“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...
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,...
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....
A group of Fort Collins businessmen including Judge Jay Bouton and Franklin Avery began the project of building an opera house in Fort Collins in 1880. The beautiful 3-story building, which was ahead of its time, opened in 1881 to Fannie Louise Buckingham in the...
“There are plenty of good five cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter. ” — Franklin P. Adams In January 1882 the Courier announced a new cigar business started by Carl Lauterbach opening in town. It was located in the Vandewark Block of...
County Judge J. Mack Mills drove the first automobile in Larimer County home. He had not previously seen an automobile but had read literature about horseless carriages and yearned to own one. In early July, he boarded a train for Denver, shopped two hours. He then...
All of these blog posts are from our old website that was put together almost a decade ago. Who compiled this information has already been lost to the sands of time. But the information contained within seemed too valuable to just let pass away into the ether of the interwebs. So some formatting may not seem quite right, and information about contemporary organizations might be outdated. But we hope you’ll still find a gem or two in here. Enjoy!
