by Meg Dunn | Apr 9, 2015 | Architecture & Neighborhoods, Historic Landmarks, Laporte / Bellvue, Then and Now
Jacob and Elizabeth Flowers were early pioneers to Pleasant Valley and were the founders of Bellvue, Colorado. They moved to the state in 1873 and lived first on land north of Fort Collins and then moved to the valley. They eventually settled in what we think of now...
by Meg Dunn | Apr 7, 2015 | Frontier Faces, Historic Landmarks, Laporte / Bellvue, Mining/Quarry Towns
My image of the early pioneers probably hails more from Little House on the Prairie than reality. I imagine a young couple, with two or three small children, trundling across the plains towards Colorado in a covered wagon with a few horses, a cow, some chickens, and a...
by Meg Dunn | Mar 24, 2015 | Frontier Faces, Historic Landmarks, Laporte / Bellvue
The Bellvue Grange can now face the sunrise with both “eyes” wide open. For as long as many people can remember, the windows on the grange have been boarded up. Vandalism was such a problem in the 1960s and 70s that the residents, in exasperation, just...
by Meg Dunn | Sep 17, 2014 | Laporte / Bellvue, NoCo Notables
People generally think of property rights as a political or legal issue, but property rights come up as an issue fairly often when talking about historic properties. In the city of Fort Collins, the decision to landmark a property is left up to the property owners....
by Meg Dunn | Sep 16, 2014 | Laporte / Bellvue, Museums & Historic Sites
The Bingham Hill Cemetery is located just north of Bingham Hill Road near the top of the hill. There is a pathway that leads from the road up to the cemetery. From the top, it is possible to look down over the extent of the historic Brinks property that might soon be...
by Meg Dunn | Jul 22, 2014 | Agricultural History, Fort Collins, Frontier Faces, Laporte / Bellvue
Some time between 1910 and 1920, two different families traveled to northern Colorado from different parts of Nebraska. The Youngs settled in Laporte on a plot just across from Cache la Poudre school. And the Delehoys settled on some acreage in Bellvue (just slightly...
by Meg Dunn | Jun 10, 2014 | Fort Collins, Frontier Faces, Laporte / Bellvue
In 1869, A. A. Edwards and Rev. W. T. McAdam came from Mercer, Pennsylvania to spy out a place to build a new agricultural colony. It would be the first in Larimer County. The following year, they were joined by a few other families. And a bit later (1872?) a...
