Businesses in Early Fort Collins
Learn about the beginnings of various early Fort Collins (and regional) businesses up through 1915.
Important Dates of Note in Fort Collins’ Early History
1844: Antoine Janis claimed to have staked his original squatters claim at Colona (Laporte). 1854: Larimer County part of newly-created Nebraska Territory. 1858-60: Antoine Janis and others located a townsite to the west of the present LaPorte and named...
Vintage Fort Collins Cookbook – 1896
Our Best Receipts A Cookbook Published by the Ladies of the First Baptist Church Fort Collins, Colorado 1896 Preface If a quarrel arises ‘twixt husband and wife, And clouds of debate lower, threatening strife. Instead of debating – though perhaps you would risk it – I...
Field Trips in Colorado
Anheuser-Busch Brewery Tours – Tours run every 20 to 30 minutes, 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM, 7 days/week. FREE. 2351 Busch Drive, Fort Collins (970) 490-4691. Antique Washing Machine Museum – 35901 WCR 31, Eaton 80615 (970) 454-1856 oldewash@aol.com Arvada Flour Mill...
Books About Fort Collins & the West
A man learns by two things. One is reading. The other is association with smarter people. – Will Rogers Cemeteries in Colorado Brinks, Rose L.1988. Bingham Hill Cemetery: Laporte & Bellvue, Colorado, Don-Art Printers, CO, 88 pages. Brinks, Rose L....
History of the State Agricultural College – 1895
Information for this history was taken from the 1895 Silver Spruce … History of the State Agricultural College 1895 Tracing the years forward from 1862, we find an order, passed February 27, 1878, by the Board of Agriculture, then in session at Fort Collins, to...
A – Z Fort Collins Firsts
“A” – On December 12, 1923 the huge “A” which stands on the foothills near Horsetooth Mountain was placed there by Colorado Agricultural College students. Agricultural Experiment Station – On March 2, 1887 an Agricultural Experiment Station was established...
Chronology of Early Women in Fort Collins
At the fiftieth anniversary celebration of the founding of Fort Collins (August 21, 1914), Mrs. D. W. Taft spoke about the women in early Fort Collins. In her words, “As I recall, it seems to me they were women of resource and ability, equal to any emergency,...
Tedmon House and Other Early Hotels in Fort Collins
The Tedmon House was started in 1879 and completed in the early part of 1880. It was the largest and nicest hotel north of Denver at time. The Tedmon House on Linden and Jefferson Street, was built and owned by Bolivar S. Tedmon and was the pride of Fort Collins....