Deacon Lorin Cassandre Mead-Founder of Highlandlake
Lorin Cassandre, the son of Rufus and Anna Janes Mead, was born on his parent’s farm in Cornwall, Addison County, Vermont, on March 12, 1832. One of nine children, Lorin, or L.C. as he was often called, first attended the local public schools and after graduation enrolled in Castleton Seminary, now, the oldest institution of higher learning in Vermont. Read more.
Reverend Mary G. Bumstead Coates
Mary G. Bumstead Coates was born in Roxbury, (Boston) MA on July 10, 1863, the daughter of Deacon E. B. and Rebecca D. Bumstead of Eliot Congregational Church in Roxbury. Mary grew up in the Boston area where she eventually graduated from the Normal Art School. At about the age of 25, Mary traveled to Worcester, South Africa. Read More.
Paul Martin Mead - Founder of Mead
Paul Mead was the son of Dr. Martin Luther and Myra Mahetabel Jenkins Mead. Martin was the brother of Lorin C. Mead who founded Highlandlake. In the early 1880s. . . Read more.
Harry and Ida Kerr Faulkner
The Wessly Kerr family came to Colorado in 1860, settling in Lyons, Boulder, Colorado. They had two sons and two daughters, and rumor has it that Ida was closely related to the famous outlaws - the James Brothers.
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Longmont Ledger - The Beautiful Highlandlake Country
The Longmont Ledger printed a special edition on September 4, 1903, commemorating Longmont's 25th anniversary. One full page of this issue was devoted to Highlandlake. Complete with several photos and brief biographies of local residents, this page is a valuable insight into what Highlandlake was in its heyday. To read the biographies and other stories from this edition, click here.
Obituaries of Highlandlake Pioneers - and a few later citizens
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This page was updated on March 1, 2011