According to DAR National Organizing Secretary General, Mrs. William Smoot, Longs Peak Chapter was officially organized on April 7, 1916. The organizing meeting was held on March 31, 1916, with Colorado State Regent Grace Butler Tarbell in attendance.

The Charter was granted in 1917 and is currently stored at the Longmont Museum and Culture Center.

Susie Carr McGwire was the organizing regent of the Longs Peak Chapter and she served for six years.

Susie was the daughter of Colonel Byron Leander Carr, 10th Colorado Attorney General, and Mary Lord Pease Carr, who were members of the Chicago-Colorado Colony that settled Longmont in 1871. They were Longmont’s first school teachers. Mrs. Carr was the first woman to serve on the Longmont School Board and as its president.

Susie and her parents were civic leaders and remained active in the community throughout their lives. The pioneer family name has been memorialized at several locations throughout Longmont including Carr Park.

Mrs. Reba Day was the Vice Regent and Susie’s daughter, Lois McGwire Graves, was the Longs Peak Chapter registrar. There were 13 organizing members and nine charter members. 

Organizing Members

Susie Carr McGwire, Organizing Regent
Rebecca Day, Vice Regent
Janet Clark Gibson, Recording Secretary
Florence Mumford Schey, Corresponding Secretary
Louise Warner Harris, Treasurer
Lois McGwire Graves, Registrar
Dagmar Stidger Reynolds, Historian
Emily Boynton (became Mrs. Ziegler)
Louis Clark Mary Turrell Davis
Annie S. Mills
Marguerite Warner
Ruth Carr White

Charter Members

Mary A. Baxter
Carlotta Day (became Mrs. Clarence W. Cheeseman)
Marguerite M. Martin (became Mrs. George Ward)
Lillian Nowels McGimsey (became Mrs. Thomas Brownson)
Flora K. Nelson
Verna M. Smith
Frances Humphrey Schaap
Mary Estella White
Alice Ure

 

Committees

Our committees are the base of our chapter’s involvement in our community; giving our members opportunities to serve DAR objectives that are most valuable to each person. Some of the committees we are excited to serve include:

America 250! American Heritage American History American Indians Americanism Chapter Achievement Awards Children of the American Revolution Commemorative Events Community Service Awards Conservation Constitution Week DAR Genealogy Preservation DAR Good Citizens DAR Magazine DAR Museum Outreach DAR Project Patriot DAR Scholarship DAR School DAR Service for Veterans Educational Resources Genealogical Records

Historic Preservation Insignia Junior American Citizens Junior Membership Lineage Research Literacy Promotion Membership National Defense Patriot Records Project President General’s Project Public Relations and Media Service to America Special Projects Grants State Founders Medal Awards State Regent’s Project State Scholarship The Flag of the United States of America Units Overseas Volunteer Genealogists Volunteer Information Specialists Women’s Issues