Who died in the 1918 influenza epidemic in Larimer County? It wasn’t the elderly and sickly, as you might expect.
Archive for April, 2009
Pandemics in Fort Collins and Larimer County
Posted in Colorado State University, In the news, tagged 1918 flu epidemic in larimer county, fort collins influenza, larimer county poor farm on April 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The official list of future historic street names
Posted in Municipal on April 24, 2009 | 12 Comments »
Jim Burrill just alerted me to the fact that the City keeps a list of approved names for future streets (pdf) in Fort Collins. The list is a selection of 41 names of people who made some kind of impression in Fort Collins’ past. Getting on or off the list takes a vote of City [...]
Polly Brinkhoff: The woman behind Whale Rock
Posted in Art on April 22, 2009 | 36 Comments »
If Hugh Everett was right, and I have parallel selves who fork every time I make a decision–somewhere, I hope one of me lives like Polly Brinkhoff. I imagine a life with more sun, music, sweat, and trees than money. I imagine a life of self-reliance, feral family, and urgent inspiration. A difficult life, but one [...]
Fort Collins Festivals: Pristine femininity at Colorado State University
Posted in Annual events, Colorado State University on April 17, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Fort Collins adds one or two festivals to its calendar every year. Music, warm beer, sticky food. But for beauty and grace, none match the May Fete at CSU in the 1920s–an annual display of “pristine femininity.” ”From the shrubbery, the fairies stole forth…Pan and his dancing nymphs, the four winds, moonbeams, and Neptune’s [...]
Uncle Norm
Posted in Blog business on April 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Many posts on Lost Fort Collins refer to Norm Cook. We became quick friends a few years ago over our shared love of Texas fiddle music. Now, we get together once a week or more to eat dinner. He tells me stories for the Lost Fort Collins blog, and I tell him about who’s been writing [...]
Where was Rockwood School?
Posted in Neighborhoods, Vernacular buildings, tagged Andersonville, lost fort collins schools, rockwood school, school building regulations on April 9, 2009 | 5 Comments »
In the comments section of an earlier post, Barefoot Meg asks, “where was Rockwood School?” Funny you should ask. I made Norm drive me there last month because I wondered too. Rockwood-Place (later renamed Barton) was built in 1908 near the beet factory and attended by migrant children– German Russian and Hispanic. It was the [...]
Montage!
Posted in Municipal on April 9, 2009 | 5 Comments »
In the old days, people would have you over to look at their vacation slides from the Grand Canyon on the big screen. Now they post montage YouTube videos. Even at 3 minutes, it still can seem interminable. This is kind of like that. Random out-of-focus pictures, with some labels. Nothing smooth about it. But [...]
The neighborhood Stanley
Posted in Neighborhoods on April 4, 2009 | 8 Comments »
I live in Old Town.
A lot of people think that the neighborhood’s charm is in its old buildings, big trees, and easy walking to parks and downtown. But you have no idea.
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