You know, Fort Collins didn’t just plop a cannon in the middle of the playground at City Park. It was the other way around. The playground was west of there, and migrated to the cannon. In a way, it didn’t matter because kids in the 1950s climbed all over the cannon and considered it an [...]
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Stories I always meant to write. 3. Cannon at City Park
Posted in Places on February 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The accident, 1955
Posted in Places on January 16, 2010 | 11 Comments »
16-year-old Norm’s first car wreck, in 1955, takes a shocking turn when his Mom takes him to the police station to report the fender bender. I’m still moving away, but I thought you might like this video from last summer. This is one of my favorite of all of Norm’s many, many stories.