Five Long-Time Families at the Heart of Boulder County

Although there aren’t any original structures still standing on the Kneebone Open Space, the land acts as a buffer between urban space and a wildlife corridor, protected from further development encroachment and harboring a triangulation of trails that connect the adjacent Rothman Open Space to the surrounding neighborhoods.

On the maternal side of the family, the Louis Stingle Farm Open Space harbors Marge and Louis’ original homestead. Boulder County actively farms the property rather than letting it grow over with wild vegetation. If they were still alive today, Marge and Louis would be pretty surprised to see the way times have changed. In their day, the distances between Boulder, Louisville and Lafayette were considerable. Denver was a foreign country. In their day, farming required far more horses and human hands than it does today.

What will become of this land a hundred years from now? “I would hope that nothing changes,” reflects Randy, who has faith in its protected Open Space status. “Keep the story going. Keep it alive.”