Doc Susie’s Library Traditional Cache

This is a historical experience provided by the Doctor Susan Anderson Chapter, NSDAR.

This cache is devoted to the Doctor Susan Anderson Chapter, NSDAR and their goal to promote literacy within the Arvada community. With City approval in April 2016, the Doctor Susan Anderson Chapter placed the Little Free Library along the Little Dry Creek Trail. The library was constructed from upcycled materials and built to replicate the home of the Chapter’s namesake, Doctor Susan Anderson of Fraser CO.

Doctor Susan Anderson was born in 1870. She graduated with a medical degree from the medical school in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 1907 she moved to Fraser, where she thought the high mountain air could improve her health. 'Doc Susie', as the local folks called her, treated people in several towns along the railway. She delivered babies, cared for the sick, treated injuries of the ranchers, farmers, railway and tunnel workers, logging men, and sometimes even animals! She cared for people during the major influenza epidemic of 1918. In 1926 she became the Coroner of Grand County. As a professional, she inspired young girls to pursue lives beyond the drudgery of most women of that era. The story of her life is an inspiration.