Richard's granddaughter Charlotte Collie wrote, "I suppose my grandfather Bard was as eccentric a man as ever lived. Born in Hamilton, Ohio from the Pre-Revolutionary Bards who settled in New York. Richard and his son Edward came to Colorado first in 1859 or 1860. Uncle Edward Bard served in the 2nd Colorado Volunteers going from Empire, CO where he and Grandfather were living then. Grandfather went back to Iowa, having laid out the the town of Empire, and named it 'Valley City.' He was an ardent Democrat and named Democrat Mountain & Douglas Peak near Empire, and I understand that Bard Creek and Bard Peak honor his name. When peace came he came back to Colorado with his family in 1866 (by covered wagon & oxen) and followed 'the valley' up to Boulder. When she (daughter Mary) was married, Grandfather Bard was outraged - I think scarcely spoke to her, but it was my father, Joseph Collie, who looked after his Masonic dues, his last illness in Boulder & erected the first marble tombstone in the Columbia Lodge Cemetery on the Collie lot. Uncle Ed Bard is also buried there, as it Mary Bard Collie and we shall have our ashes there."
Dr. Bard is best remembered as Boulder County's pioneer physician. See a paper read before the Boulder Territorial Pioneer Association Oct 15, 1932 about Dr. Bard.
Carnegie Library has pamphlets written by Dr. Richard Bard including; 'Mysteries Revealed: Astronomy and Geology Harmonized with the Bible.'
Dr. Richard Bard married Mary Scheury on 3 Jul 1834 in Hancock County, Indiana. Mary was born on 8 Jun 1811 near Reading, Pennsylvania and died on 29 Mar 1872 in 1 mile east of Boulder, Colorado at age 60.
Dr. Bard is best remembered as Boulder County's pioneer physician. See a paper read before the Boulder Territorial Pioneer Association Oct 15, 1932 about Dr. Bard.
Carnegie Library has pamphlets written by Dr. Richard Bard including; 'Mysteries Revealed: Astronomy and Geology Harmonized with the Bible.'
Dr. Richard Bard married Mary Scheury on 3 Jul 1834 in Hancock County, Indiana. Mary was born on 8 Jun 1811 near Reading, Pennsylvania and died on 29 Mar 1872 in 1 mile east of Boulder, Colorado at age 60.
Richard's granddaughter Charlotte Collie wrote, "I suppose my grandfather Bard was as eccentric a man as ever lived. Born in Hamilton, Ohio from the Pre-Revolutionary Bards who settled in New York. Richard and his son Edward came to Colorado first in 1859 or 1860. Uncle Edward Bard served in the 2nd Colorado Volunteers going from Empire, CO where he and Grandfather were living then. Grandfather went back to Iowa, having laid out the the town of Empire, and named it 'Valley City.' He was an ardent Democrat and named Democrat Mountain & Douglas Peak near Empire, and I understand that Bard Creek and Bard Peak honor his name. When peace came he came back to Colorado with his family in 1866 (by covered wagon & oxen) and followed 'the valley' up to Boulder. When she (daughter Mary) was married, Grandfather Bard was outraged - I think scarcely spoke to her, but it was my father, Joseph Collie, who looked after his Masonic dues, his last illness in Boulder & erected the first marble tombstone in the Columbia Lodge Cemetery on the Collie lot. Uncle Ed Bard is also buried there, as it Mary Bard Collie and we shall have our ashes there."
Dr. Bard is best remembered as Boulder County's pioneer physician. See a paper read before the Boulder Territorial Pioneer Association Oct 15, 1932 about Dr. Bard.
Carnegie Library has pamphlets written by Dr. Richard Bard including; 'Mysteries Revealed: Astronomy and Geology Harmonized with the Bible.'
Dr. Richard Bard married Mary Scheury on 3 Jul 1834 in Hancock County, Indiana. Mary was born on 8 Jun 1811 near Reading, Pennsylvania and died on 29 Mar 1872 in 1 mile east of Boulder, Colorado at age 60.
Dr. Bard is best remembered as Boulder County's pioneer physician. See a paper read before the Boulder Territorial Pioneer Association Oct 15, 1932 about Dr. Bard.
Carnegie Library has pamphlets written by Dr. Richard Bard including; 'Mysteries Revealed: Astronomy and Geology Harmonized with the Bible.'
Dr. Richard Bard married Mary Scheury on 3 Jul 1834 in Hancock County, Indiana. Mary was born on 8 Jun 1811 near Reading, Pennsylvania and died on 29 Mar 1872 in 1 mile east of Boulder, Colorado at age 60.
Gravesite Details
The original headstone was broken and the lower half missing. A new headstone was constructed and erected last year.
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