by Meg Dunn | Feb 3, 2015 | Fort Collins, Frontier Faces, Laporte / Bellvue, People Groups
Charley Clay was born, as best as he could figure, on October 10, 1810 in Calloway county, Missouri. He was the property of a Mr. William Robertson, until William died, at which point he passed in ownership down to William’s son, John. Charley describes the...
by Meg Dunn | Jan 20, 2015 | Cultural Character, Fort Collins, People Groups
Warning: This article is addressing a painful topic and includes some original newspaper ads and articles that might be hard to read. But I think that when covering history, it’s important to address the yucky stuff as well as the more pleasant stories. So with...
by Meg Dunn | Jan 6, 2015 | Fort Collins, Frontier Faces, People Groups
The story of the Mormons in northern Colorado can best be divided into three time periods: moving (1846-1868), missions (1882-1931), and members (1931-present). The first Mormon settlement west of the Rockies took place in Colorado (a year before the first settlement...
by Meg Dunn | Sep 23, 2014 | Fort Collins, Frontier Faces, People Groups
Shana tova u-metuka! (which means “a good and sweet year” in Hebrew.) Wednesday (the 24th) at sundown begins the Jewish new year. It seems like an appropriate time to look back at the history of Jewish pioneers in Fort Collins. I’ve written before...
by Meg Dunn | Jun 24, 2014 | Architecture & Neighborhoods, Fort Collins, People Groups
In the early 1900s, the sugar beet industry took root in northern Colorado. The farmers employed migrant workers to harvest the fields. In the beginning, these workers migrated from farm to farm, starting in Texas and working their way north, first to thin the beets,...
by Meg Dunn | May 13, 2014 | Fort Collins, Frontier Faces, People Groups
.אַ באַרג מיט אַ באַרג קומט זיך ניט צונויף, אָבער אַ מענטש מיט אַ מענטשן יאָ A barg mit a barg kumt zikh nit tsunoyf, ober a mentsh mit a mentshn yo. Two mountains can’t come together, but two people can. – Yiddish Proverb The history of the Jews in Fort...
by Meg Dunn | Apr 21, 2014 | Agricultural College / A&M / CSU, People Groups
“Lord knows there’s got to be a better way.” — Edwin Starr in his 1970s hit song, “War.” By 1970, American soldiers had been operating in Vietnam for almost half a decade. Anti-war sentiment was running high. “Question...
by Meg Dunn | Apr 14, 2014 | Fort Collins, Frontier Faces, People Groups, Renovations & Razes
Easter is just around the corner. If you’re interested in attending services, but you don’t know which church to visit, might I suggest attending one of our five oldest church congregations in town? Their original buildings may be long gone, but the...
