13 Facts About Caroline Bancroft

Caroline Bancroft was a journalist and performed in the Ziegfeld Follies.

Caroline Bancroft is known for the books and booklets that she wrote about Colorado's history and its pioneers.

Caroline Bancroft's parents were Ethel Force Norton, a socialite from Troy, New York, and George Jarvis Bancroft, a Coloradan who graduated in 1895 from Stanford University.

Caroline Bancroft was in the school's first graduating class with future president Herbert Hoover.

The 13,000 foot Mount Bancroft is named for him, below which is Lake Caroline, which is named for her.

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Ethel rented out the second floor of their home at 1081 Downing Street to help support her two daughters, Caroline Bancroft and Peggy, who was born in 1905.

For entertainment, Caroline Bancroft liked to ride horses that the family kept at a Corona Street livery or at the family's 2,500 acre summer home in Bear Creek Canyon.

Caroline Bancroft received her Bachelor of Arts from Smith College and attended the University of Denver where she attained a master's degree in history.

Caroline Bancroft called herself a social historian because she enjoyed being around her friends.

Caroline Bancroft worked as a cruise ship teacher and performed in the Ziegfeld Follies.

Caroline Bancroft published nine booklets on Colorado History that sold nearly a million copies.

Caroline Bancroft suffered three times with tuberculosis, four times from cancer, and was blind for one year–and yet continued to travel.

An oil portrait of Caroline Bancroft is in the Denver Public Library, and link to a photograph of her standing in front of the portrait is in the External Links section below.