2023 Pioneer Award: Janet Russell

Janet Russell and her business, Creative Framing Art Gallery, have been at the heart of the Louisville arts scene for over 25 years. Janet came to the United States from the Philippines in 1976. While working in the high tech industry, Janet started Creative Framing on Main Street.

 Janet was the force behind the establishment of the Louisville Arts District and the First Friday Art Walks that were organized by LAD and that provided continued engagement and energy in the Louisville art community. The First Friday Art Walk is a family-friendly event that includes art venues, the Louisville Historical Museum, the Louisville Public Library, and shops and restaurants. The Art Walk, with Creative Framing as a crucial contributor and hub, draws hundreds of people of all ages to downtown Louisville, bringing attention both to the arts in Louisville and the downtown business community. Louisville’s First Friday Art Walks are an important part of what makes Louisville such a great hometown for its residents and a valuable part of the larger Boulder County arts community. Besides organizing the Art Walks, the Louisville Arts District, has led fund raising programs to bring art into the community, including the updating of the “Via Artista” alleyways between Main Street and Front Street and the placement of murals by internationally known artists. Janet Russell has had her hand in all of these creative arts activities.

 Janet’s willingness to help others and contribute to the community through her dedicated support of the arts has served to make Louisville a better and more vibrant place.

 2022 Pioneer Award: Debbie Krueger

Debbie Krueger was one of the original founders of the Downtown Business Association and helped to create many of the things that make downtown Louisville the prosperous and fun locale we know today. Originally from Boulder County, Debbie owned a downtown business, the Crazy Horse 2 Salon, from 1988 until 2012. In 1993, along with Cheri Ruskus, she started the Downtown Business Association largely in response to the City’s proposed improvements to Main Street and its sidewalks. Worried that the construction would interfere with downtown businesses, Debbie became a volunteer liaison between City Hall, the construction contractors, and the downtown business owners. Her energetic actions resulted in a win-win solution for all with no significant delays in the improvement project and very few complaints from the business owners.

That set the stage and the DBA took off from there, playing an active role in keeping the character of downtown while making it a vibrant business spot as well. Debbie played many roles in the DBA, from picking up trash after events to serving as president and bringing new events and ideas to downtown. Like any good leader, she is quick to give credit to the many members of the DBA and others who worked with her along the way. In fact, even now she is encouraging us all to be active neighbors and working to improve our community.

In March of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic caused the shut down of businesses and work places across the U.S. and the world. Louisville residents, businesses, and schools, lived and worked through varying levels of quarantine and social-distancing for most of 2020 and into 2021. On December 30, 2021, the Marshall Fire swept through Louisville, Superior, and unincorporated Boulder County, destroying over 1,000 homes and forcing short and longterm displacement of hundreds of residents.
For 2021, the Commission considered all of the extraordinary ways in which residents, business owners, and those who work in Louisville persevered together to get through a difficult time during the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020 and 2021, and decided to honor the entire community with this award. No one could have predicted that on the next-to-last day of the year, Louisville would be further tested by the worst wildfire in Colorado history that would destroy hundreds of area homes. Since the fire, the community has once again revealed its generous and optimistic spirit through a multitude of charitable acts as well as many quiet expressions of support for affected neighbors. Thank you, Louisville community.

2020 Pioneer Award: Keith Helart

The Louisville community is grateful to Keith for his tireless contributions to Louisville parks and its recreation program. The City’s parks would not be what they are today if not for him.

Keith is from Louisville, and he got involved in the Parks & Recreation Board starting when the City Council first created the Board in 1965. He served as Chair from 1971 until 1978, when Louisville was growing significantly. Keith was instrumental in the establishment of a number of parks (such as Cottonwood Park) as well as Memory Square Pool, which was the City’s first pool and which opened in 1974. He also worked on the restoration of the Center for the Arts building and was involved with open space land acquisitions.

Keith made frequent appearances before City Council and made budget requests of the City. He enjoyed freedom as a volunteer, but also had a tremendous amount of responsibility. His vision was to work towards a system of trails and small parks in neighborhoods. He is credited with developing unique ways of raising funds for Louisville parks at a time when there was little funding otherwise available.

The City dissolved the Parks & Recreation Board in 1978, when it established a staffed Parks & Recreation Department.

Keith is one of a handful of people for whom Louisville has named a park. Keith Helart Park opened in 1982 in the Hillsborough North neighborhood and draws visitors daily.

2019 Pioneer Award: Leon Wurl

Leon Wurl was Louisville’s City Administrator at a critical time in its development, and evidence of his work can be seen all over Louisville today.

He was born in Laramie, Wyoming, but later his family moved to Westminster, Colorado, where he graduated from high school. He joined the Navy during World War II, and after his discharge he came back to Colorado and started his career in city government.

Leon spent a number of years in the Westminster and Aspen areas, and on November 1, 1972 was hired as the City Administrator for Louisville. A few of the projects Leon achieved were: street overlay, water main improvements, concrete replacement program, new sanitation plant, upgrade of the water treatment plant and water filter plant, Harper Lake water storage reservoir, creation senior housing facilities, and construction of a new city hall.

Leon loved Louisville and during his tenure as City Administrator from 1972 to 1984, he laid the groundwork for the quality of life that the residents enjoy today.

2018 Pioneer Award: Don Buffo

Born December 13, 1952 in Boulder, Colorado
Died February 2, 2016 in Louisville, Colorado

Don was a lifelong resident of Louisville and was very proud of it. He attended Louisville Elementary School and graduated from Louisville High School in 1969. After graduation, he worked at the Rocky Flats Weapons Plant for several years before attending Adams State College, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Education. He spent 36 years teaching at Westminster Hills Elementary in Westminster, Colorado.

Don was very active in the Louisville community. He was a member of the Louisville Volunteer Fire Department, the Louisville Society of Italian Americans, a board member of the Louisville-Lafayette Scholarship Fund, and Tri-City Elks. He consistently helped the Tri-City Elks and the Louisville Chamber of Commerce with their many events and was honored by the Chamber in 2015 with the Lani Melvin Special Recognition Award for his volunteerism.

Don lived his life helping his family, friends and even strangers with “random acts of kindness.” An example of this was during the fall he would drive around Louisville and randomly stop to rake and haul away leaves from stranger’s yards, and in the winter he spent most of a snow day shoveling the white stuff off of sidewalks and driveways for family, friends and neighbors. Don was a kind and giving man who forever left his mark on the hearts of many Louisville residents.

