Tuesday, 20th Day - 345 Days to Follow
Diary written by Margie Arbuthnot
14 degrees above at 7A.M.
Another nice day.
I did my ironing.
Hills came.
Mr. Hill and Dad to Hammounds that there was a sale.
Mrs. Hill, Florence, and myself to Boulder.
Spent the day with Marjorie & Una.
Home 15 [minutes] to 5.
Brot some of M[arjorie's] plants out.
M gave $.34 for eggs to Mrs. Hill.
Temp. 24 degrees at 9P.M.
To get into Boulder, the family would have driven west on Niwot Road as far as the road would take them, then north and west again util they reached the Foothills Highway. This highway took them south into Boulder, the street becoming Broadway there. Left Hand Creek is clearly marked. Many of the ditches on this map were dug by Fred Arbuthnot's father, uncles and a great-uncle. Can you find Fred Arbuthnot's farm on this map? Can you find the land where F. H. Pounds lives? That is where Margie's husband Fred Arbuthnot was born. His mother purchased Haystack Mountain and is apart of the Pound property. You can find the town of Niwot here too.
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| 1940's map showing the farms in the area. |
Thank you for being a lantern in a cold time for all of us Donlyn sharing your family heritage which may mirror many local family.. Thankfully yours took time to write a journal or leave the markers we are familiar with like haystack and the ditches that were like veins and arteries for early farmers!!
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