by Meg Dunn | Jun 28, 2020 | Berthoud, Johnstown & Milliken, Buckeye, Waverly & Wellington, Fort Collins, Frontier Faces, Red Feather, Livermore & Virginia Dale
You might think you’ve heard about Frank Miller from the 1800s and early 1900s. But… which one? The number of Frank Millers running around Northern Colorado during that time period is… well, quite frankly, it’s rather stunning!
by Meg Dunn | Apr 8, 2020 | Agricultural College / A&M / CSU, Berthoud, Johnstown & Milliken, Boulder, Buckeye, Waverly & Wellington, Fort Collins, Greeley, Laporte / Bellvue, Loveland, Masonville/Buckhorn Valley, Nunn & the High Plains, Schools K-12, Weld County, Windsor & Timnath
As the 1918 Influenza Pandemic swept through Northern Colorado, schools were shut down, churches stopped meeting, theaters were closed, and grocery shopping required calling in your order and picking it up at the door.
by Meg Dunn | Jul 2, 2018 | Buckeye, Waverly & Wellington
Historic Larimer County, the Wellington Chamber of Commerce and the Wellington Main Streets Program co-hosted a walking tour of historic downtown Wellington on Saturday morning, June 30th. It was a very well attended tour (at one point I counted 85 people!) and...
by Meg Dunn | Jan 6, 2017 | Agricultural History, Buckeye, Waverly & Wellington, Fort Collins, Nunn & the High Plains, Weld County
One of the most horrible blizzards on the western plains rolled in on January 2, 1949. Temperatures had climbed into the 70s on New Years Day in some areas. But the very next day it took only a matter of hours for temps to fall from the mid 30s at midday to below...
by Meg Dunn | Sep 14, 2014 | Buckeye, Waverly & Wellington, Museums & Historic Sites
This upcoming Saturday is the 19th annual Cemetery Stroll at Grandview Cemetery, with the theme “Under the Shadow of the Civil War: a Fort is Born.” This year you’ll learn why the Fort was established (believe it or not, it has to do with keeping California...
by Meg Dunn | Aug 26, 2014 | Agricultural History, Buckeye, Waverly & Wellington
According to a National Geographic article on sugar, the average person consumed 4 pounds of sugar a year in 1700, 18 pounds by 1800 and a whopping 100 pounds of sugar annually by 1900. In other words, by the 20th century we had begun our national sugar fixation in...
by Meg Dunn | Aug 19, 2014 | Agricultural History, Buckeye, Waverly & Wellington, Historic Landmarks, Museums & Historic Sites
On August 12th, I visited the Bee Family Farm for the first time. Designated a Centennial Farm in 1994 (for 100 years of ownership by a single family) and added to the National Registry of Historic Places in 2002, the Bee Family Farm is a museum not only of local...
