September 19, 2011

Milestones Icon: Mary Miller

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The title “founding mother” fits few women like it fits Mary Miller, founder of the city of Lafayette.

Miller was born in 1842 in Geneseo, N.Y. Eventually she migrated to Iowa, which she and her husband, Lafayette, left in June 1863 to move to the Colorado Territory.

The couple’s wandering days continued during their years in Colorado. The Millers first settled in what would become Longmont before moving to the site of Coal Creek Farm to run a stagecoach stop on the trail between Denver and Cheyenne. They acquired a farm in 1871 before relocating to Boulder in 1874, where Lafayette was…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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