The Good Bower is a café & mercantile located in Silver Plume, Colorado. The town itself offers a rare tranquility and beauty cloaked only by obscurity. It is a town that hides rare treasures of all kinds, offering itself fully to those with the sense to appreciate.

Oh! what a lovely name… Commodore Stephen Decatur, editor of Georgetown’s Colorado Miner had been shown ore samples featuring feathery streaks of silver in a plume shape. When asked what to call the new but unnamed camp, Decatur proclaimed, “The name? You’ve already got the name! It was written on the ore you brought me!” He rhapsodized:

The knights today are miners bold,
Who toil in deep mines’ gloom!
To honor men who dig for gold,
For ladies whom their arms enfold,
We’ll name the camp Silver Plume!

The rich mines were in the steep canyon walls above the new camp. They were reached by trails, many of which are still visible today, zigzagging up from town.

And what of the shop’s name? The Good Bower name pays reverence to the Bower bird who collects bits of random yet beautifully congruous objects with which to adorn his love nest. Bower nests are varied in their style and construction, though all represent a magnificent artist’s sensibility when it comes to curation and arrangement. A fitting choice as the The Good Bower is dedicated to creating thoughtfully curated spaces and soul-nourishing experiences.