Caroline Bancroft

Caroline Bancroft (1900–1985) was an American journalist and Colorado history writer born in Denver. She is known for her pamphlets on Colorado history and pioneer subjects, often focusing on the Tabor family, Leadville, and Central City, writing in an accessible and vivid style that highlights the fates of historical figures and local memory. Her representative works include Silver Queen: The Fabulous Story of Baby Doe Tabor, Unique Ghost Towns and Mountain Spots, and Augusta Tabor: Her Side of the Scandal. The opera The Ballad of Baby Doe and the musical The Unsinkable Molly Brown drew on her writings, and in 1990 she was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame. Public information is limited, and details of her life are not widely circulated, but her writing has had a lasting influence on the popular understanding of Colorado's local history.