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...
