by Meg Dunn | Jul 30, 2017 | Historian’s Toolbox
*** Edit: I’m really pleased to announce that these photos have found their family! But I’d encourage you still to read on. Your family photos could be similarly lost. Please use this as a reminder to label your photos and to pass them on to kids, neices,...
by Meg Dunn | Feb 1, 2017 | Historian’s Toolbox, Renovations & Razes
I probably receive at least a request a week for information. Sometimes people want to know more about a topic that I’ve written an article on. Other times they’re asking if I know anything about a specific place or person or event. And I occasionally get...
by Meg Dunn | May 6, 2016 | Historian’s Toolbox, Historic Landmarks
As I talk to people about preservation efforts in Northern Colorado, I often have people mention that such and such a group did this or that. But, as a person somewhat steeped in the goings on of preservation efforts in the area, I know full well that the group...
by Meg Dunn | Feb 2, 2016 | Historian’s Toolbox
[When Forgotten Fort Collins became Northern Colorado History, not all posts ported over in their entirety. This is one of those posts. There should be a gallery of photos here. I’m hoping to set things right some day, but until that day comes, just know that...
by Meg Dunn | Jan 23, 2016 | Fort Collins, Frontier Faces, Historian’s Toolbox
On Tuesday I shared the few details I have been able to glean on the lives of Harkless Hicks, his first wife Hattie, and his second wife, Josie. On Thursday I wanted to head over to Grandview Cemetery to see where they were buried. But first I had to figure out where...
by Meg Dunn | Mar 20, 2015 | Fort Collins, Historian’s Toolbox, NoCo Notables
While doing research for the article I posted on Tuesday about Charlene Tresner, I came across so many wonderful photos that I wasn’t able to include them all in the post. So I thought that today I’d share the rest of the photos. Some of my favorites...
by Meg Dunn | Mar 17, 2015 | Fort Collins, Historian’s Toolbox, NoCo Notables
Over and over again, as I research stories for this website, I find myself appreciating those who have gone before me, collecting and preserving the stories, and the photographs that illustrate them, of our local history. One of the historians who I frequently come...
by Meg Dunn | Jan 30, 2015 | Historian’s Toolbox, Then and Now
There’s a really nifty little app / website called What Was There that I want to make sure you know about. If you have a smart phone, then it’s a cool way to take a tour around town and see old photos of buildings that you can compare to ones you’re...
