As part of our Centennial Celebration, we are collecting
personal stories and memories people have of the Hotel
Boulderado. It is our goal to collect 100 stories.
Learn how you can submit your own story here, or read on
to share the history and legacy of Boulder's original luxury hotel.
Stories denoted with an asterisk (*) are monthly winners
Stories Dating from the 1910s
Barbara Berryman, "The Staleys"
Denis & Terence Keleher, "First Wedding Ceremony"
* Pat Ostwald, "My Mother's Memoirs"
Stories Dating from the 1920s
Bella Weber, "Chautauqua Park Cottage"
* David Rainey, "The Privilege of Years"
Stories Dating from the 1930s
* Jane Valentine Barker, "The Mosaic Tile Floor"
Stories Dating from the 1940s
Renee Ketterman, "The Kettermans"
* Gordon Wickstrom, "Grandmother Lulu"
Jerry Johnson, "Johnson Publishing Co."
Steve Christopher, "Memories from a Boulder Native"
Stories Dating from the 1950s
* Ruth Schultz, "The Boulderado Double Daylily"
George Epp, "Still a Friendly Place"
Stories Dating from the 1960s
Ray and Jean Crowder, "Our Kind of Jazz"
* Peggy Archibald, "Under the Christmas Tree"
Janis & Jacques Giraud, "A French Connection"
William Arndt, "The Basement"
Sue Howard Krohn, "Child of the Boulderado"
* June Howard, "Running this Hotel"
Stories Dating from the 1970s
* Gary Richardson, "Meeting Mr. Lawry"
* Glenn Donharl, "'Well, It's a Radio'"
* David Grimm, "Affection for the Boulderado"
* Kim Saporito, "From Another Era"
Jim Olmstead, "A Good Guy with Discriminating Taste"
Elmer Armstrong & Cecelia Girz, "A Big Challenge"
Robert "Mat" Keeney III, "Letter to the Boulderado"
David Joel, "Lots of Ups and Downs"
David Hill, "Fruit Salad"
* Carolyn Paul, "Phone Booths"
Gwen Winterberger, "Caring for Elderly Occupants"
Stories Dating from the 1980s
Mark Diamond, "As Time Goes By"
Karen Berger, "We'll Always Have the Boulderado"
* Laurie Thornton, "My Wedding Gift"
Jon Colby, "A Private Gathering"
* Chuck Gower & Cheryl DiPanfilo, "The $17,000 Question"
Octavia Tryon & JP Monroe, "Romance on the Mezz"
* Sandy Hale, "Does Time Fly By"
Frank Day, "An Owner's Story"
* Joanne Cole, "A Magical Hotel"
Winifred Moranville & Dave Wolf, "Just Good Memories"
Stories Dating from the 1990s
Jim Ablao, "Climbing at the Boulderado"
* Douglas Dellinger, "She said that I needed to sit down"
Aimee Horton, "A Call from the Boulderado"
Len Barron, "Dinner for Dr. Robert McFarland"
* Spencer Harte, "My Two Alexes"
* Juliann Brumbaugh, "Ghost on the Staircase"
Lori Hoppe, "A Fun New Year's Eve"
* Carrie Host, "Lobby Love"
Stories Dating from the 2000s
* Kimmy Freeman, "The Beginning of 'Us'"
* Lynn Brewer, "Halloween Night"
Bob Yates, "A Special Place"
Carol Wiggins, "Gingerbread Hotel Boulderado"
* Julie Blankinship, "St. Patrick's Day Wedding"
Thom & Annie Earle, "5th Floor View"
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