by Meg Dunn | Jun 19, 2015 | Museums & Historic Sites, Renovations & Razes
Fancher Sarchet, the author of Murder and Mirth, wrote about the old Larimer County Courthouse of his day. As a lawyer, he spent a lot of time in the building, and he mentions it frequently with a fair bit of deference and nostalgia throughout his book. He included a...
by Meg Dunn | Jun 9, 2015 | Frontier Faces, Loveland, Museums & Historic Sites
The Colorado Gold Rush began in July of 1858. News spread like wildfire across the country and many were lured westward with dreams of striking it rich. William Osborn, and twenty one men with him, heard the siren song of riches and, in 1859, they left their homes in...
by Meg Dunn | Feb 24, 2015 | Architecture & Neighborhoods, Fort Collins, Museums & Historic Sites, Renovations & Razes
In the 1960s and 70s, Fort Collins was going through a time of rapid growth and change. In addition to building out the farm land to the west and south of town, there was also a strong push to raze old buildings and replace them with either new structures or with...
by Meg Dunn | Feb 17, 2015 | Denver, Museums & Historic Sites, National History, People Groups
When Paul Stewart was growing up in Iowa in the 1930s, he loved to play “Cowboys and Indians” with his friends. But he always ended up playing the role of the Indian because, so his friends told him, there was no such thing as a Black cowboy. It...
by Meg Dunn | Sep 19, 2014 | Museums & Historic Sites, Weld County
This will be the last post in the Forgotten Fort Collins 2014 Cemetery Stroll series. I visited the cemeteries at both Ault and Eaton yesterday, but I’m only going to post the Ault photos here and Eaton will have to wait for another day. If you missed the...
by Meg Dunn | Sep 17, 2014 | Museums & Historic Sites, Windsor & Timnath
Although most of the larger cemeteries in northern Colorado have an older section where local pioneers were laid to rest, it’s a cemetery like the one in Timnath that really captures a feeling of the past and it’s passing. Cemeteries, by their nature, are...
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 | Sep 15, 2014 | Fort Collins, Museums & Historic Sites
Yesterday I posted a slideshow of photos from the Wellington Highland Cemetery. Today I have a series from the Harmony Cemetery at the corner of Harmony and McMurry. These are part of my series, “2014 Cemetery Stroll / Forgotten Fort Collins Style.” This...
