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Comment on Arrowhead Lodge: On Colorado's trout route by Anselmo Manzanares

Anselmo Manzanares — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:38:02 +0000

Comment on Arrowhead Lodge: On Colorado's trout route by Anselmo Manzanares

Anselmo Manzanares — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:37:24 +0000

I worked as a camp counselor in 1973 and christie was an outreach worker for migrant children. she would send groups of kids each week to the camp where i worked I went to the lodge with her a couple of times and met her family. can anyone tell me what became of my dear friend christie? e mail me at address below if you know her and tell her i said hi. She knew me as “chemo”

Comment on Polly Brinkhoff: The woman behind Whale Rock by Judi

Judi — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 02:36:20 +0000

I will always remember Polly fondly…One Sunday morning she called and asked us to come to her house. We went there and she gave us a baby calf that had been born when it was very cold and had lost it’s feet from freezing. Polly had made boots for that poor little critter. We took that calf home and raised it. He hobbled around pretty darned well with his home made boots for feet. Polly kept him in new boots as he grew….She was a wonderful person and so were her kids….I have a picture of my son, taken at their cabin, when he was about 2 and the boys had strapped a six shooter on the little guy….he looked like a minature mountain man with his big hat and guns….He now proudly displays that photo in his home….

Comment on Polly Brinkhoff: The woman behind Whale Rock by Barb Mclaughlin

Barb Mclaughlin — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:42:10 +0000

For William:
Sammy Skimmer’s name was Durward Early. The show was aired on KFBC out of Cheyenne. I think the last year was 1964. He had several puppets on the show. Their names were Andy the Antelope; Judy the patchwork pony and I think but am not certain about John Jay the dragon. I recall, KFBC tried to continue after he left Cheyenne but ran into copyright infringement problems as Durward was the sole creator of the show.

Comment on Polly Brinkhoff: The woman behind Whale Rock by wardtree

wardtree — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:03:14 +0000

Sammy Skimmer’s real name was Durward Early. His sister is my best friend.

Comment on The official list of future historic street names by Pandemics in Fort Collins and Larimer County « (Old) Lost Fort Collins

Pandemics in Fort Collins and Larimer County « (Old) Lost Fort Collins — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 23:41:05 +0000

[...] « The official list of future historic street names CSU: Stray balls and foul hippies [...]

Comment on Finding the West White Pine Lookout by White Pine Lookout Moved, to Open 2012 « (Old) Lost Fort Collins

White Pine Lookout Moved, to Open 2012 « (Old) Lost Fort Collins — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 00:43:55 +0000

[...] still don't live in Fort Collins anymore, but once in a while I get updates or hear things. We talked about the White Pine cab before here. Here's an update, thanks to [...]

Comment on Arrowhead Lodge: On Colorado's trout route by Chuck Boyer

Chuck Boyer — Thu, 06 May 2010 05:57:21 +0000

I spent time at Arrowhead lodge in the 60′s and seventies, when the Case family owned it. It was wonderful and I have great memories of the Case girls. Cheryl was my age and Christie and Sandy were younger. I remember playing the games in their game room and helping the girls to select the weekly movie ( Quite a good turnout from the canyon folks) I think the Movie was “she wore a Yellow Ribbon” with John Wayne. I loved every minute I spent there.

Chuck

Comment on Cell block blue by Dave S.

Dave S. — Mon, 03 May 2010 03:27:49 +0000

Actually, there are usually multiple bands practicing there, and there have been for a number of years now. If one were to write a history about Fort Collins rock and roll, the drunk tank would be an important part. And yeah, that’s what everyone calls it, if that says anything about the building’s possible provenance.

Comment on Cloverleaf Dogtrack by Jamie

Jamie — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:54:08 +0000

David Peterson and I covered opening day of Cloverleaf’s last season for KRFC. I have the audio story, if you guys would like it.

A few stories behind the scenes as well.