by Meg Dunn | Oct 10, 2015 | Cultural Character, Fort Collins, NoCo Notables
Hattie McDaniel, an early 20th century movie actress, was best known for her role as Mammy in the movie “Gone with the Wind” (1939), for which she received an Academy Award as best supporting actress — the first African American to be so honored....
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 | 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 | Mar 10, 2014 | Fort Collins, NoCo Notables
“Sometimes someone comes into your life that changes everything — raises the standards, makes you laugh, and makes you feel like you. There is something about her that you can’t put into words, and even though you’re not with her, you don’t want to let her...
