lakewood Heights Subdivision
Lakewood Country Club, A Colorado Classic-100 Years in the Making, August 3, 2009

Winter 2010
One in Half-a-Million
We Need Your Help!!!!
Master-Slave Clock System
Western Center for the Conservation of Fine Arts
Hello, Central...

Spring 2010
O'Kane House and Barn on Register of Historic Landmarks
June 1, 2010---Luncheon, Roundel Room, RMCAD, Jeanne Abrams, Dr. Charles David Spivak
LeMay Club Auto Museum tour, Lakewood's Highways by Bob Autobee
Announcement of Queen City Jazz Band concert
Historic Loveland House---For Sale!!!
One of a Kind, Jap wooden door at Denver Federal Center Museum
Jan Lindgren, Right at Home

Summer 2010
Queen City Jazz Band Tells All-Music, Memories, Mon-Vue, A Special Oral History Program
The Birth of the Queen City Jazz Band
The Queen City Jazz Band Foundation
LeMay Club Auto Museum, Site of July 31 Program
Tromping ‘The Fax', Man writes history of businesses----step by step by step (Colfax)

Fall 2010
Kellogg House on Register
Plaque Presentation
The Everett Farm Windmill
The Everett Family
Giving the Past a Present for a Better Future
It's That Time!!!! (annual meeting)
A Valuable Volunteer (Jerry Pfannenstiel)

Winter 2011
The Gates of Lakewood
  • The Bonfils-Stanton Gate
  • The Golden Hill Cemetery
  • Lakewood Memorial Field
  • Moffat Treatment Plant Gate
  • White Fence Farm
A Busy Year!!

Spring 2011
A Street lined with Stories and Memories-on the Way to the Mountains
Landmarks in Their Time:
  • JCRS
  • Lakewood Brick & Tile Company
  • Hess Jewelry
  • West Metro Fire Protection District
  • Philnor Pharmacy
  • Taylor's Supper Club
  • Golden Hill Cemetery
  • Casa Bonita
  • Lakewood Feed and Supply
  • Rockley Music Company
  • Lane's Tavern
  • The Cohen Store
  • The Bruce Gas Station
  • Panoramic Park
  • Bugs Bunny Motel
  • Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner

Upcoming Events, Projects and a History:
  • The Essay Contest
  • What's it Worth?
  • Tour & Lunch at the Avoca Lodge, July 16
  • Molly Brown

Passage. . .Donald W. Martinson

Summer 2011
The Billboard Jungle by Robert Autobee-first place winner
Judges
2012 Essay Contest
Businesses Invited to Join
History in Pen & Ink
New Authors in Our Midst
What's it Worth-A Big Success

Fall 2011
Coming of Age on Colfax Avenue by Sheryl Sweeney-second place winner
Lakewood Historical Society Essay Contest, 2012
A Special Evening of Food, Fun and Business-annual dinner meeting
Their Words
Grand Sesquicentennial Celebration Gala

Winter 2012
Mile Hi Church of LHS Register
Business membership--Pickering's Auto Repair Center
Jeffco Stories-oral histories
Lakewood's Entrepreneur-William Austin Hamilton Loveland
Member Authors-Dr. David Nelson, reviews by Sandra Dallas, John Hickenlooper, Colorado Governor, Carole Lomond---other authors: Kristen and Bob Autobee, Kenton Forrest and Don Robertson

Spring 2012
Dino---a Legend
Business members---Havey Productions and Cafe del Sol
Who was Schuyler Colfax?
Tally Ho
Jeffco Stories Update
What's it Worth?
Passages---Robert "Bobby" Malm, Fran Yehle
Business memberships: Pickering's Auto Repair Center, Cafe del Sol, Havey Productions

Summer 2012
Essay winner: Fiesta on the Front Range: A History of Casa Bonita
Lakewood History Essay Contest
Passages---Glenn R. Scott, Martha B. Wilson, and Dennis Vanderhoof

Fall 2012
Built on the Ruins of Rome-Renee Farrar-Second Place Adult Winner
White Fence Farm-A Dream Come True
Jeffco Stories---jeffcolibrary.org/jeffcostories
Passages-Robert Richard Wright
Lakewood Historical Society Business Memberships

