Early Fort Collins
“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...
Early 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,...
Early 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....
Early 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...
Early Fort Collins
“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...
Early Fort Collins
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...
