Comments on: About http://lostfortcollins.com An unofficial exploration of Fort Collins History Sat, 19 May 2012 04:56:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Terence http://lostfortcollins.com/about-2/#comment-9 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 04:36:24 +0000 http://catfc.wordpress.com/?page_id=4#comment-9 It is still there, only now it is the streets facility. It is on the southwest corner of Vine and Ninth Street (Lemay Ave).

]]> By: steve goss http://lostfortcollins.com/about-2/#comment-8 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:16:22 +0000 http://catfc.wordpress.com/?page_id=4#comment-8 Where exactly in F.C. was the old sugar beet factory?

]]> By: Lesley http://lostfortcollins.com/about-2/#comment-6 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:41:22 +0000 http://catfc.wordpress.com/?page_id=4#comment-6 Hey Cat–check out the new Fort Collins Museum/Discovery Science Center website at http://www.fcmdsc.org
We have a blog now!!
-L

]]> By: catfc http://lostfortcollins.com/about-2/#comment-5 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:02:36 +0000 http://catfc.wordpress.com/?page_id=4#comment-5 Hi Mark,
Tour de Neighborhood Groceries is up!

The vulture tree…none of them are very historic, AFAIK. But Lost Oregon suggested a tour that took a Lost Fort Collins approach to the trolley route. Maybe I’ll include the Mountain Avenue Condors on that tour.

]]> By: Mark http://lostfortcollins.com/about-2/#comment-4 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:26:22 +0000 http://catfc.wordpress.com/?page_id=4#comment-4 Hey Cat, nice meeting you today. Thanks for telling me about your blog. I love the subject. The writing is nice too.

Fort Collins is a interesting place to say the least–an easy place to like. It evokes a curiosity in me also as I wander through town, and I love hearing the stories of the old-timers about how it “used to be”. It is also fascinating to watch the town as it evolves, sometimes for good, sometimes maybe not so much.

The buzzard tree off Mountain Avenue near Shields which you refer to somewhere….what do you know about that?

Wondering when you will post the info on the old neighborhood stores.

]]> By: catfc http://lostfortcollins.com/about-2/#comment-3 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:11:43 +0000 http://catfc.wordpress.com/?page_id=4#comment-3 AFAIK, no part of the Poudre is navigable by anything but kayak. Towns around here evolved more because of their nearness overland rail and migration routes over the mountains.

Towns live and die as trains, highways, and mining come and go. It also helps to have a tony ski resort nearby.

]]> By: John http://lostfortcollins.com/about-2/#comment-2 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:53:49 +0000 http://catfc.wordpress.com/?page_id=4#comment-2 Hooray! I’m looking forward to reading your stories about Fort Collins.

I forgot to ask you when I was there: was the Poudre ever a transportation route during the early days?

I’m reading Willamette Landings – it’s about Oregon towns that lived and died based on their location to the mighty Willamette.

http://www.amazon.com/Willamette-Landings-Ghost-Towns-River/dp/0875950426

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