Obit: May 22, 1952 p1 Steamboat Pilot:
Lulie Pritchett, First Settler, Dies In Denver
Death came Friday to Mrs. Lulie Crawford Pritchett, first white girl to live in the Yampa valley, teacher in the first public school classes in Steamboat and an organizer of the first church here.
Mrs. Pritchett died at a Denver hospital. Funeral services were held at the Olinger Mortuary in Denver Monday and interment services were held here Tuesday at 2 p. m. Rev. C. W. Broomell was in charge and pall bearers were T. W. Poulson, Claude Beverly, Auburn Luekens, Robert Noyce, Roger Butler and H. Clay Monson.
Mrs. Pritchett was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Crawford, founders of the town of Steamboat Springs. She was born near Sedalia, Mo., March 25, 1867. When but a small girl her parents decided to move to Colorado. She accompanied them by wagon from Boulder before there were any roads in this area and was the only white girl in the Yampa valley for several years.
The Crawford family came to Colorado in 1873 and Mr. Crawford first made an exploratory trip into this area. They spent one winter at Hot Sulphur Springs before deciding to come to Steamboat Springs. They first entered the Yampa Valley in July 1875. Much of the way there was no road; there was no settlement.
The first claim cabin was built on the bench above the Iron spring. This then was a great gathering place for the Ute Indians in the summer and the little girl was well acquainted with many of them.
Mrs. Pritchett's two brothers, Logan and John, who came with her into the new land with their parents, and a sister. Mary, preceded her in death.
In 1892 she married Carr W. Pritchett, a mining engineer. They lived in Old Mexico for eight years but established a residence in Denver in 1900. The last 50 years they resided at 2735 Federal blvd. in Denver. Mr. Pritchett died in 1943.
She is survived by two daughters, Margaret and Lulita both of Denver; a niece, Leola Hoddle of Los Angeles, and a nephew, James D. Crawford of Poplar, Mont.
Lulie Pritchett, First Settler, Dies In Denver
Death came Friday to Mrs. Lulie Crawford Pritchett, first white girl to live in the Yampa valley, teacher in the first public school classes in Steamboat and an organizer of the first church here.
Mrs. Pritchett died at a Denver hospital. Funeral services were held at the Olinger Mortuary in Denver Monday and interment services were held here Tuesday at 2 p. m. Rev. C. W. Broomell was in charge and pall bearers were T. W. Poulson, Claude Beverly, Auburn Luekens, Robert Noyce, Roger Butler and H. Clay Monson.
Mrs. Pritchett was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Crawford, founders of the town of Steamboat Springs. She was born near Sedalia, Mo., March 25, 1867. When but a small girl her parents decided to move to Colorado. She accompanied them by wagon from Boulder before there were any roads in this area and was the only white girl in the Yampa valley for several years.
The Crawford family came to Colorado in 1873 and Mr. Crawford first made an exploratory trip into this area. They spent one winter at Hot Sulphur Springs before deciding to come to Steamboat Springs. They first entered the Yampa Valley in July 1875. Much of the way there was no road; there was no settlement.
The first claim cabin was built on the bench above the Iron spring. This then was a great gathering place for the Ute Indians in the summer and the little girl was well acquainted with many of them.
Mrs. Pritchett's two brothers, Logan and John, who came with her into the new land with their parents, and a sister. Mary, preceded her in death.
In 1892 she married Carr W. Pritchett, a mining engineer. They lived in Old Mexico for eight years but established a residence in Denver in 1900. The last 50 years they resided at 2735 Federal blvd. in Denver. Mr. Pritchett died in 1943.
She is survived by two daughters, Margaret and Lulita both of Denver; a niece, Leola Hoddle of Los Angeles, and a nephew, James D. Crawford of Poplar, Mont.
Obit: May 22, 1952 p1 Steamboat Pilot:
Lulie Pritchett, First Settler, Dies In Denver
Death came Friday to Mrs. Lulie Crawford Pritchett, first white girl to live in the Yampa valley, teacher in the first public school classes in Steamboat and an organizer of the first church here.
Mrs. Pritchett died at a Denver hospital. Funeral services were held at the Olinger Mortuary in Denver Monday and interment services were held here Tuesday at 2 p. m. Rev. C. W. Broomell was in charge and pall bearers were T. W. Poulson, Claude Beverly, Auburn Luekens, Robert Noyce, Roger Butler and H. Clay Monson.
Mrs. Pritchett was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Crawford, founders of the town of Steamboat Springs. She was born near Sedalia, Mo., March 25, 1867. When but a small girl her parents decided to move to Colorado. She accompanied them by wagon from Boulder before there were any roads in this area and was the only white girl in the Yampa valley for several years.
The Crawford family came to Colorado in 1873 and Mr. Crawford first made an exploratory trip into this area. They spent one winter at Hot Sulphur Springs before deciding to come to Steamboat Springs. They first entered the Yampa Valley in July 1875. Much of the way there was no road; there was no settlement.
The first claim cabin was built on the bench above the Iron spring. This then was a great gathering place for the Ute Indians in the summer and the little girl was well acquainted with many of them.
Mrs. Pritchett's two brothers, Logan and John, who came with her into the new land with their parents, and a sister. Mary, preceded her in death.
In 1892 she married Carr W. Pritchett, a mining engineer. They lived in Old Mexico for eight years but established a residence in Denver in 1900. The last 50 years they resided at 2735 Federal blvd. in Denver. Mr. Pritchett died in 1943.
She is survived by two daughters, Margaret and Lulita both of Denver; a niece, Leola Hoddle of Los Angeles, and a nephew, James D. Crawford of Poplar, Mont.
Lulie Pritchett, First Settler, Dies In Denver
Death came Friday to Mrs. Lulie Crawford Pritchett, first white girl to live in the Yampa valley, teacher in the first public school classes in Steamboat and an organizer of the first church here.
Mrs. Pritchett died at a Denver hospital. Funeral services were held at the Olinger Mortuary in Denver Monday and interment services were held here Tuesday at 2 p. m. Rev. C. W. Broomell was in charge and pall bearers were T. W. Poulson, Claude Beverly, Auburn Luekens, Robert Noyce, Roger Butler and H. Clay Monson.
Mrs. Pritchett was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Crawford, founders of the town of Steamboat Springs. She was born near Sedalia, Mo., March 25, 1867. When but a small girl her parents decided to move to Colorado. She accompanied them by wagon from Boulder before there were any roads in this area and was the only white girl in the Yampa valley for several years.
The Crawford family came to Colorado in 1873 and Mr. Crawford first made an exploratory trip into this area. They spent one winter at Hot Sulphur Springs before deciding to come to Steamboat Springs. They first entered the Yampa Valley in July 1875. Much of the way there was no road; there was no settlement.
The first claim cabin was built on the bench above the Iron spring. This then was a great gathering place for the Ute Indians in the summer and the little girl was well acquainted with many of them.
Mrs. Pritchett's two brothers, Logan and John, who came with her into the new land with their parents, and a sister. Mary, preceded her in death.
In 1892 she married Carr W. Pritchett, a mining engineer. They lived in Old Mexico for eight years but established a residence in Denver in 1900. The last 50 years they resided at 2735 Federal blvd. in Denver. Mr. Pritchett died in 1943.
She is survived by two daughters, Margaret and Lulita both of Denver; a niece, Leola Hoddle of Los Angeles, and a nephew, James D. Crawford of Poplar, Mont.
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