Reminiscing about Lincoln Junior High on the school’s 95th anniversary brought to mind several well known teachers that may have passed on, but they are clearly not forgotten. In reflecting upon the school’s history, former students spoke of Coach Hal Kinard swatting troublesome students, Mr. Williams standing in the hallway to …
On Saturday, September 2, 1922, Fort Collins residents opened their newspapers to find an announcement from Albert H. Dunn, the superintendent of schools, on the front page. After several years of talking about it, the city of Fort Collins was finally going to have its very first junior high school. Up until …
I have a love hate relationship with trees. I didn’t use to. I used to just plain love them. But I didn’t used to put Then & Now photos together for posts on this site. And now that I do… suddenly I hate trees. They can be such turds sometimes. …
The first classroom in Fort Collins was located in Auntie Stone’s cabin in 1866. As the number of students grew, the school was moved to the commissary on the recently abandoned military fort. This makeshift classroom made up the entirety of the school district in 1869 when District 5 was formed. It wasn’t until 1871 …
It’s Homecoming Week at Poudre High School, but this year it’s a very special homecoming. It was 50 years ago that the school first got its start, the second high school in the city. That was a big deal. Fort Collins had been very progressive when, in 1889, the school board announced …
The following were taken from the 1980 Fort Collins High School yearbook. Recognize anyone? Source: The Fort Collins High School yearbook from 1980, which I access through the Fort Collins Discovery Museum Archive.
Here are a few photos from the first graduating class of Poudre High School. I’ll have more school photos to come. Source: All photos were taken from the 1965 Poudre High School yearbook, which I was able to get access to at the Fort …
School is right around the corner, much to my kids’ chagrin. In last Thursday’s newspaper review, I only covered the regular part of the August 8, 1956 newspaper. But there was also a special “Back to School” edition and there was just too much great stuff in it not to …
It was the fall of 1941. The football season was coming to a close and the Fort Collins High School football team was headed to the state championship game against Salida. It was a close game, but Collins claimed the victory with a score of 7 – 6. The next …