2017 Pioneer Award: Anthony Joseph "Joe" Madonna

Born October 8, 1917 in Louisville, Colorado
Died November 11, 1984 in Louisville, Colorado

Joe Madonna was born and raised in Louisville to Italian immigrants who came to Louisville in the late 1800s and early 1900s. He attended Louisville schools and graduated from Louisville High School in 1936, and after graduating began working in the mines. He entered the Army in August of 1941 and served in the 397th Army Engineers during World War II. It was during that time he met and married his future wife, Barbara, in England, and they both returned to Louisville after the war ended.

Joe was very instrumental in the development of Louisville to bring it into the modern era in the 1950s. Before that decade, Louisville was still a coal mining town that lacked a sewage system and had unpaved streets. In 1958, he helped create the Louisville Planning Commission, of which he was Chairman for many years. During this time, he helped establish the division of the town into three wards, set zoning and building requirements, land use plans, annexation codes and water taps and utilities. Joe also helped establish the first Louisville Chamber of Commerce in 1954 and was Secretary of the Chamber for many years.

Joe went into a partnership with several other Louisville businessmen and helped develop the Bella Vista Subdivision in 1957. The streets in the subdivision were named after the wives of the developers, with Barbara Street being named for Joe’s wife. He remodeled several old buildings on Main Street in the 1950’s, one of them being Colacci’s Restaurant at 816 Main, which opened in 1955.

Joe was a man of vision, integrity, and dedication who helped establish a structure of processes and policies to bring Louisville into the modern era.

2016 Pioneer Award: Carolyn & Ted Manzanares

Carolyn Mangus Manzanares and Ted Manzanares are both Colorado natives. Carolyn attended St. Louis Grade School and graduated from Louisville High School in 1963. Ted was raised in Lafayette and graduated from Lafayette High School in 1958. They were married in 1967.

It was while Ted was working at the Rocky Flats Weapons Plant and bartending at the Blue Parrot Restaurant that he and Carolyn decided to open their own restaurant in Louisville, “Senor T’s,” serving Mexican food. They opened their doors in September 1972 in the historic Red & White Grocery building at 732 Main St. Because of their strong work ethic and excellent food, they built a large clientele and needed a bigger space, so they purchased the old Rex Theater at 817 Main in 1978, and were there until they sold the building and closed Senor T’s in 2008.

Carolyn and Ted were very committed to serving the Louisville community with their generous support of the local schools, scholarship funds, Boy and Girl Scouts, Little League sports, the Downtown Business Association, the Louisville Chamber and the Louisville Historical Museum. They received countless awards for their contributions to the Louisville community, and when they were inducted into the Boulder County Business Hall of Fame, Ted and Carolyn said they attributed their success to the motto they always tried to live by: “Do kindness to your fellow man now, as we will not pass this way again.”

2015 Pioneer Award: Richard "Dick" DelPizzo

Dick was born and raised in Louisville to a family that carried on many Italian cultural traditions at its Main Street home. He attended Louisville schools and played trumpet in the Louisville High School Band, and wrestled on Louisville’s first ever wrestling team. He remembers that at the first wrestling practice the coach, who didn’t know anything about wrestling, had the boys pair off on the wrestling mat while he stood in the middle with a book and instructed them on the methods to accomplish the moves.

Dick went to work for the Rocky Flats Nuclear Plant in 1962 and worked in engineering and construction until he retired in 1994. He always had an interest in building, construction and woodworking. Besides building two houses, he also enjoyed building furniture and cabinets. However, his greatest accomplishment in his eyes was designing and building the Replica of Downtown Louisville, which now resides at the Louisville Historical Museum. He felt so strongly about the historic preservation of Louisville that he constructed a model of what the town looked like in the early 1900s, which took him countless hours of patience and dedication to accomplish.

Dick’s other achievements include serving as President of the Italian Club in Louisville, Cubmaster for the Cub Scouts, and a Little League baseball coach.

2014 Pioneer Award: Marion Dionigi Junior

Born May 10, 1940 in Boulder, Colorado
Died February 25, 2013 in Boulder, Colorado

Marion was born and raised in Louisville, the sixth child of Elizabeth and John “Ring” Dionigi. She attended St. Louis Catholic Elementary and Louisville High School, graduating in 1958. She worked for Steinbaugh Lumber Company for several years after graduation until her marriage to Bob Junior.

Marion was very talented in ceramics and doll repairs, and she generously made porcelain Christmas ornaments for the Historical Commission to sell each year. The ornament sales were a significant part of the Commission’s fundraising efforts. She continued making ornaments until 2012, the year before her death.

Marion’s love of Louisville and her commitment to the Historical Commission had no bounds. She was given a special award from the Historical Commission for her 22 years of volunteer service.

2013 Pioneer Award: Barbara Enrietto DiSalle

Barbara grew up in Louisville and attended Louisville schools, graduating from LHS in 1970. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education from the University of Colorado and taught in schools in the Boulder Valley School District for over 31 years.

Following in the footsteps of her father, Lawrence, Barbara volunteered for many community organizations and boards and takes great pride in her heritage and the City of Louisville. But being the only child of Lawrence and June Enrietto, it’s only natural that community service was in her blood.

Barbara volunteered for school improvement teams for Louisville Elementary and Louisville Middle Schools; Teacher’s Advisory Council of Boulder Valley Schools; Avista Hospital; St. Louis Church; Spaghetti Open Golf Tournament; Louisville Fall Festival; After Prom parties for Centaurus and Monarch; and Relay for Life. She has also been a member of the Louisville Society of Italian Americans, and a member of the Louisville Senior Advisory Board.

It comes as no surprise that Barbara was awarded the Lawrence Enrietto Volunteer Award in 2000, keeping the tradition alive because, after all, she is her father’s daughter.

 

2102 Pioneer Award: George Brown

George was born in Kansas and moved with his family to Louisville when he was five years old. He graduated from Louisville High School in 1951. After graduation, he went to work for Joe Colacci at Phillips 66 while attending the University of Colorado. He completed his degree in business management and was employed by the Public Service Company in Boulder and worked there until he retired in 1994.

George was a leader who made a significant impact on the Louisville community through his extensive service in both the private and public sectors. George served Louisville as a member of the Planning Commission and the City Council. He was active in the Louisville Lions Club where he served as President, and was also a member of the Volunteer Fire Department serving as Chief. He was a life member of the Louisville Rod & Gun Club and Tri-City Elks.

