University of Colorado - Coloradan Yearbook (Boulder, CO)

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X ,.... ,W f4.,.,,,,,, THE FIRST STAGE . H. O. Dodge has preserved, as a souvenir, his 'Cpromise to pay, which was at two per cent. a month. The subscription list Was vigorously pushed by Clinton M. Tyler, captain in the Indian War of 1864. In 1860 he had come into the 'CPike' s Peak Coun- try with one team of horses and nine teams of oxen. He was one of the most stirring business men of the early day. iHis grandfather was a Vermonter. Captain Tyler saw the advantages of a university to the town and to his fam- ily. His daughter, Ella Tyler-Whiteley, received the iirst degree here given to a Woman. In 18811 he Was elected Regent. When there was a meeting of the Board, it was a satisfaction to see his big mule hitched under the University A p couwrv ROAD G.A.ANDR'EW5. I . or I Z 'Q' Q V: 0 oc of . -E I 4 Q' ls! cn li A-L 4 .5 -f be if 3 OO 5 E I! 05 u 4 E 5 4 D 9 ' avail. ,pri cottonvvoods. The professors who have survived from the l1l2lC1'llliY ol? the thirst President have cause for remembering the kindness, sympathy and i'1-iomqship of Captain Tyler, Who was an omcer of the Universitv in nnoasx' limos, Marinus G' Smith, BuCkl1lgh31T1Brotllcrs and .iXnthonx' .Xrncll hoznlvd the list. ' ' Mr. Anthony Arnett, a sturdy Alsatian. was born num' Strnslmrg. mining to the Lnitcd States in 1828. ln the 2ll0lllVOS of lho llmvm's1ix' are the lol.- lowing memoranda: 22

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X , I n ' i . CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Smith tract, Woodbury and the Athletic Field are on the Andrews tract. The donors provided a street one hundred feet wide entirely around the Campus, and an avenue one hundred and fifty feet wide to approach the center from the north. In later years the local authorities unwisely narrowed Twelfth Street to eighty feet, and the railway cut oif the northeast corner. But in 187 2 an appropriation for the erection of the first building failed to pass the Territorial Legislature. In 1871 a bill granting 815,000 on condition that the citizens of Boul- der raise a like suni. May 18, 1875, at a ineeting of the Board, it was reported tha.t the requisite aniount had been raised to enable the Trustees to draw on the Treasurer for 2B15,000. There was placed to the credit of the University 5B30,000. The raising of the 815,000 was what actually fixed the University at Boulder. It was no easy task. The professional inen were young, the trades- men were just starting in business. Many gave their notes, cash being fur- nished by George G. Corning, who had started the first bank in May, 1871. Dr. A21

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I l i 1 V l l I I 1 l 1 l z 5 l R l 1 l l i l l 1 1 x . I i I i 4 l s, l I La.,- 4' l ll f Z l 1 I A 1 5 1 x l i s GIFTS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BY ANTHONY ARNETT. One h01'S9 given to the Representative from Boulder County on condition that he should win in his effort to locate the University here. Eighty acres of land, Tyler Addition. A Five hundred dollars in cash. Four acres of the land now comprising the Campus. Mr. Charles G. Buckingham was afterwards founder of the University Library. Marinus Cr. Smith headed the subscription list with by far the largest sum. From his zeal he became known as 'CUniversity Smith? Dr. Dennett used to say that he was the patron saint of the University, and that his portrait should be hung in the chapel. He was born in Oneida County, New York, May 6, 1819, served in the Mexican War, prospected in California, and came to Boul-- der in J une, 1859 5 his wife taught in the first Sunday school. In 1861, in company with Horace Tarbor, he started in pursuit of seine Boulder horse thieves and caught two of them at Plattsinouth, and two more at Rockford, Missouri. The thieves joined the army? In 1863-4 he was captain of the home guard. He owned two hundred and twenty acres in Boulder, a part of which was given for our Campus. He died January 12, 1901. His last thoughts were for the University. He said to a relative: MAH that institution needs over there is more property. If I had kept my health a little longer, they should have had itf' His house is, perhaps, the oldest frame building in the County, standing on an original site. He surrounded it with a wild paradise of shrubbery, fruit and shade trees. So dense were the approaches that a man might pass three sides of his park for years without knowing there was a house in it. He was the first to test the climate and soil of Boulder for vegetables and fruit. In September, 1859, in company with William G. Pell, he plowed where Seventeenth Street now is 5 in November, built the first irrigating ditch, and the next season, proved that any kind of seeds would grow and bring fort-h abundantly. Between the street and sidewalk along his land he planted cherry trees for the boys? He was generous, and he had a quick answer. Once a - Q.. Ei R.. :Ml ,p-x l' S :ff -i I ', ' ' EE '5.53.1,.. . , .Q 1 . I. .... .. . :Mg . f. W' . h ' 'M gg A Q J k W, L WWWWW L' :Mm 4. x ' 'f . ' . Q XX . Qui: b r .f I 5 - ff' 'V ' Eg .l'f',..fO5 , fy 47 3 Vi X X if . .'1.1.n':1'N', f.v:'12nIa v,.,, j fl Z! 4' nf I. 'C ' 557. 1 I '4 4 I., ...... . 4 4 ' ' -' 1 . - gf ffl 4 'F 2 J bfi T Y'-'Pl'1tt'if?s17'? f?x1'1'f?'t'L'5! ff4,Q. xJJ!iIJ':'?f ffl' fr?-,'f'1g' fffwlhi uf lf'9,',x',f'u',x' 4.1 ,l.',',' I,-1515-f'1'Qfg,'g' nf fy ,1,',gr,f'g1?f'0 gy U,-41,-n I ' gg, Qilijzi, ...Ji , 2 f , K., I 1 S C. ' 2 s ' - ' 1 'X Q 3. J-,555 ,. 4- . . 8 f 3, S , - xii. .. .T , 15 . vgkd X 2 Q. J 4 I ' i -A lifts' Iliff: X131 Qi,-, N ' -A - ' 'S ll-!f'.ngv. 11, fn1',C:gg-,xg , ijgf .1 4 1 ifx I . . . gnu V+-, P .X p 1 . fi . 'ggi X 5 4 , gifs f 'ff ix is , f ffaliruzviruf. 1 'Ln' fr :sz I 'Y f 1 ' imc lm niff 1 . 1 M, '- . 25 ' 5 Q'1iw.,.,. 2 v .f ,M ' I V ' X . ' '58 Z. 3 .sf , l fi .LQ ,Isl I , ig A ef .. ,, s ,, I I futvhafm ay sfrffs aww: :1:w1.'k .'A-.-fmfxrr, wif! .mm .ww :ff ff 1.7 , 'ag Q - X, ' 2 fs g - ww. - 1 . U .n.r..-.,,I ,, .W I h i ,H ,S gun- .. i H , E I i bi' ,flv3'i' ,'5vgm', SN!-ff .'ff?:'f'f'.u' ill! :':n'I5 fi! .v:A5:v:' if'fyffIJ.'!!. s r r 1 ' R f' f 1' ii- 3 ' ' ' 4 H 1 N XJ . ' i ' Q 3. LL 5 . 5 Lg K X j Q p 5 kjrlf-K S f1.':,'f5fi'Qf rfssfflfggxrll, .w:1f:f75j:z:P,.'Q5f:1s'fv.d4iw'l-R1r.'.i'. qw X K, X X, p . I 5 P, X ' . 5 ,ww N . 9- 3. ...., 9 .gg Iwi, ,A . . . p 23 ..-.. 4... -..,,... g-- i ..,... an: