Hi all, I am forwarding to the list an email I received from Mary Reilly-McNellan, with her permission. When she says "Hope this helps!" my answer is a resounding "YES" ! David ps Note where she says vandals took the plaque. I was certainly no angel as a boy but what is the "fun" in knocking over tombstones or stealing historical markers ? Hello, I used to be a park ranger for the Boulder Mountain Parks during the 1980s and early 1990s. The bronze plaque that you are referring to was erected by the Arapahoe Chapter of the D.A.R. in 1939, and was bolted to a large boulder beneath the southernmost extension of the Red Rocks sandstone outcrop at Settlers Park at the mouth of Boulder Canyon, at the junction of Pearl Street and Canyon Blvd. Unfortunately, the bronze plaque was stolen by vandals in about the early1990s. I attempted to apply for a grant to obtain funding to replace the plaque with another bronze plaque, but was denied funding. There is a simple sign near the original location, but it lacks the charm of the original bronze plaque. If you'd like to see a photograph of the original sign, it can be seen in a book written by Tom Meier entitled " 'It Ain't Necessarily So' The Early Settlement of Boulder Set in Type--Cast in Bronze--Fused in Porcelain". The book refutes many of the early potential "legends" associated with the early settlement of Boulder, and is well researched and well documented. The book was published in 1993, Boulder Creek Press, Boulder, Co., and is, I'm sure, available in Carnegie Library. The names that were listed on the bronze plaque are as follows: Alfred A. Brookfield Catp. Thos. Aikins Daniel Gordon & Brother Moore & Dickens Theodore Squires Wheelock Brothers Capt. A.K. Yount Charles Clouser Thomas Lorton Samuel J. Aikins John Rothrock L.L. Aikins Meier refutes the date of October 17, 1858, that is listed on the plaque (and that has been carried on in many other publications) as being the date of the establishment of the first Boulder camp. Hope this helps! Mary Reilly-McNellan