Fall 2012 - annual meeting
We're home again!
Candidates for Board of Directors-Scott Koop and Bob Autobee

Winter 2013
West Colfax, the Grand Old Dame and Her Friends-Patricia Gilmore
Edgar Allen Howell Memories from a diary taped in 1961
Wanted-Diaries

Spring 2013
The Lakewood Arthur Murray
What's it Worth?
Excerpt from Ruth McEwen's Oral History
Business Members: Pickering's Auto Repair Center, Cafe del Sol, Havey Productions, and White Fence Farm

Summer 2013
From Steam to Light Rail - Daniel Hoffman
Sweet Memories - Sean Jones
The Great Snowstorm - 1913 - Kaylyn Schull
Name change of Essay Contest - Dennis Vanderhoof Lakewood History Essay Contest

Fall 2013
A Tale of Two Shopping Centers: Villa Italia and the Lakewood Shopping Center, 1966-By Kris Autobee. Entry in Essay Contest
The Dennis Vanderhoof Lakewood History Essay Contest
The Jefferson County Library Brings History to You on the Internet: Part of Alexe Royal Stockton-Beran's (Boots Stockton) oral history
Passage. . .Albert Donald "Al" Green
The Lakewood Historian becomes the quarterly Journal of the Lakewood Historical Society and the newsletter will be composed and sent out on an impromptu schedule by Kris Autobee

Winter 2014
Proclamation stating that the City of Lakewood recognizes January 13, 2014 as the beginning of the 40th Anniversary Celebration of the Lakewood Historical Society...presented to Ann Moore President of the Society by Mayor Bob Murphy, City of Lakewood.
"Love your horse but never kiss the girl..." - Kristen Autobee First place winner in the Adult Category of the 2013 Dennis Vanderhoof Lakewood History Essay Contest.
The Community and History of Lakewood in Every Meal: Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner: First place winner in the Youth Category of the 2013 Dennis Vanderhoof Lakewood History Essay Contest
Heavenly Paradise, 1953 log house owned by Debbie Baker, placed on the Register of Historic Landmarks in Lakewood.
Mark your calendar so you don't miss some of the exciting things planned for this special year-Our 40!!!

Spring 2014
"Confluence" by Dr. Sean Jones, second-place adult winner in the 2013 Dennis Vanderhoof Lakewood History Essay Contest.
Biography of Dr. Sean Jones.
"Hutchinson Elementary School" by Andrew Jones, honorable mention in the 2013 Dennis Vanderhoof Lakewood History Essay Contest.
Biography of Andrew Jones.
A Father and Son Did It!! Commentary about the father and son entering the 2013 Dennis Vanderhoof Lakewood History Essay Contest.
What's it Worth? Experts to assess value of items.
West Colfax Historic Survey on its Way. Volunteers will survey historic buildings along colfax Avenue between Sheridan and Youngfield.
Come join us during our 40th Anniversary Year and find out what you will be missing!
Passages: Malcom E. (Bud) Collier; Janyce Anne Couch Lindgren.
New Members elected to the Board of Directors Until the Next Annual Meeting.

Summer 2014
"Bonvue and Beyond, My memories of 52 years in Lakewood, Colorado," by Barbara Tobiska, Honorable Adult Winner in the 2013 Dennis Vanderhoof Lakewood History Essay Contest.
"Lakewood from Past to Present, What makes the City of Lakewood a special place?" by Sara Zhen, Second-Place Youth Winner in the 2013 Dennis Vanderhoof Lakewood History Essay Contest.
Historical Society Celebrates 40 Years. The Lakewood Historical Society is 40 Years Old.
"To the Past & Back." A Bus Tour to some historic Lakewood sites.
Passage: Glenn Everett Glass, one of the founders of the Lakewood Historical Society.

