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JOB <br />S:\Client\ <br />Page <br />Total <br />1 <br />Sign #1 - South Street Underpass Interpretive Sign <br />SOUTH STREET UNDERPASS <br />Charles C. Welch, <br />whose establishment <br />of the first coal mine in <br />Louisville in 1877 <br />led to the founding <br />of the town of <br />Louisville in 1878. <br />Welcome to historic downtown Louisville! <br />Explore the rich history of the City and <br />discover why Louisville has repeatedly <br />been recognized as one of America's best <br />places to Live. <br />When the Colorado Central Railroad, now <br />the Burlington Northern Santa Fe, arrived <br />in 1873, the Louisville area boasted a few <br />hay farms amid prairie grasses. <br />Louisville's agricultural and mining history overlapped when Charles C. Welch, vice <br />president of the Colorado Central Railroad, acquired the right to mine for coal deposits on <br />settler David Kerr's farm. Louis Nawatny, a manager for Welch's mining operations, laid <br />out a town site near the newly opened coal field on October 24, 1878. He modestly named <br />the new community — an eight -block town plat that encompassed Walnut, Spruce, Pine, <br />1st (now Front), and 2nd (now Main) streets — after himself. <br />The success and increasing industrialization of nearby coal mines prompted Louisville's <br />earliest growth. Mining attracted new settlers, especially immigrants from the United <br />Kingdom, Austria, Germany, Italy, and across Eastern Europe. The smell of coal smoke <br />clogged the air and much of the local economy relied upon nearby mining, but Louisville <br />differed from a typical coal camp. Louisville attracted families, not just bachelor miners. <br />Women encouraged more cultured development that included newly -established church <br />ongregations, schools, and the community's first newspaper. In addition, social clubs and <br />lodges fulfilled important community functions, not only platting and administering the <br />Louisville Cemetery but also opening their halls for local plays, concerts, <br />and school graduations. <br />Until the 1950s, the City was without paved roads and a sewage system. Natural gas <br />replaced coal as the primary source of energy and the city switched to dial telephones. <br />The final mines closed and the infrastructure upgrades allowed Louisville to <br />continue growing in a time of economic uncertainty. <br />More recently, as the Denver and Boulder Metro regions grew, housing developments <br />replaced the farmland surrounding downtown. The population of Louisville <br />in 1882 was 550, and has since grown to over 20,000. <br />The Rex Mine #2, which was in operation <br />from 1898 to 1915. <br />Photo credit: Louisville Historical Museum. <br />Louisville Main Street in 1915 and 2015. <br />Photo credit: City of Louisville. <br />View of the Acme Mine dump from Main Street, <br />looking south, early 1900s. <br />Photo credit: Louisville Historical Museum. <br />Designed by <br />e3signs <br />e3 enterprises, Inc. <br />6718 Franklin Ave, Loveland, CO 80538 <br />Phone: 970.685.4679 Fax: 970.619.8042 <br />Project Designer <br />Name: Liz Cunningham <br />Phone: 970.685.4679 <br />E-MAIL: liz@e3signs.com <br />Sales Represent. <br />Name: Randy Hammock <br />Phone: 970.685.4679 Cell: 970.556.5129 <br />E-MAIL: randy@e3signs.com <br />Project Details <br />Colors: <br />Fonts: <br />MATERIALS: see notes under each <br />picture. <br />Format: 8.5x11 <br />Scale: NOT TO SCALE <br />Installation: YES El NO ❑ <br />Disclaimer <br />e3 signs will NOT be responsible for any errors in <br />typesetting and/or layout after you the CUSTOMER have <br />signed this art approval unless the typesetting and/or layout <br />is different from what you proofed to the finished product. If <br />for any reason, you should find any errors in artwork, layout <br />and/or typesetting after this release has been signed, any <br />additional cost for typesetting or design changes, new signs, <br />reprints or any other aspect of production shall be the soul <br />financial responsibility of the customer. Although rare and <br />despite best efforts, should an error occur within our control, <br />we shall make best efforts to immediately rectify the <br />situation. e3 signs shall not be liable for any costs or <br />damages beyond the costs associated with the correction of <br />the sign(s). <br />VERIFYTHAT I HAVE RECEIVED ALL THE PAGES INDICATED <br />ABOVE AND CHECKED ALL DETAILS AND TEXT, COPY AND <br />LAYOUT INCLUDING SPELLING AND GRAMMAR ON EACH <br />OF THOSE PAGES AND THATTHEY ARE CORRECT AND <br />ACCEPTABLE TO ME HEREBY AUTHORIZED THIS JOB TO <br />BEGIN PRODUCTION. <br />Designed for <br />Approval <br />Date: <br />Name: <br />Signature <br />