George is a modest man who likes to give credit to others that worked with him in the many organizations involved in the betterment of Louisville, but it’s clear that he was a natural born leader and the City of Louisville benefitted in countless ways from his hard work and leadership.

2011 Pioneer Award: Lawrence Enrietto

Born March 15, 1926 in Valier, Illinois
Died September 7, 1994 in Louisville, Colorado

Lawrence was born in Illinois, came to Louisville in 1938, and graduated from Louisville High School in 1943. He served his country from 1944 to 1946 during World War II and then attended Barnes Business School before he became the Marketing Officer for the Bank of Louisville.

Lawrence loved life, his family, and the City of Louisville. He was a member of numerous organizations, served on several boards and dedicated over thirty years to making Louisville the city that it is today. He was instrumental in bringing Storage Technology Corporation, Avista Hospital and Kryptonics to Louisville. He also helped establish the Louisville Recreation Center and the Coal Creek Golf Course, co-chaired a committee to build Monarch High School, and helped found the Louisville Chamber of Commerce. The organizations and boards he served on are too numerous to list, but suffice it to say he had his fingers in anything and everything with the name “Louisville” on it.

The City of Louisville honored him by naming the Lawrence D. Enrietto Park in recognition of his many contributions. There are also scholarships awarded annually in his name to outstanding Middle and High School students in Louisville, and the Lawrence Enrietto Volunteer Award is given yearly by the Louisville Chamber of Commerce as a tribute to the man affectionately known as “Mr. Louisville.”

2010 Pioneer Award: Frank V. Domenico Jr.

Born December 19, 1934 in Louisville, Colorado
Died May 27, 2009 in Louisville, Colorado

Frank was born in Louisville and grew up there, and after graduation he served with the U.S. Army in Korea from 1953 to 1954. He worked for the Rocky Flats Weapons Plant from 1962 until he retired in 1992.

Frank’s service to the Louisville community included serving on the Louisville City Council for six years in the 1970s and 1980s. He also gave of his time to the Tri City Elks and the Louisville American Legion. He was a charter and lifetime member of the Louisville Society of Italian Americans, Sons of Italy, and the Louisville VFW. He was appointed to the Louisville Historical Commission and worked on cataloging historic photos for the Louisville Historical Museum.

Besides his family, Frank’s great love was music, especially drumming. He was a very accomplished drummer and played with all the big bands in the Denver area. Frank was playing a “gig” at one of Denver’s finer restaurants when Mickey Rooney came in dressed in jeans, a cowboy hat, shirt and red high top tennis shoes. He asked Frank to sit in on a couple of numbers as he was a fantastic drummer too. They exchanged drumming antics until the place closed at 2:00 a.m.

2009 Pioneer Award: Patricia DiGiacomo Seader

Patricia grew up on a farm northeast of Louisville and attended St. Louis Catholic and Louisville High Schools. After graduating as valedictorian of her class, she attended the University of Northern Colorado and received her teaching degree. She married Bill Seader, her high school sweetheart, and they lived in Kentucky for many years until returning to Louisville. They opened a liquor store on Main Street.

Upon returning to Louisville, Patricia immediately started volunteering her time and talents. She co-chaired the Centennial-Bicentennial Committee and was instrumental in arranging for the Miner’s Statue to be installed at City Hall. She worked to set up a recycling program for Louisville, and she co-chaired the American Legion Labor Day Parades. For many years, she served on the Louisville Historical Commission and was its secretary, and she received the Chamber of Commerce Volunteer of Year award in 2000. Patricia’s volunteer work also included the Society of Italian Americans in Louisville, the Spaghetti Open Golf Tournament, the Elks Ladies Auxiliary, and the American Legion Auxiliary. Not only did she do volunteer work for Louisville, but she was a neighborhood volunteer for the American Heart Association and the American Cancer Society.

Patricia is an avid University of Colorado football fan and travels wherever the team is playing. She was given a buffalo as a gift and it can be seen in her yard during the football season as she cheers for the Buffs each year.

2008 Pioneer Award: David W. Ferguson

Born December 10, 1928 in Louisville, Colorado
Died February 15, 2020 in Louisville, Colorado

Dave was born in Louisville and spent his early childhood at various coal camps at or around Louisville. His father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were all coal miners and spend a total of 155 years working in the mines.

Dave, or “Ferg” as he was known to his friends, graduated from Louisville High School and served in the Marine Corps before graduating with a BA and MA from the University of Northern Colorado. He taught Industrial Arts in junior and senior high schools in the Denver area and also worked the CWE Program, which was a remedial education and work program for potential dropout students.

Dave’s list of volunteer work is impressive. It includes 15 years at the Louisville Fire Department and Fireman and Hero of the Year for Colorado in 1967; Louisville Historical Commission for 14 years, Louisville Sewer & Sanitation Board; The Elks; American Legion; Louisville Boy Scouts; Louisville Little League; Sister Carmen Center; and Habitat for Humanity.

But Dave was also well-known for his role as Santa Claus for the City of Louisville, the American Legion, St. Louis School, the Fire Department, Bal Swan Children’s Center, and for the Motorcycle Run when he rode on the back of a motorcycle. He brought joy to generations of children and was truly Louisville’s “Mr. Christmas.”

2007 Pioneer Award: Betty & Bill Buffo

William “Bill” Buffo:
Born December 5, 1931 in Louisville, Colorado
Died March 10, 2011 in Louisville, Colorado

Bill and Betty Buffo drew strength and identity from being lifelong Louisville residents from coal mining and farming families that arrived in Louisville in the 1890s. in fact, their very identity is defined by their love of Louisville.

Betty was a full time homemaker but is also a self-taught sculptor and has produced many bronze pieces with an American West theme that were sold throughout the United States. Bill worked as a machinist at Rocky Flats, retiring after thirty-five years of service. Bill was proud that he was a member of the State Football Championship team in 1948 when he was a student at Louisville High School, and Betty is equally proud of encouraging him from the sidelines as a cheerleader.

From the very beginning of their life together, Bill and Betty dedicated themselves to their family and their community. Bill and Betty helped get the Louisville Historical Museum started and volunteered their time working on the Museum buildings and organizing and cataloging artifact donations.

