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"NOY SMITHY t$ POOL Al *EYIEPITY-IEYE11 IMAMS. l Five sar>a. cal bens ur the family of s ►1r_ gond Mrs. William 11. Pool of thin +•ity are shoos In the above cut taken } this week by the Jones studio. The great rirendl+arenla reside at su= Prxri street and IJave heel] residents of }io+ilder for lit years. Their daughter in Mrs. Fannie Osborne of Littleton, and her daughter Mr. I1Ia Ferguson of T,er11119aillp_ The tatter's daughter, Mrs. Fannie Wilkinson of Lou1wd1Lq is ik11i wr In the rut holding her ell!/d, Joseph Wilkinson. Jr. The Pools came to Boulder from Missouri In 11435 and aloes that date William] 11. Pool has been following Hu trade of blackarnithing in this city, Although he is now 77 years of age. 11r. Fool outs In nearly every day at his blacksmith shop on s}Irth street, near }'earl. He and his wife. and the members of hts family are all very isrpuler and respected citizens of their respecil'e romtnunitlen. Besides the above Mrs. Ellen Mintz. residl.“ in Tennessee. and Mr. Harvey E. Poo/. who Iz in the automobile and black- smith business, are children of Mr. and Mrs. Poo/. 1 1914 Boulder Daily Camera article shows Ella Ferguson, her mother - Fannie Wood Osborne, her daughter — Fannie Wilkinson, and her grandson — Joseph Wilkinson. At the time of their marriage, Max Ferguson was working as a coal miner. He later became a blacksmith for the mines. Prior to 1905, the Fergusons are listed in city directories and census records as renting homes in Louisville and living in the vicinity of the Acme Mine where Max worked. After purchasing Lots 10 -11, Block 7 from Orrin Welch in 1905, the Fergusons most likely moved a house to the lot. Max and Ella Ferguson had five children (Frances "Fanny" 1894-1942; Alberta 1900-1986; Bernice 1903-1940; Grace 1909-1988; Robert 1911-2001), who all grew up in the house on Pine and Grant and attended Louisville schools. Current generations of the Ferguson family still live in Louisville today. Isabelle Hudson (Alberta Ferguson's daughter) recalls that the house had an artesian well in the basement. As a child, she thought this was very fancy since it meant that they did not have to break the ice from the water in the winter. Tragedy struck in 1918 when Max was kicked by a mule he was shoeing. He finished the task but then died from his injury the next day at age 49. By 1921, the two eldest daughters, Fanny and Alberta had