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Arapahoe Chapter
Boulder,
Colorado
Celebrating 100+
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Early prospectors
in the Boulder Valley, despite breaching the borders of Arapaho
territory, were welcomed by Chief Niwot, a tribal leader of
the Arapaho.
In 2009 members of the
Arapahoe Tribe journeyed from their home on Wyoming's Wind
River Reservation to Boulder to help celebrate the town's
sesquicentennial.
Photo
reprinted courtesy of the Daily Camera
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Founded on November
15, 1910, the Arapahoe Chapter has over 160 members dedicated
to upholding the beliefs of the National Society Daughters of the
American Revolution. The name ‘Arapahoe’ was chosen in honor
of the Northern Arapaho Indians who inhabited Boulder before the
settlers arrived and for the distinctive Arapahoe Peaks whose rugged
glaciers provided Boulder with its water
supply.
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The Arapahoe Chapter
reaches
out to the community
through:
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Education |
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Preservation |
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Genealogy |
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Friendship |
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Landmarks | |
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Children |
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History |
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Scholarship |
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Membership |
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You are
invited to learn more about our history and activities through this
website and, most importantly, to consider joining
DAR! For more information
about our community activities, click here.
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The Arapahoe
Glacier, located in the Indian Peaks Wilderness west of Boulder, is
one of the southernmost glaciers in North America, and the largest
named glacier in Colorado.
The print shown at left
top, taken by Ed Tangen in 1921, is part of the Library of Congress'
American Memory collection. The area is off limits to the
general public in order to protect the water quality of the area,
which serves as a major source of water for the city of Boulder.
The glacier has drastically decreased in size
over the past century and was downgraded to a snowfield in
1998. The reddish color of the snow in this 2006 photo by
Jesse Varner (left
below) is probably dust blown in from the deserts in Utah or
Arizona.
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