September 19, 2011

Milestones: City of Louisville

Louisville has a rich, 133-year-old history.

The town – which would later become a city – was founded by Louis Nawatny in 1878. Nawatny, who named Louisville after himself, platted the town and recorded the plat with Boulder County.

Charles C. Welch started the first coal mine in the area a year earlier, in 1877, and Nawatny likely worked for Welch.

A long coal-mining strike began in 1910 that culminated with an eruption of violence and gunfire at the Hecla Mine in April 1914.

Coal mining was the main occupation for the men of Louisville from 1878 until the 1950s. From 1890 to 1928,…

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