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.' . instrul"'lental to this study. Reference librarians and curators at the region's historical societies, museums and libraries were most helnful. Many "unnamed" staff members gave assistance in the course of 'their jobs; many others were exceedingly cooperative and supportive of the project's data collection goals. They include Bruce Parham, Leanne Sander, and Ellen Wagner at the Boulder Historical Society; Diane Rabson at the Colorado Historical Society Research Library; Bonnie Hardwick at the Denver Public Library Western Historical Collection; all the staff of the Longmont Pioneer Museum; Ms. LaVern Johnson of Lyons Historical Society; Mary Wilder of Government Documents at the University of Colorado; Diana Leonard of the University of Colorado Museum; and Jack Brennan, Doris Mitterling, and Sandy Volpe of the University of Colorado Western Historical Collections. In addition to those mentioned, a special thanks is extended to the staff members of the public libraries in Boulder, Lafayette, Longmont, Louisville and Lyons. Lawrence Paddock, of the Boulder Daily Camera graciously assisted in providing information on Boulder County floods. I mogene Easton of the City of Boulder Central Files gave invaluable assistance. Roger Hartman of the City of Boulder Public Works Office was helpful as were Robert Helmick and the staff of the Boulder County Lane Use Department. Corporate officials of Public Service Company. members of the Denver Water Board, and staff at the State of Colorado Engineer's Office were helpful as well. . In addition, Clifford Jenkins, a retired hydrologist, who conducted a number of studies on Boulder County floods in the 1960's for the U.S. Geological Survey, provided his field notes from those investigations. He also spent many hours sharing information on Boulder County floods and carefully reviewing the manuscript. The U. S. G. S, staff at the Hydrologic Division (especially Ms. Lucy Laughlin) and library at the Denver Federal Center should also be thanked. Professor Emeritus Gilbert F. White deserves a special acknowledgment for reading and commenting on the manuscript. His ongoing enthusiasm for projects such as this one is greatly appreciated. A special thanks is also extended to Professor Ralph Mann for his comments on the study. Jeff Long, a freelance writer and former contributing editor of Rocky Mountain Ivlagazine, is credited with a warm thanks for his critical examination of the manuscript. . Those who aided in the production of the project should also be thanked. Lynn Van Meter who typed the manuscript deserves a hearty thanks for enduring the rough draft penmanship. In addition, she remained cheerful despite the many revisions. Hannah Pavlik drafted the drainage basin maps. Pruett Press provided the historic r.1ap from their publicaticn A Look at Boulder From Settlement to City. Sandy Ruch copyedited the manuscript. Professor Stephen Fischer-Galati offered valuable publishing information. of skillfully typeset the publiciltion, of was extremely helpful in guiding the printing of the project.