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Resource Number: 5BL 11286 Temporary Resource Number: 157508405001 Mary Buffo at the age of about 7 with her brother, Dominic, and her father, Michael, just outside their home at 936 La Farge. The view is looking east on South Street. Mary Buffo Bosone essentially lived in two houses at this intersection for her entire life. Pancrazio "Pete" Bosone was born in Canischio, Torino, Italy in 1888. Bosone came to the US in 1908. He first worked in Illinois as a coal miner. Similar to the Bammer name, the Bosone name had many different spellings over the years, including: Basone, Bosoni, Bononi, Bosnoni, Bosene, and Bosona. Pancrazio Bosone's village of Canischio is about two miles from Prascorsano, the village of the Buffo, Enrietto, and Fenolia families who all settled in this area of La Farge Avenue. In fact, Barney and Mary Enrietto are believed to have lived for a time here at 937 La Farge soon after moving to Louisville from Illinois. More information about these families can be found in the reports for 914 La Farge (5BL7997) and 936 La Farge. Pancrazio Bosone was a member of the United Mine Workers for sixty-seven years. He retired in 1950 from Centennial Mine No. 2. Mary Bosone donated money in his memory in about 1976 to help fund the coal miner's statue that stands in front of the Louisville City Hall, one of many who gave money in memory of their coal miner husbands and fathers. Pancrazio "Pete" Bosone died in 1975, and Mary in 1988. They did not have any children. Their house was sold by a member of the Buffo family. Many household items from their home have been donated by the Buffo family to the Louisville Historical Museum, including a wine press that Pete Bosone used in his basement at 937 La Farge for making wine. This home was known by a few different addresses over the years, including: 436 La Farge, 432 La Farge, and 440 La Farge (under Louisville's old address system) and 931 La Farge (in 1949). 36. Sources of information: Boulder County "Real Estate Appraisal Card — Urban Master," on file at the Carnegie Branch Library for Local History in Boulder, Colorado. Boulder County Clerk & Recorder's Office and Assessor's Office public records, accessed through http://recorder.bouldercounty.org. Directories of Louisville residents and businesses on file at the Louisville Historical Museum. Census records and other records accessed through www.ancestry.com . Drumm's Wall Map of Louisville, Colorado, 1909. 4