Hi all, Here is another email from Mary Reilly-McNellan that I'm posting with permission. Again very informative ; thank you very much Mary. David I have read in several publications (Thomas Noel & Dan Corson, "Boulder County, An Illustrated History" and J.B. Schooland, "Boulder in Perspective") that the oldest building in the Boulder Valley is the Tommy Jones Stage Stop. It is still standing along Boulder Creek in Valmont, and is visible north of Valmont Drive near Indian Road. It was built in 1860 by Jones, who also laid out the townsite of Valmont. It was the transportation center of the town, and was also used as a post office and later as a boarding house. The last I looked, it was pretty run-down, but I know that Boulder County had some survey work done on it and I think were trying to give it some help. You might check with the Boulder County Parks and Open Space Department to get more info. I don't know about it being made a monument, but they would probably know. They have a very historically savvy employee, Rich Koopmann, who may be able to offer more info. The only reference that I have seen relating William Barney to an early cabin was in Phyllis Smith's book, "A Look at Boulder". Smith describes how Bill Barney completed his cabin located on the southeast corner of Eleventh and Pearl. That was the location of a large Christmas dance in 1859 (because the cabin had a wooden floor), with lots of food and merriment, and Emma Brookfield was one of the dancers. There may be more info about him and the others at Carnegie. Hope this helps. Mary