Highlandlake 1871 - Present
In late June of 1871, Lorin Cassandre Mead and his wife, Elizabeth, stepped off the stage in front of the “Old Colony Building,” and surveyed the dusty main street of the recently established Chicago-Colorado Colony. Only a few months old, the colony, soon to be known as Longmont, already boasted four or perhaps five hundred citizens, “full of faith in the enterprise so auspiciously commenced.” Read More. . .
Liberty also known as Liberty Hall
Liberty also known as Liberty Hall, was founded, as far as I can tell, in the 1890's in the present area of Hwy 66 between WCR (Weld County Road) 3 & WCR 7. All that remains of a once tight knit community is the brown brick, Liberty Hall Grange on the northeast corner of WCR5 and Hwy 66. Read More. . .
Mead - 1906 - Present
The histories of the Mead Community are gleaned from newspaper articles/columns, letters, individual remembrances and small family histories. Read More. . .
Area Histories |
People of Highlandlake & Mead Area | |
| Myra Imogene Cope (Highlandlake Memories) | Biographies of Highlandlake/Mead area pioneers | |
| Hazel Elmquist Bullock (Mead) | Old Letters, notes and other ephemera (pre 1950) | |
Homer L. Gammil (Mead) |
Paul Mead's Railroad Song | |
| Veva Turner Berg (Liberty) | Obituaries | |
| Nick Sekich Sr. (Mead) |
This page was updated on November 15, 2009