| Address | East-west avenue in Arvada between Independence St. and Ward Rd. |
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| Quad | Arvada, 1965 (1980) |
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| Source | "Portrait and Biographical Record of Denver and Vicinity," p. 832; Interview, Viola Crooks, daughter of nephew of Elihu Evans, 1973; Elihu Evans Diaries, 1860-1883. |
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| Other | Evans Avenue |
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| Initialdate | 1995-11-01 00:00:00-07 |
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| Person | MRL |
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| Latestdate | 1996-05-02 00:00:00-06 |
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| Person2 | MRL |
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| History | Elihu Evans and his brother, Oliver, joined an oxen drawn wagon train from Pennsylvania to Arvada in the 1860s. Elihu homesteaded 160 acres and built a house on the road named for him in 1867. He invented a section roller used to roll and mark out ground for irrigation purposes. He was not as successful in receiving a patent for his grasshopper killing machine, but he used it to help farmers in the surrounding area. |
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| Active | 1 |
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| Lifecyclestatus | Active |
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