IN RETROSPECT –– BOULDER DAILY CAMERA NEWSPAPER COLUMN

From 1998 through the first few months of 2020, I wrote (and then alternated with Carol Taylor) a history column for the Boulder Daily Camera. Compilations of some of my history columns are in my books Only in Boulder: The County’s Colorful Characters and Boulder: A Sense of Time and Place Revisited (see Books page). The initial column never had a name, but several of the articles (along with the latest ones) can be found, below, by clicking on “IN RETROSPECT –– Pettem’s history columns,” below.

In March 2021, the Camera revived the history column with its own name –– IN RETROSPECT. A link to the articles is posted in the red box, below.

(I started writing for the Camera in 1976, with historical features, as well as a food column titled “Focus on Food." From 1984 to 1988, I wrote historical features for the Longmont Times-Call. From 1996-1998, I wrote a history column for the Boulder Planet. During this time, I also contributed to the Coloradan –– the University of Colorado's alumni magazine –– and have freelanced for a number of national and international publications from the California Mining Journal to Evidence Technology Magazine to the British magazine Cornish World.)

Below are a few selected photos (to go with the articles) below:  
Kansas teen’s work ethic impressed professional working women, August 28, 2022
Pedestrian mall part of Pearl Street’s evolution, April 11, 2021
Arapaho Glacier was a cool place to go, August 1, 2021
Boulder history columns revive long tradition, March 14, 2021

If YOU have a suggestion for a Boulder Daily Camera history column, please let me know via the Contact page.