Fall 2014
"Snapshot" bronze sculpture by Jane DeDecker in Addenbrook Park, by Marian Metsopoulos.
"Jane DeDecker, Sculptor." A short biography of her by Wolf Schneider in "My World."
"Public Art - The Lakewood Collection." A short history of Lakewood's art collection, written by Marian Metsopoulos.
"Our Quilt Project: to Laugh or Cry" by Barbara Tobiska. The making of Lakewood's 25th Anniversary quilt 1969-1994.
"The Alleys of Mountair" by Robert Autobee.
"Where do I find it? The History of Lakewood, that is." Sources of historical information about Lakewood, Colorado, by Marian Metsopoulos.
Reservation form for the Lakewood Historical Society annual dinner, featuring speaker Polly Letofsky.
"The Saga of a Trip to the 'Past and Back'" by Dr. David Barth. "New Research Website" by Marian Metsopoulos.

Note: The Fall 2014 Journal was the final issue written by Marian Metsopoulos who had edited and provided articles for it for more than 20 years. The job of editing, writing, and publishing was handed to kristen Autobee as of the Winter 2015 issue.

Winter 2015
"The Jewish Consumptive's Relief Society". The role of Dr. Charles Spivak and the importance of the JCRS in the national fight against tuberculosis, an entry to the Dennis Vanderhoof Lakewood Historical Society Essay Contest, by Grace Wagner.
"Lakewood and Her Sisters". The story of Lakewood, Colorado's sister cities, an entry to the Dennis Vanderhoof Lakewood Historical Society Essay Contest, by Sean Jones.
"Lakewood and Her Sisters". An essay about Lakewood, Colorado's sister cities, an entry to the Dennis Vanderhoof Lakewood Historical Society Essay Contest, by Sean Jones.
"White Fence Farms". An essay describing a chain of famous family restaurants, an entry to the Dennis Vanderhoof Lakewood Historical Society Essay Contest, by Andrew Jones.
"Colorado Christian University". An essay describing a century of education that found a home in Lakewood, an entry to the Dennis Vanderhoof Lakewood Historical Society Essay Contest, by Kaylyn Schull.
"The Rise of Belmar, The Fall of Villa Italia". An essay reflecting on the evolution of a huge Lakewood, Colorado indoor shopping mall into a "small town" style cluster of shops and homes, an entry to the Dennis Vanderhoof Lakewood Historical Society Essay Contest, by Isaac Schull.

Spring 2015
"Historic Preservation Month Issue" by Kris Autobee.
"Preservation in Action: Rehabilitating the Belmar Farm's Caretaker's Cottage at the Lakewood Heritage Center" by Jeffery Murray, Lakewood Heritage Center Administrator. Discusses Foundation Rehabilitation and Drainage Modifications; Roof Rehabilitation; Exterior Siding and Trim; and Interior Finish Removal & Abatement.
"What's it Worth?" by Kris Autobee.
"Inspire Arts Week Lakewood 2015" by Kris Autobee.
"Garden Tour" by Ann Moore.
"In Memorium" The passing of Wilmae "Bunny" Henthorne Malm, by Kris Autobee. Open house at 40 West to remember Bunny.
"Subdivisions and Stately Mansions of West Colfax" by Kris Autobee. The article mentions:
  • Cason Howell House (1874)
  • William Loveland House (1888)
  • J.W. Robb House (1876)
  • Edward Hicks Home (1890)
  • The Democratic Club (1890)
  • Wright-Starkweather House
  • George Peabody House (1887)
  • Columbia Savings Bank at Colfax and Wadsworth


Summer 2015
"The Question Issue" by Kris Autobee.
"Keeping up with the Smiths" by Kris Autobee. Discusses methods of historical research using the Smith farm as an example.
"Annual Dinner" by Kris Autobee.
"Historiography" by Kris Autobee. Suggestion that enthusiasts of Lakewood history research and write an essay or article.
"A couple of things to ponder" by Kris Autobee. Shows research Kris has done regarding the Jefferson County Agriculatural Census, 1885-1899 and the Jefferson County Population census, 1870-1940.
"Catch It While You Can: Writing Modern Lakewood's Past" by Kris Autobee. Suggestions and ideas for researching and writing about Lakewood history.