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This is our last weekend in Boulder. After 13 years and 5 months, the winds of job market are blowing us out of Colorado.

Boulder: pop. 94,673; elev. 5,344 ft.

Boulder was settled on the outwash plain of Boulder Creek in 1858 because, according to Capt. Thomas A. Aikens, "the mountains look right for gold, and the valleys ... rich for grazing". It has since grown from a cluster of crude log houses into one of the leading educational and scientific research and development centers in the Rocky Mountain states.

The combination of climate, scenery and the 25,000-student University of Colorado attracted such agencies as the National Center for Atmospheric Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics as well as other large corporate institutions.

An 8,555-acre system of mountain parks includes Boulder Creek Path, Boulder Falls, Chautauqua Park, Flagstaff Mountain and the Flatirons. Boulder Creek, which flows through the city, offers a multitude of recreational activities for 16 miles alongside the creek.

Boulder obtains its water supply from a municipally owned glacier. Twenty-eight miles of pipe channel the clear, soft water from Arapaho Glacier to the town’s taps.

Colorado & Utah, AAA Tour Book, 2005 Ed.

 
 

 
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