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Category: Reprints

Posted on September 12, 2017October 2, 2019

Reprints: 1912 – Mary E. Miller – The “Mother of Lafayette”

Mary E. Miller, the founder of Lafayette, was born in Geneseo, N.Y., August 9, 1842. In 1853, with her parents, she removed to Michigan and settled near Hastings. Later she moved to Iowa and on December 24, 1862, she married Lafayette Miller who died in Boulder, Colorado in 1878.

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The proliferation of indexed digital documents has significantly simplified the historical research process. Using property records, online maps and resources found in Colorado libraries, lots of missing pieces regarding our area’s history can be reassembled and explained. To that end, this site debunks the notion that everything we know about Lafayette, Louisville and eastern Boulder County history has already been discovered. All contents copyright 2023. No portion of it may be used or reproduced without written consent.

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