“I moved here in ‘74. It seems we went to Everitt’s lumber that year (Prospect by the rr tracks). I remember part of that drive on a gravel road. Has memory failed me ?” John Reed.
Mr. Reed:
The lumber yard you describe is now Sutherland’s, and I don’t remember Everitts owning it previously. My thinking is perhaps that you visited “Cook Lumber” which would have been north of the location you describe and very possibly accessed by a gravel road. Cook Lumber was a native lumber mill that bought raw timber (logs) hauled from northwestern Larimer County, i.e., Red Feather Lakes, Deadman, Poudre Canyon and Gould (in Jackson County).
Norm
[What happens when you ask the Lost Fort Collins blog a question? Typically, I just go ask Norm for the answer. Norm Cook has lived in Fort Collins since the mid 1940s, and he remembers EVERYTHING!
Now, you can cut out the middle man and ask Uncle Norm yourself. Just write Norm@lostfortcollins.com. Answers appear here on the Lost Fort Collins blog]
I’ve got a question for Uncle Norm. Can I buy you lunch? I love Fort Collins but I’ve only been here 10 years and I’d love to palaver with someone that has been here since the 40s and remembers everything.
Norm: I was born here in the 40′s. Do you remember where the circle race track was? Garry
Garry, I’ll make this the next Ask Uncle Norm.
As I recall there was a Collins Cashway lumber yard on Riverside – very close to where the Coloradoan is.
Could it be that?
Jim