EXPLORATORY POLLEN ANALYSIS OF A SOIL CORE FROM UNDER THE FLOOR OF THE DELANEY BARN, AURORA, COLORADO

Summary

The Delaney Barn in Aurora, Colorado is a round structure constructed ca.

1902. A woman who grew up on the farm remembered taking grain (unidentified)

from it to feed cattle (Michelle Bane, personal communication 1994), suggesting

that it originally functioned as a granary. The building was converted to a

dairy barn sometime before 1918. Windows, a concrete ground floor, and a wooden second floor supported by wooden posts were installed at that time (Nan Rickey, personal communication 1994) . The shape of the structure is unusual for the west, and it is larger (31 feet diameter) than normal for a granary in this part

of the country. The oral history is not definitive and additional data relative

to the original purpose of the building are needed.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• PaleoResearch Institute

Record Identifiers

PRI Technical Report(s): 94-62

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