A Hundred Years Ago in Broomfield…
Clyde Brunner was a baby. (Today, the Brunner Farmhouse is on Main and Midway in Broomfield. Photo below shows Les and baby Clyde Brunner.)
The Mosher family moved to Broomfield and Glenn Mosher started working for Joseph Huddart at the legendary Broomfield Lumber Company. (Image at top shows Glen Mosher in front of the Broomfield Lumber Company, c. 1930.)
The Boulder-Denver Interurban train was shut down. Read more about it here.
Colorado was the first state to hold a referendum to repeal Prohibition. It failed. (Here’s the full story.) Eventually, of course, the 18th Amendment was repealed. Read more about “Broomfield in the Bad Old Days” on the BHS website.
In 1926, people in Broomfield worked hard, but they also knew how to have a good time! The Crescent Grange (photo below) and the pool hall offered central locations for people to gather, both formally and informally.
