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Stout, Colorado — a quarry town

Stout, Colorado — a quarry town

by Meg Dunn | Oct 16, 2015 | Architecture & Neighborhoods, Mining/Quarry Towns, Renovations & Razes

I’ve written several stories that include the quarry town of Stout, Colorado. (Pioneer Life, a Life of Sacrifice and Sorrow; Hugo Frey – Tales of Adventure from a Native Son; and The Flowers of Bellvue all included connections to Stout.) But what I really long...
Pioneer Life, a Life of Sacrifice and Sorrow

Pioneer Life, a Life of Sacrifice and Sorrow

by Meg Dunn | Aug 26, 2015 | Cultural Character, Frontier Faces, Masonville/Buckhorn Valley, Mining/Quarry Towns

“I often wonder how I could have gone through all I did. How tired sometimes after a hard day’s work. I was so tired I couldn’t pull the blanket over me before I had a little rest. ” — Carolina Hansson Peterson The pioneer life was hard....
The Flowers of Bellvue

The Flowers of Bellvue

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...
Hugo Frey – Tales of Adventure from a Native Son

Hugo Frey – Tales of Adventure from a Native Son

by Meg Dunn | Dec 16, 2014 | Book Reviews, Fort Collins, Frontier Faces, Mining/Quarry Towns

“I was born in Colorado when I was four years old.”  So begins Hugo Evon Frey’s telling of his childhood growing up in Larimer County, Colorado. The son of Swedish immigrants Hans (Henry) and Ingrid, Hugo identified so strongly with his identity as...

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Heritage Sites & Museums

  • American Historical Society of Germans from Russia
  • Bee Family Farm Museum
  • Berthoud Museums
  • Colorado Archaeological Society
  • Estes Park Museum
  • Fort Collins Municipal Railway Society
  • Fort Collins Museum of Discovery
  • Global Village Museum of Arts & Culture
  • Greeley Museums
  • History Colorado Museum
  • Johnstown Parish House Museum
  • Loveland Historical Society
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  • Museo de las Tres Colonias
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  • Windsor / Severence Historical Society

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  • City of Fort Collins Historic Preservation Department
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