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Previously unidentified murder victim whose gravestone reads, "Jane Doe, April 1954, age about 20 years" was recently determined by the Boulder County Sheriff's Office to be Dorothy Gay Howard, from Phoenix AZ. Her family has not yet decided if her remains will reside in Columbia Cemetery or be re-interred elsewhere.
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Legendary "Old West" stock detective Tom Horn (Lot C-74)
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Beloved and mysterious early University of Colorado professor Mary Rippon (Lot West Avenue Reserve-1)
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Colorful early Boulder photographer and painter
"Rocky Mountain Joe" Sturtevant (Lot E-37)
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Controversial political figure and Sand Creek Massacre Captain David Nichols (Lot C-62)
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Early gold-seeker, farmer and original Columbia Cemetery land-owner Marinus "Marine" Smith (Lot E-15)
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Discoverers of the Caribou lode that initiated the Colorado silver boom William "Billy" Martin (Lot D-109) and George Lytle (Lot B-68)
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Boulder 's illustrious "lady of the evening"
Marietta Kingsley (Lot D-23)--No marker
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Many war veterans, including several whose markers simply read, "Union Soldier" (Lot D-26, Lot B-50)
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The first person buried in Columbia Cemetery, Anna Eggleston (Lot E-3), who died on May 16, 1870
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Boulder farmer Sylvanus Wellman (Lot B-45), who planted the first crops in the Boulder area
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Early Boulder physician and surgeon, Dr. Mary T. Lowrey (Lot C-69)
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Fire chief, hose runner, and drug store merchant, George Fonda (Lot A-12)
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Early homesteader and farmer, James B. Viele (Lot B-58), who brought the first threshing machine to Boulder County
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Pharmacist Eben G. Fine (Lot E-9), who was known as “Mr. Boulder” for his regular national lecture tours promoting his adopted city
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Postmaster, banker, University of Colorado financier, and builder of Boulder’s first frame house, Andrew J. Macky (Lot A-94)
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Early engineer and builder of the first Boulder Canyon road, James P. Maxwell (Lot D-8)
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The bright red marker for little Paula Barchilon (Lot East Avenue Reserve-2) is one of the Cemetery’s most recognized grave stones, and has been nicknamed the “Lollipop Stone” by local children.
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