Bill and Betty were always proud to be residents of Louisville because it is where they are from and who they are. It is a town that has given them a wonderful life, rich experiences, and lifelong friendships, and as Bill always said, “It’s the best place to be from.”

2006 Pioneer Award: Virginia DeRose Caranci

Virginia had close ties to Louisville due to her mother being from the town, but it was the death of Virginia’s father that led to her family moving from Denver to Louisville when she was eight years old. She lived with her mother and brother at her grandparents’ home - the Jordinelli House, which is same house that is now part of the Louisville Historical Museum today. As a young person, she worked for her uncle, Eliseo Jacoe, at the Jacoe Grocery in the back room as order taker and sacking potatoes. She married Louisville native, Eugene Caranci. Long before the Louisville Historical Commission was created, Virginia was collecting pieces of Louisville history.

Virginia brought her strong organizational and communication skills to her work that she did in many capacities for the betterment of Louisville, including as the president of the committee to get a golf course (the Coal Creek Golf Course) in Louisville and as the chairperson for the Louisville Historical Commission for twelve years. She was an avid volunteer for many organizations and community efforts, including Avista Hospital, the Chamber of Commerce, the Spaghetti Open, the Taste of Louisville, the Parade of Lights, and of course, the Louisville Historical Commission.

Virginia was the first recipient of the Chamber’s Volunteer of the Year Award, when it was noted that she spent as much time at the Louisville Historical Museum as an adult as she did when the old storefront building was Jacoe’s Grocery as she was taking orders and Chief Potato Sacker.

2005 Pioneer Award: Carolyn Conarroe

Born June 30, 1927 in Springfield, Ohio
Died August 24, 2018 in Longmont, Colorado

Carolyn and her husband, Percy, came to Louisville in 1965 when they purchased the town’s newspaper, the Louisville Times. Carolyn immediately immersed herself in all things Louisville.

Carolyn worked with her husband at the Louisville Times and researched and wrote a regular column about the history of Louisville, which she later published as a book, The Louisville Story. She next published Coal Mining in Colorado’s Northern Field, and Louisville Legends: The Record as History. Her newspaper column and books show that she found Louisville history to be fascinating and worthy of study. Her attitude inspired many people who had grown up in the town to take pride in Louisville’s coal mining and immigrant history and their families’ working-class roots.

In 1979, Carolyn was appointed to the Louisville Historical Commission to help organize the preservation of Louisville history, which led to establishing the Louisville Historical Museum in the 1980s. Also in the 1970s and 1980s, Carolyn helped conduct oral history interviews of older Louisville residents to document their stories through her work at the Louisville Public Library.

Carolyn was literally a walking encyclopedia of Louisville history with her knowledge of its coal mines and immigrant residents, and never tired of sharing her knowledge about Louisville, whether written or spoken. She was a City of Louisville volunteer at the Louisville Historical Museum up until her 91st birthday, working to transcribe historical documents using her typing skills that she had honed over many of years of working on the Louisville Times newspaper.

2004 Pioneer Award: Donald Ross

Born July 1, 1929 in Louisville, Colorado
Died February 4, 2012 in Louisville, Colorado

Don was born in the neighborhood of Louisville known as Little Italy. He graduated from Louisville High School in 1947, and after his military service, he earned his B.A. and M.A. at the University of Northern Colorado. He then taught school in Westminster, but continued to live in Louisville with his wife and children.

Don was on the Louisville City Council from 1969 to 1974, and was appointed to the Parks and Recreation Board in 1975 where he helped get the Miners Field in playing shape and worked on a five, ten and fifteen-year plan for recreation and athletics in Louisville. He was active with the Louisville Historical Commission and helped get the Jordinelli house moved to its new location. He volunteered many hours with the Louisville Chamber of Commerce and it was not unusual to see him at the Chamber every morning checking to see if any work needed to be done.

Don could be seen around town lending a helping hand to many of the events in Louisville, including putting up Christmas lights at the Chamber, or tents for the Taste of Louisville, or cooking for the Spaghetti Open Golf Tournament. Don was a true “Renaissance” man who didn’t know the meaning of the words, “No” or “I can’t do it,” especially when it came to doing things for the town he loved.

2003 Pioneer Award: Glenn Steinbaugh

Born September 10, 1927 in Lafayette, Colorado
Died October 2, 2013 in Louisville, Colorado

Glenn Steinbaugh was associated with the Steinbaugh’s business for his whole life. Under his management, the store was known for offering the kind of exemplary customer service that one would expect from a traditional hardware store that had been in the community for decades.

He was a lifelong resident of Louisville and graduated from Louisville High School in 1945. He enlisted in the U. S. Army after graduation and was stationed in Germany. Upon his return to Louisville, he went to work at the business that his grandfather, J.J., had started as a blacksmith shop on Front Street and that his father, Herman, had carried on as a hardware and lumber company.

In 1974, a fire wiped out the Steinbaugh’s building on Front Street, but Glenn reopened in the State Mercantile Building at 801 Main Street. Soon, it looked as though it had always been there. Steinbaugh’s closed in 1997 after having been in business for 105 years.

Glenn was a member of the Louisville Volunteer Fire Department and the American Legion, and he was instrumental in establishing the Tri-City Elks Lodge in Louisville.

2002 Pioneer Award: Robert "Bob" Ross

Born December 6, 1933 in Louisville, Colorado
Died June 19, 2018 in Louisville, Colorado

Bob Ross’s efforts immeasurably strengthened the strong sense of community that Louisville is known for, and for this reason, the Louisville Historical Commission selected him to receive the 2002 Pioneer Award.

Bob was born, educated and lived in Louisville his entire life. He served in the U. S. Army in the Korean War, and after Army duty he worked for the Rocky Mountain Arsenal, and then the Bureau of Standards in Boulder until his retirement in 1987.

In Louisville, Bob is especially remembered for his work on behalf of the American Legion Post 111, of which he was a lifetime member. During the years from 1938 to 1982, the American Legion sponsored Louisville’s annual Labor Day Parade and Fall Festival, and for 24 of those years, Bob was the person organizing and directing all of its events. For years, he obtained participants for the parade, found rides and booths, and performed countless other jobs. He was so dedicated to this celebration that he used his vacation time from his regular job at the Bureau of Standards to work on the Fall Festival. He also organized and trained workers for Louisville’s annual July 4th Fireworks.

