Photos from Lulita Crawford Pritchett Author, Poet, Historian
This web site is dedicated to the memory of Lulita Crawford Pritchett. Her grandparents, James and Margaret Crawford, founded the town of Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Lulita heard many stories about the pioneering days of Routt County, and turned them into two novels and seven booklets plus several newspaper and journal articles. In addition she wrote poetry and over 60 published short stories.
March 7, 2006 was the 100-year anniversary of Lulita's birth. The Tread of Pioneers Museum, and the Bud Werner Memorial Library, both in Steamboat Springs, had special displays and events during the week of March 6. In conjunction with their celebrations, we put together this web site to contain details of Lulita's life and works. Since the celebration, we have discovered more of her stories and poems, and have updated this site accordingly.
A good place to start touring this site would be to read the 100-year anniversary booklet followed by her poems, letters, stories, and books, and a booklet describing the Pritchett Ranch.
November 21, 2006. I recently came across a letter written by Lulita's father, Carr Pritchett, which is obviously the basis for Lulita's story called "His Thanksgiving". Since this is Thanksgiving week, I thought I would put the letter on the web for all to read and reflect on the hard life of the Pioneers, whether they be Colorado ranchers or Massachusetts pilgrims. Read the story, then click on the link to the letter at the upper right of the story.
March 7, 2007. A year has passed since this site was first created. In honor of Lulita's birthday, I have added 16 more of her Western romances and one more booklet (Gilpin Gold) to the site.
December 2, 2007. I have added over 40 of Lulita's Western romances on the "Stories" tab.
February 12, 2008. I have added 4 of Lulita's books on the "Books" tab. I now have all of Lulita's books and booklets on the web site.
Photos from Lulita Crawford Pritchett Author, Poet, Historian
Most of the information on this web site comes from the Crawford family's private collection of Lulita Crawford Pritchett's letters, manuscripts, diaries, and photographs. The Tread of Pioneers Museum in Steamboat Springs has the most extensive collection of her works for sale in its gift shop. The Bud Werner Memorial Library has most of her novels and booklets, plus old copies of the Steamboat Pilot on microfilm.