Charles and Margaret Shepardson

by Dean Schachterle | Sep 18, 2017 | Guest Post, NoCo Notables, Schools K-12

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...

Happy 95th Birthday, Lincoln Middle School!

by Meg Dunn | Sep 5, 2017 | Schools K-12

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...

Then & Now: FCHS, Lincoln, Franklin and CSU – plus some bonus shots from Rockwood & CLP

by Meg Dunn | Aug 21, 2015 | Agricultural College / A&M / CSU, Fort Collins, Schools K-12, Then and Now

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 earliest schools of
District #5 – Fort Collins

by Meg Dunn | Aug 18, 2015 | Fort Collins, Schools K-12

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...

There’s No Place Like Home… PHS turns 50.

by Meg Dunn | Oct 7, 2014 | Agricultural History, Cultural Character, Fort Collins, Schools K-12

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...

Yearbook photos from FCHS in 1980

by Meg Dunn | Sep 29, 2014 | Fort Collins, Schools K-12

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.