Writing Lost Fort Collins has been a load of fun. In fact, it’s been an obsession. But lately, just about every part of my life has changed. My work is drying up, my family is transitioning, and I’m ready for some change. So, I’m moving on. To Bismarck, North Dakota, of all places. But before [...]
Archive for the ‘Annual events’ Category
So Long Fort Collins
Posted in Annual events, Blog business, Commercial, Food on December 27, 2009 | 31 Comments »
A Fort Collins midcentury Christmas
Posted in Annual events, Municipal on December 12, 2009 | 14 Comments »
That’s right, I said CHRISTMAS. Colored lights, Stars, Christmas trees, and Santa Claus. In the 1950s, the whole town celebrated Christmas unapologetically. And Ruth B. Dermody took pictures to prove it. Click through to see holiday details. Is that a nativity in front of the courthouse? Credits All photos by Ruth B. Dermody. Thanks to [...]
Backyfest
Posted in Annual events, In the news, tagged tobacco festival in fort collins on June 14, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Hey Fort Collins, what if this year we did Backyfest along with Brewfest? Regional tobacco growers and hookah bars could set up booths downtown where they hand out samples of private blends like Rocky Mountain Air-cured, Mile-high Burley, and the nationally popular, Snowshredder’s Shisha.
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 [...]
Turkey vultures return to Mountain Ave
Posted in Annual events, Neighborhoods, tagged turkey vulture migration, vultures in fort collins on March 25, 2009 | 5 Comments »
No matter what the calendar says, Winter isn’t over in Fort Collins until the vultures return to their pines at 920 W. Mountain. The first of them arrived today (Tuesday). Soon, 50 or more will follow. Welcome home, guys. Happy Spring everybody.
The irrigation tell: Snow on Longs Peak indicates water supply
Posted in Annual events, Grow your own, tagged history of irrigation in Fort Collins, Longs Peak, old farmers on March 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Big Thompson Project created a system dams and diversions in the late 1940s. It brings water under the divide and averages our rainfall and snowpack. So if there is a man in Long’s Peak, he’s defunct anyway.
Freaks, hoaxes, & ghosts: A trip to the Stock Show
Posted in Annual events, tagged Alternative view of the National Western Stock Show, Televac 86000, two-headed calf on January 15, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The press releases and tour guides can tell you all about the National Western Stock Show. But here are a few things they don’t highlight so much …
Elephants on Oak Street
Posted in Annual events, Neighborhoods, tagged 1947, Circus in Fort Collins, Larimer County Republicans, Vintage photo of Fort Collins City Park on October 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Coloradoan says Republicans so far outnumber Democrats in early voting here in Larimer County. “Corridors leading to the early voting site at the county courthouse, 200 W. Oak St., were busy all day,” it reads. This calls for a visual metaphor: This 1947 photo shows elephants marching from the train on Mason Street to the [...]
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