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In 1903, Gilfillan transferred the property to William Cowdery (1864-1945). Cowdery was a Louisville <br />resident beginning in the 1890s and in 1893 ran for the office of County Assessor. According to the 1900 <br />census, he was living in Louisville with his wife Hannah Nicholson and three children. He was working as <br />an agent for Northern Coal & Coke company. Around the time Cowdery acquired the Acme Place <br />property he was appointed to be the Superintendent of the Mineral Department of the State Land Board <br />which was created to manage a new tax on mines located on state land. Within the same year, Cowdery <br />transferred the deed to Gustave Bartels. Bartels was a lawyer from Denver and also worked for Northern <br />Coal & Coke company. Bartels, like Gilfillan, appears to have favored tax deeds as a way of acquiring <br />property, purchasing property throughout Louisville, especially in Caledonia Place and Acme Place, as <br />well as Lafayette and Longmont. Bartels officially purchased the Acme Place lots 24 & 25 from Boulder <br />County in 1904 through a Treasurers Deed, also acquiring neighboring lots 26, 27, & 28 at the same time <br />with a separate deed. Bartels does not appear to have lived in Louisville and is primarily listed in Denver <br />directories. <br />None of the early property owners developed the land as can be seen from the Drumm's Map of 1909. <br />At some point, the land reverted to Boulder County until 1943. <br />y!!TCHtri50N <br />ST17EE7 .71. F <br />Drumm's Map of 1909 showing undeveloped Lots 24, 25, and 26, in Block 3, Acme Place. <br />