Bob also coached and served on the Little League Board, and he organized Bingo games at the American Legion. He was a member of a Veterans Honor Guard for military funerals and was dedicated to Veteran organizations.

2001 Pioneer Award: Joseph "Joe" Carnival

Born November 5, 1913 in Denver, Colorado
Died September 9, 1983 in Longmont, Colorado

Joe Carnival received the 2001 Pioneer Award in large part because, as noted by the Louisville Times newspaper upon Joe’s death in 1983, “[o]ver the years Joe left his mark on hundreds of young Louisville men and women through his involvement in Boy Scouts, the St. Louis School and the city’s recreation programs.”

Joe grew up in Denver and received his Eagle Scout award from Troop 64 of Denver in 1932. After serving in the Army during World War II, he came back to Denver and worked at the Denver Union Station until his retirement in 1975. He moved to Louisville in 1946 after his marriage to Virginia Mossoni, who was from Louisville.

Joe became actively involved in the Louisville community, and in 1958 he helped organize the first Louisville Midget League as part of Louisville’s recreation program. He would end up coaching Little League baseball for years. In 1960, he became the Scout Master of Boy Scout Troop 69. He earned many distinguished awards as a Scout leader, including the Saint George Award, the highest Scouting honor bestowed by the Catholic Church, and the Silver Beaver Award, which recognized his outstanding achievements in Scouting. Joe was also a member of the Order of the Arrow of the Boy Scouts.

After his retirement, Joe continued his community involvement and started the physical education program at St. Louis Catholic Church. In 1983, the City of Louisville dedicated one of its parks to him, naming it “Joe C. Carnival Park.”

2000 Pioneer Award: Eliseo Jacoe

Born December 6, 1881 in Grimaldi, Italy
Died December 29, 1958 in Boulder, Colorado

Eliseo was born in Italy and came to the United States in the early 1900s and settled in Louisville with his siblings Frank, Robert, and Josephine. His contributions to Louisville were through his businesses that he operated in Louisville over a period of 50 years, including his Main Street grocery store that catered to Louisville’s Italian residents, and through his work as a professional musician.

Eliseo and Frank Jacoe were skilled musicians who combined their talents and formed the Louisville Band. They reportedly performed weekly concerts at Miners Field, the local baseball park. The two brothers were also members of the Denver Municipal Band and performed for large audiences. Eliseo taught music in Louisville and was called “the Professor” by many. Among his students was Dick La Salle, who would have a successful musical career as a band leader and, in the 1960s, as a composer of music for movies and TV.

The Jacoe brothers operated a saloon in the 800 block of Front Street, then after Prohibition started in Colorado in 1916, operated a pool hall on Main Street. For 35 years starting in 1923, Eliseo operated a grocery store specializing in Italian foods (now the site of the Louisville Historical Museum at 1001 Main St.). As the owner of the grocery store, Eliseo was sympathetic to his customers who had difficulty paying their bills during the summers when the mines were closed, and during the Depression. In fact, before his death, he asked for there to be no efforts made to collect payment of the unpaid bills after his death.

Eliseo was a kind and generous man who shared his talents and means with everyone in Louisville, and his influence was felt long after his death.

1999 Pioneer Award: Eileen Harris Schmidt

Born: July 23, 1927 in Louisville, Colorado
Died: February 4, 1998 in Denver, Colorado

Eileen Harris Schmidt was the recipient of the Pioneer Award in 1999, the year following her death. She transformed the stories she heard from her grandmother when she was a child into a vision for the preservation of Louisville history and a blueprint for work by the Louisville Public Library and the Louisville Historical Museum, the two institutions with which she is most identified.

Eileen was stricken with rheumatic fever as a child. According to her sister, it was this childhood illness that likely led to Eileen’s love of reading and learning. Also due to her illness, she would spend hours listening to the stories told by her grandmother, Savina Ferrari Zarini, and other Italian women in Louisville in the 1930s.

In the 1970s, Eileen worked as a member of the small staff at the Louisville Public Library and led the story time for children. At the Library, she also helped collect oral history interviews of older Louisville residents.

In 1980, the City of Louisville appointed Eileen to its recently formed Louisville Historical Commission. For nearly two decades, she continued her work to collect and preserve Louisville history. In 1986, the Commission opened the Louisville Historical Museum and its members worked as volunteers to open it for visitors. Schmidt could often be found working at the Museum, and she put in countless hours cataloging historic photos and artifacts, putting up exhibits, documenting historical sites and buildings, and writing about Louisville history for the Louisville Historian quarterly publication and the Louisville Times newspaper.

Schmidt is remembered for her outstanding contributions to the community, especially through her efforts to preserve Louisville’s history.

1998 Pioneer Award: Vera Dixon Taylor

Born July 7, 1907 in Superior, Colorado
Died March 9, 2011 in Louisville, Colorado

Vera Dixon Taylor was born in Superior, Colorado, a community founded by her great-grandfather, William Hake. She grew up on the Dixon farm where the Louisville Tech Center is now located. She graduated from Louisville High School in 1925 and the University of Colorado in 1929. She taught English and Latin after graduation in South Dakota and Colorado, including at Louisville High School from 1952 to 1972.

During her tenure as a teacher in Louisville, Vera did volunteer work at the Louisville Public Library in the summers, and spent one summer working with Laura and George Ellis recording information about the Louisville Cemetery. Another summer, she catalogued the negatives for photos from the collection of the Louisville Historical Museum.

After her retirement, Vera continued to volunteer at Centaurus High School’s library for the next 25 years. She served as a member of the Louisville Housing Authority Board for 10 years and was active in the Saturday Study Club. Centaurus High School’s library was named the Taylor Library in 1983, and Vera was named Colorado School Volunteer in 1988, an award presented by Gov. Roy Romer.

“Mrs. Taylor” passed away at the age of 103, and will always be considered a treasured icon in our community as she touched many lives with her teaching and volunteer work.

1997 Pioneer Award: Bun Graves

Born November 5, 1905 in Hudson, Colorado
Died September 16, 1979 in Louisville, Colorado

Leslie C. Graves was known as “Bun” because of a nickname his father gave him when he was a baby with colic. His father would hold him in the nape of his neck and called him his bunny rabbit, and as a result the name “Bun” stayed with him all of his life.

