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 or anyone with
a sturdy vehicle, the scenic drive to Gold Hill (and the town itself) provide glimpses of a place of special meaning to
some of Boulder County's most fascinating women.
Originally a mining town, as the name suggests, Gold Hill's rapid growth attracted people like
Hannah Guise, who taught school here and whose daughter,
Mabel Montgomery, did the same.
After the mining boom passed, the deserted town became a retreat for a community of women drawn to the scenery
and the solitude. Jean Sherwood opened the Bluebird Lodge,
and taxi drivers Florence Molloy and
Mabel MacLeay operated the Double M Ranch.
One prominent "Bluebird," artist Matilda Vanderpoel,
liked Gold Hill so much that she made it her permanent summer retreat.
The deteriorating structures of the old mining district appealed to artist
Muriel Sibell Wolle whose drawings of Gold Hill and countless
other Colorado mining towns are infused with the quiet character of long-forgotten places.
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