https://www.80304.com/tags/local-history/Recent content in Local History on Boulder, CO 80304.comHugo -- gohugo.ioen80304.comTue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.80304.com/post/north-boulder-nobo-neighborhood-history/Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.80304.com/post/north-boulder-nobo-neighborhood-history/ <h2 id="before-the-subdivisions-a-corridor-of-farms">Before the Subdivisions: A Corridor of Farms</h2> <p>In the early 1900s, the stretch of land running north from Boulder's settled core along what would become Broadway was not suburban — it was agricultural. Joseph and Eliza Wolff operated a fruit farm on a site where the North Boulder shopping corridor would later take shape. North of that, a seed company, a ranch, and at least one orchard occupied the flat land that the Front Range mountains hold at arm's length to the west.</p>