He married Alice Winkler in 1929 and came to Louisville in the 1930s. Bun worked for the Public Service Company for 35 years, and worked in Louisville installing electric meters, reading those meters on a monthly basis, and repairing any electrical outages. During World War II, he was a certified first aid instructor and was the Civil Defense Director. He also contributed in a significant way to the documentation and preservation of Louisville history by using his 8mm camera to film over 200 World War II servicemen and servicewomen when they were home on leave in the Louisville area in 1943-1945. He filmed many of the men and women in front of their own homes, and he captured many of them posed next to their mothers and fathers. After his death, his son generously donated the film to the Louisville Historical Museum.

Bun was active with the Louisville Volunteer Fire Department and served as Fire Chief. He helped formulate and establish the Rural Fire District that enabled Louisville to procure the first pumper fire truck carrying water to fight fires outside the city limits. He served on the Louisville School Board for many years, was an active member of the Masonic Lodge, and served the City of Louisville as Treasurer. He also was an active member of the Louisville Lions Club, with perfect attendance for more than 35 years.

It was said that Bun Graves gave of himself, and was truly a pioneer of the City of Louisville.

1996 Pioneer Award: Frank Rizzi

Born January 19, 1897 in Hanna, Wyoming
Died August 11, 1991 in Louisville, Colorado

Frank Rizzi came to Louisville as an infant and became a life-long resident. He served in the Army during World War I, and later worked in the local mines. After retiring as a miner, he went to work for Fischer Brothers Construction and was employed there for 20 years. He built his own home at 1401 Cannon, including the basement, and recounted how he used a horse to haul the dirt.

Frank served as mayor of Louisville for 12 years and was a member of the City Council for 18 years. While he was mayor, the citizens saw many improvements in the town. including paved streets, installation of the sewer system, and construction of a new City Hall building. He was a member of St. Louis Catholic Church and was always willing to lend a helping hand in all church activities, often serving mass, making repairs to the buildings, and working in the annual bazaar. Frank belonged to many organizations, including the Holy Name Society, Knights of St. John’s, and the American Legion. He was the Grand Marshal of the Louisville Labor Day Parade in 1985. In 1989, an article in the Louisville Times noted that he was the last living World War I veteran of the original 95 whose names are on the Veterans' Memorial Stone in the Louisville Cemetery.

Frank was a familiar figure around Louisville as he walked through the streets of town almost every day. He hadn’t driven a car for many years, and his son, Tom, recalled that the last car his dad drove was a 1929 Ford Model T.

1995 Pioneer Award: Fr. Benedict Ingenito

Born October 7, 1886 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Died February 13, 1947 in Canon City, Colorado

Father Benedict came to Louisville in 1933 to serve as pastor of the St. Louis Catholic Church. At that time, the church building was in an old frame building on the southwest corner of La Farge Avenue and Walnut Street. It had been established there in 1884, so when he arrived, the old frame church had already been in use for nearly 50 years. It was soon decided that a new church building was necessary, and Father Benedict, with the help of his parishioners, started holding an annual bazaar to help raise the funds for a new church. Father Benedict worked side by side with members of his congregation, and in 1940 construction of the new church at 902 Grant began. It was completed by December 22, when the first services were held.

Father Benedict not only served the St. Louis Parish, but also became an active, productive member of the community, especially during the latter years of the Depression and during World War II. One of his pet projects was to collect waste paper and scrap metal from the town to be used in the war effort. Many times, because help was scarce, he could be found in the church basement bundling the papers by himself. He also served as the President of the Lions Club and worked with the Boy Scouts and other youth programs in Louisville.

Father Benedict left the parish in March of 1946 because of illness and returned to the Holy Cross Abbey in Canon City. He was revered and loved as a holy, thoughtful, and caring man. He spoke fluent Italian and brought smiles to the faces of the Louisville Italian women when he greeted them in their own language and called them “mother.”

 

1994 Pioneer Award: Lewton "Lute" McCorkle

Born May 8,1876 in Red Bluff, California
Died February 12, 1966 in Boulder, Colorado

Lute McCorkle grew up in California, but his grandparents were William and Emeline Hake, the founders of the town of Superior, Colorado. He visited them as a young man in about 1900 and ended up staying to operate the Superior Mercantile. He then became involved with the mercantiles in the Louisville area, and in 1906 he started the City Meat and Packing in Louisville and Lafayette with his uncles, George Miller, Charles Hake, and Art Foote. In 1908, he bought them out and began to operate his own store on Main Street in Louisville, and built a new building for the store in 1912.

Lute was known for not only his business acumen, but also for his kindness and care for the people of Louisville. Lute extended credit to many miners during the entire period of the nearly five-year strike in Louisville from 1910 to 1914, and allowed them to pay what they could, when they could. During the Depression, he was one of the business men who reorganized the Louisville-Lafayette Coal Company and opened the Hi-Way Mine. The mine was a boon to Louisville and Lafayette and kept many miners employed during the Great Depression.

Lute was always community-minded and invested in the Louisville and Lafayette banks, and was vice-president and director of the Louisville Bank. He was also a director of the Lafayette bank. He remained in the mercantile business until 1948 when he retired and sold the City Market to Charles and Quentin Thomas after forty years of being in business on Main Street.

Lute was a charter member of the Louisville Lions club, and was a fifty-year-member of the Elks Lodge in Boulder.

1993 Pioneer Award: Susie Perrella DiGiacomo

Born November 2, 1899 in Bagnoli, Italy
Died March 26, 1995 in Louisville, Colorado

Susie DiGiacomo was a woman who had a definite impact on the Louisville community as well as far beyond. She immigrated from Italy to Louisville with her family when she was six years old. Susie worked as a cook at the Blue Parrot Restaurant for 24 years. Although her formal education went only through the eighth grade, she was a self-educated woman who became active in national politics and whose opinions, ideas, and political support were often sought by others.

A 1984 article in the Louisville Times about Susie’s reputation a “local political legend” noted that when she registered to vote at the age of 21, she chose to register as a Democrat because, she said, it is “the champion of the poor.” In 1938, she was asked to serve as committee woman for the Democratic Party in Louisville. She ended up serving in that capacity until 1989 and was known for her efforts to canvas on behalf of Democratic candidates and to get people registered to vote. She was Vice-Chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee in Boulder County, a member of the State Democratic Central Committee, a member of the Board of Directors for the Mental Health and Retardation Center of Boulder, and a member of the Community Hospital Board. She never missed a State Democratic convention from the time she joined the party until her retirement. Throughout the years, she became acquainted with many Democratic Party candidates, including Ted Kennedy, Adlai Stevenson, Lyndon Johnson, and Hubert Humphrey.

