by Meg Dunn | Sep 21, 2018 | Fort Collins, Preservation Awards, Renovations & Razes
Save Our Silos Friends of Preservation 2018 On Tuesday, August 21st, the Landmark Preservation Commission hosted their 34th annual Friends of Preservation awards. The grassroots organization Save Our Silos was one of the recipients. What follows is the introduction I...
by Meg Dunn | Sep 17, 2018 | Fort Collins, Preservation Awards
Fort Collins Downtown Development Authority Friends of Preservation 2018 On Tuesday, August 21st, the Landmark Preservation Commission hosted their 34th annual Friends of Preservation awards. The DDA (Downtown Development Authority) was one of the recipients. What...
by Meg Dunn | Sep 6, 2018 | Fort Collins, Historic Landmarks, Historic Preservation, Renovations & Razes
Ginger and Baker Friends of Preservation 2018 On Tuesday, August 21st, the Landmark Preservation Commission hosted their 34th annual Friends of Preservation awards. Ginger and Baker was one of the recipients. What follows is the introduction I read before Jack and...
by Meg Dunn | Jan 21, 2018 | Fort Collins, Frontier Faces
In 1880, James and Eva Howe moved to Fort Collins where they eventually built a small one-story bungalow on Walnut street. Eva was a dark eyed beauty with a sweet and forgiving disposition. James was a millwright of great skill, but he had a penchant for drink. Though...
by Meg Dunn | Jan 19, 2018 | Fort Collins, Frontier Faces, Native Residents
A friend recently loaned an old folder full of stories to me. It had been compiled in the 1970s from the scrapbook of the Society of Early Pioneer Women as well as from interviews with daughters of pioneers. Though I’ll write more about the booklet at another...
by Meg Dunn | Mar 13, 2016 | Architecture & Neighborhoods, Fort Collins
Ranch-Way Feeds is the longest running commercial enterprise in the city of Fort Collins. It began in 1868 as the Lindell Mill. Here’s a timeline for the business. 1868 – Henry Clay Peterson and Elizabeth “Auntie” Stone build the first grist...
