During the First World War (1914-1918), European farms became battlefields and American farmers found a new market for diary products. When the war ended and European farmers resumed production, Colorado dairy farmers experienced a depression. Many . . . — — Map (db m287233) HM
1930s Farm House
Oral history that this structure started out as a carriage house on the Hallack Estate at South Pierce Street and West Alameda Avenue. It is said that in the 1910s, worker rolled the structure on logs to the northeast corner . . . — — Map (db m286832) HM
May Bonfils-Stanton (1883-1962) began to acquire the land
around modern-day Kountze Lake in Belmar Park in 1936, and
her mansion was completed in 1937 near the current intersection
of South Wadsworth Boulevard and West Alameda
Avenue. The . . . — — Map (db m255852) HM
May Bonfils purchased
this land in 1936. She
married Charles E. Stanton in
1956 and they formed Belmar
Development Company in
1959. With this company,
they planned Villa Italia
Shopping Center and other
building projects in the area. . . . — — Map (db m255850) HM
Affluent Denverites, like the Bonfils and Brown families,
took vacations and built summer homes in the Lakewood
area beginning late in the 19th century.
Frederick Bonds, an owner of the Denver Post, reportedly
rented land on Kountze . . . — — Map (db m255851) HM
Imagine…living in a luxurious, French chateau-inspired mansion surrounded by the farms and pastures of 1930s Jefferson County. In 1937, during the Great Depression, wealthy heiress Mary Madeline “May” Bonfils had her stately manor house built on the . . . — — Map (db m287087) HM
Originally built at West 68th Avenue and Indiana Street, circa 1867, the building served as the Ralston Crossing Methodist-Episcopal Church. Ralston School District No. 12 received the building on September 30, 1871, after the congregation split. . . . — — Map (db m287267) HM
In 1944 Clifford and Christine Estes,
natives of Nebraska who later moved
to Colorado, purchased land along
West Colfax Avenue just east of
Kipling Street. The Estes family built
a sizable house in the middle of the
lot, likely around . . . — — Map (db m255853) HM
Gil and Ethel Gomez operated their
barber shop and beauty salon in this
building from 1961 to 1996. Prior to
their lease, an 88 Cent Store occupied the
building. Sno White Dry Cleaner built
the structure near the corner of Alameda
Avenue . . . — — Map (db m255854) HM
In Lakewood’s semi-arid environment, water is an important commodity. Many farmers practiced ditch irrigation. Farmers also drilled wells, many from 600-800 feet deep. Farmers used windmills to pump the water out of wells and into cisterns and . . . — — Map (db m287706) HM
Denver trolleys ran from 1871-1950.
At its prime, the electric railway system
consisted of 300 miles of track and had
approximately 250 cars.
The Wide Acres Trolley Stop was located
on Orchard Road. It serviced passengers
on a . . . — — Map (db m255855) HM
Built circa 1885, the Streer-Peterson House originally stood on Morrison Road near Bear Creek. The Streer family owned and lived in the house from 1918 to 1921. This family operated the Morrison Farm Dairy. The Peterson family never occupied the . . . — — Map (db m286985) HM
Do your vegetables come from a grocery store or do you grow them at home? During the early years of the twentieth century when many families lived in rural or semi-rural areas, they raised at least some of their food, due both to the lack of . . . — — Map (db m287704) HM