Susie was also very active in the St. Louis Church, and was in charge of one of the biggest fundraisers, a famous annual chicken dinner, to raise money to build the new church on Grant Avenue. Susie was a larger-than-life person who had an impact on not only Louisville and Boulder County, but also on her country.

1992 Pioneer Award: Eugene "Gene" Caranci

Born December 20, 1929 in Louisville, Colorado
Died June 1, 2018 in Louisville, Colorado

Eugene Caranci, who received the 1992 Pioneer Award, has been described as an incredible man. And he did an incredible amount of good for the City of Louisville.

Gene, also known as “Chooch” by his friends, graduated in 1947 from Louisville High School, where he was the president of his class. He earned his BA degree and an MA degree in business administration, and taught in the Denver Public Schools for 36 years. He commuted from Louisville to Denver so he could raise his family in the town that he loved, and after he retired from teaching, he became the Executive Director of the Louisville Chamber of Commerce.

During his tenure as Chamber Director, he helped bring Avista Hospital, Monarch High School, Coal Creek Golf Course and the Tri-City Elks Lodge to the Louisville area. He was a volunteer with the Louisville Fire Department, served on the Louisville Planning Commission, and belonged to the St. Louis Catholic Church, and he founded the Girls Recreation program in Louisville.

Gene grew up in Louisville as a member of one of its Italian families and he was proud of his Italian heritage. In 1988, he and four others founded the Society of Italian Americans, and he served as chairman of that club’s annual “La Festa” event for many years. He was also instrumental in starting Louisville’s International Bocci Club, and was the 1st Bocci Champion in 1987 at the Louisville July 4th celebration, along with his friend, Alberto DeSimone. It seems there wasn’t anything Gene Caranci couldn’t do, or wouldn’t do, for the town he so loved.

1991 Pioneer Award: George Russell Henning

Born October 21, 1891 in Box Butte County, Nebraska
Died January 6, 1968 in Boulder, Colorado

G.R. Henning received the 1991 Pioneer Award because of his love for the people of Louisville and the pride he took in being a part of the community. G.R. grew up in Nebraska, served in World War I as a medic, and graduated from the Chicago School of Mortuary Science. He and his wife, Marguerite, moved to Louisville in 1923 to operate the mortuary at 844 Main Street. It was the Henning Mortuary and residence for several decades. The Henning family left a major imprint on Louisville through its leadership and its support of many local enterprises, in addition to the family having a prominent and attractive Main Street home and business that regularly brought together members of the community through funerals and memorial services held there.

G.R. served two terms as mayor of Louisville and took an active part in making improvements to the town. He organized the first town basketball team and was instrumental in getting the new high school built in 1939. For many years, G.R. acted as the town Santa, and enjoyed passing out sacks of candy and fruit to the children on Christmas Eve, which was especially rewarding during the Depression years when the sack of goodies was perhaps the only treat received by some children.

G.R. served on many boards and was a member of the Knights of Pythias, Elks Lodge, and the Methodist Church, and over the course of his career also served the Louisville Fire Department and was the local Commander of the American Legion. He and Marguerite served as “Mother and Dad” of the Lafayette Assembly Order of Rainbow Girls, and most important to him was being called “Dad” by many of the young women he and his wife supported.

1990 Pioneer Award: Martha Baier Eberharter

Born January 14, 1876 in Tyrol, Austria
Died April 7, 1958 in Louisville, Colorado

Martha Eberharter received the 1990 Pioneer Award because she was one of Louisville’s greatest philanthropists, and was known for her sincerity, generosity, and kindness.

Martha came to Louisville from Austria with her parents. They were living in Louisville by the time of the 1880 federal census, just two years after Louisville was established. She married Ludwig Eberharter in 1894 and the couple managed a series of successful investments, including a general merchandise store on La Farge Avenue in Louisville that was in business for close to thirty years. Ludwig also was one of the developers and owners of the Hi-Way Mine. When Ludwig died in 1935, Martha took over his business interests, which resulted in her serving as one of the directors of Hi-Way Mine.

The stories of Martha’s giving spirit are numerous. For example, she gave weekly baskets of fresh fruit to a girl suffering with rheumatic fever, and she paid all the medical expenses for her son and his three friends who were involved in a serious automobile accident. Martha also made sure that the families of local miners received credit at her store through the lean summer months when they were out of work because of mining having been seasonal in the Louisville area.

Martha handled the food and clothing drives at the St. Louis Catholic Church, and she was recognized as the first participant in the Adopt-A-Family program, although many residents felt that she adopted all of the families in Louisville.

Martha’s take-charge attitude, compelling personality and giving spirit, reminiscent of the famous Molly Brown, was a blessing to many families and residents in Louisville.

1989  Pioneer Award: John "Ring" Dionigi

Born April 12, 1897 in Louisville, Colorado
Died May 12, 1966 in Louisville, Colorado

The Historical Commission selected John “Ring” Dionigi to receive the 1989 Pioneer Award. It was noted that when his posthumous award was presented at the annual banquet of the Chamber of Commerce that year, the announcement of his selection brought many smiles to the people who attended as they remembered either the contact they had with him through his many generous actions, or through a “brush with the law” since he served as the entire police force for years. As an avid sportsman, Dionigi loved boxing, which was one of the explanations of how he got his nickname of “Ring.”

Ring started his career in the coal mines of Louisville, but that didn’t last long since he liked dealing with people, and soon he was working in several grocery stores. It was noted during his Pioneer Award presentation that even though he never went farther than the eighth grade in school, he became fluent in six languages and even learned a smattering of Japanese, Chinese, and Greek so that he could deal with the many customers he met as a butcher.

In the early 1930s, Ring went to work for the town of Louisville as the town clerk, police chief, water plant operator, sewer operator, court recorder, and justice of the peace. During the polio epidemics of the late 1940s and early 1950s, he served as the local chairman of the March of Dimes and worked tirelessly to raise money from the community to fight polio. He was one of the few employees of the town in the 1950s when the streets were first paved, the water system modernized, the sewer system installed, gas lines installed, curb and gutters laid, and the town began to grow in population. He was known for his generosity, giving food and clothing to the needy, and for giving out wedding rings as the justice of the peace. He even gave his wife’s ring to a couple, and although he bought her another, she finally told him to buy some cheap ones to keep on hand, so he kept a bowl for rings on his dresser.

