Name/Title
Stanley SteamerEntry/Object ID
2024.22.5Description
Three photos of Stanley Steamer and three typewritten reminiscences of the Stanley Steamer.
Originally located in a Nederland Realty (Glenna Carline) envelope.
1. Stanley Steamer with passengers at the west shore of Barker Reservoir. Aurelia Heintze Hill identified the man standing at the far side of the car wearing a dark suit and tie as her father, Bob Heintze. The woman standing behind the front seat wearing a black hat and dress was her mother, and she was the little girl on the running board. The little dog was Teddy. She estimated the photo was taken between 1909 and 1910. Her father bought the Stanley Steamer car around 1909 from the Stanley brothers in Estes Park for $2,150 cash.
2. Copy of letter from Aurelia Heintze Hill
3. Photo of Stanley Steamer with passengers at east end of Barker Reservoir. Violet Norris Forbes identified herself as the high school girl in the front seat. Mrs. Wolcott was standing behind her. Mrs. J.G. Clark was the woman in the white dress in the back seat with Mrs. Ed Norris. She thought her brother, Prentiss Norris, was standing beside Mrs. Wolcott. Photo is labeled Sunday, June 4, 1911. (Also a smaller copy of same photo 2024.22.5 (3a)
4. Photo of same group in Stanley Steamer at east end of Barker Reservoir as in Photo 3.
5. Letter from Violet Norris Forbes describes the passengers in the Stanley Steamer and recalls some of her history in Nederland. Her father had a sawmill alongside the creek near Barker Meadows and they lived across from it in a two-story log house. Her family homesteaded a ranch about three miles northwest of Nederland as a timber claim, and the sawmill was moved there in 1905. She graduated in 1910 from Nederland eighth grade, and in 1916 and 1917 she taught third and fourth grades in Nederland. The family home was built on the west end of the lot where the church is on Johnson (?) Street. Their ranch was sold in 1936 or 1938 and was later known as (?) Lakes Ranch.
6. Copy of typewritten letter from Forest Crossen to unknown recipient about a story in Looking Back in the Denver Post's Empire Magazine with some history of the Stanley Steamer.Context
Lakewood, a company town, was built about four miles north of Nederland. In the early 1900s, steel manufacturers Stein and Boericke became interested in the tungsten-producing Conger Mine. After acquiring the Primos Chemical Company, they merged with Great Western Exploration of Colorado. Three years later, they consolidated the holdings of Boulder County Ranch and acquired the Conger Mine. Chauncey F. Lake, who had managed the Conger Mine, became the resident manager of the huge new company, the Primos Mining and Milling Company. The Primos Company built the largest tungsten mill in the world not far from the Conger Mine. A small company town called Lakewood grew up near the mill. The Primos properties and the town were sold in 1920 and dismantled. Today, nothing remains except a few foundation.Collection
Glenna Carline Collection