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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