Ring lived for Louisville and the people in it, and at his funeral in 1966 the crowd was so large that it overflowed from the St. Louis Catholic Church to the street as over 2,000 residents, fellow officers, and friends attended his service.

1988 Pioneer Award: Joseph "Joe" Colacci

Born November 15, 1916 in Louisville, Colorado
Died on August 16, 2007 in Louisville, Colorado

Joe Colacci, one of Louisville’s renowned pasta patriarchs, received the 1988 Pioneer Award because he “made the city a better place to live.” Joe spent his whole life in Louisville and worked at the Blue Parrot, his parents’ restaurant, when he was a boy, and took over as manager when his father, Mike, died in 1970. He kept it a family business and brought his wife and all of his children and grandchildren in to work for him.

Joe made a name for himself in the community, not only for his restaurant, but for his support and generosity to the town of Louisville and the people in it. Even if he had no job openings in his restaurant, he would create one to help someone in need. He was very actively involved with numerous organizations, including the Elks Club, the American Legion, the St. Louis Catholic Church, the Louisville Fire Department, Louisville’s International Bocci Club, the Louisville Golf Association, and the Chamber of Commerce.

Joe never officially retired from the Blue Parrot and came into the restaurant every day to drink coffee and visit with friends, and he made himself available to anyone who had a question or a problem or needed a job. He loved to golf and he provided food for the Spaghetti Open Golf Tournament each July in Louisville. He loved his family and his town, and of course, the Blue Parrot. He liked everything on the menu, but he was especially fond of spumoni ice cream with Chianti poured over it – his own original dessert.

1987 Pioneer Award: Dr. Lucius Cassidy

Born January 6, 1898 in Bayonne, New Jersey
Died January 8, 1984 in Denver, Colorado

Dr. Lucius Cassidy, a native of New Jersey, came to Denver for his medical internship and was drawn to Louisville when a job opening for a mine doctor became available in 1930.  He got the job and became the mine and town doctor for the Louisville and Superior areas.  He and his wife, Helen, purchased the home of the previous mine doctor located on Garfield Avenue in Louisville, which was designed with both living quarters and a medical office. Dr. Cassidy was paid through an arrangement with the union, attending to miners and their families, and even went down into the mines to help with injuries when mine accidents happened.  People who weren’t part of the mine health plan could also see Dr. Cassidy but had to pay his regular fee.  After the last mine closed in 1955, Dr. Cassidy was the only doctor available in the area for many of his fifty years of practice.

Since Dr. Cassidy’s office was located in his home, he was available to his patients virtually seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day, and he made regular house calls. He attended the Louisville High School footballs games, and other sporting events, in case he was needed for any injuries.  His former patients remember his gentle manner and his simple, yet effective, treatments for colds and ailments, such as mustard baths and plasters and Epsom salts.

Dr. Cassidy continued his dedicated practice for over 50 years, and even made six house calls on his eightieth birthday.  He died in 1982 at the age of 84.

1986 Pioneer Award: Charles, Iona, & Quentin Thomas

Charles K. Thomas:
Born December 18, 1912 in Louisville, Colorado
Died February 13, 2002 in Louisville, Colorado

Iona Thomas:
Born on October 30, 1918 in Larimer County, Colorado
Died on July 22, 2000 in Boulder, Colorado

Quentin C. Thomas:
Born on November 8, 1908 in Louisville, Colorado
Died on November 12, 1986 in Westminster, Colorado

Brothers Charles “Charlie” Thomas and Quentin Thomas, along with Charlie’s wife, Iona Bowes Thomas, owners of City Grocery & Market, received the 1986 Pioneer Award. Longtime business owners, the Thomas family bought the City Grocery & Market on Main Street in 1948. In 1966, they moved to their new building at 637 Front Street and ran the store there until they closed their business in 1982. They also had ownership interests in coal mines in the area, including the Fireside Mine in Louisville, as well as businesses in Louisville such as the Grain Elevator on County Road and the Thomas Feed Store at Pine and Front.

Charlie’s and Quentin’s father and grandparents on the Thomas side came to Louisville from Great Britain in 1883, five years after Louisville was established. The family was drawn to the area by the availability of work in the coal mines. Iona’s Bowes relatives farmed on the south side of Louisville. Charles and Iona married in 1935.

Quentin started the feed store on Pine after WWII, then became partners with Charlie and Iona and opened City Grocery & Market. Charlie Thomas was the butcher in the store and he said he learned his trade by “trial and error – by reading and doing.” He always listened to his customers and would grind his meat and sausage for the store, so the store was known for its exceptional meat department. Other family members worked in the store, including Charlie’s and Iona’s twin daughters, a son-in-law, and six grandchildren. It was a true family affair until the brothers and Iona retired in 1982.

1985 Pioneer Award: J.J. Steinbaugh

Born January 22, 1868 in Honnef, Germany
Died January 5, 1950 in Louisville, Colorado

J. J. Steinbaugh was chosen for the first Pioneer Award because of his active participation in community affairs, including a term as mayor of the Town of Louisville. He was a community leader from 1892 until his death in 1950, with a strong business spirit for the good of the town.

Mr. Steinbaugh opened J.J. Steinbaugh Blacksmith Shop on June 6, 1892 on Front Street at age 24. He started selling plows, harrows and buggies in 1893, and later expanded his business and added hardware in 1904, and the lumberyard in 1928.

J. J. was a hardworking man, but his industriousness brought some grief as people went to the town board to complain about the noise he made sharpening plow shares and pounding out horse shoes at 4 o’clock in the morning. A sign in his shop read: “No loafing in this shop – except on business.” However, he took time out to serve on the town board and as mayor. He also gave back to the community. One example was when he bought all the posts and slabs for the fence for the ball park in about 1904 or 1905. He was also a man of vision because in 1911 he bought the first Model T Ford in Boulder County to sell and deliver equipment. As his business grew, he claimed that it was “the only institution in the entire state of Colorado that does everything and carries everything that is needed to build a home and completely furnish it.”

J.J.’s son and grandsons joined him as his business and family grew, and in 1935 J.J. quit blacksmithing but continued to work on his ranch near Boulder Creek until 1943. After his death, the business name was changed to Steinbaugh Lumber Company. Steinbaugh’s closed in 1997.