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History of Larimer County, Colorado is a work of history published in 1911 by Ansel Watrous. [1] The book was the first published comprehensive history of Larimer County, Colorado in the United States. It was republished in 1972 by the Cache la Poudre chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Five miles west of I-25 just south of the Colorado-Wyoming state line, in far northeastern Larimer County 40°59′11″N 105°00′31″W / 40.986357°N 105.008686°W / 40.986357; -105.008686 ( Graves Camp Rural Historic
Larimer County was created in 1861, and was named after General William Larimer.. Unlike that of much of Colorado, which was founded on the mining of gold and silver, the settlement of Larimer County was based almost entirely on agriculture, an industry that few thought possible in the region during the initial days of the Colorado Gold Rush.
Pages in category "National Register of Historic Places in Larimer County, Colorado" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A longtime resident of Fort Collins, Colorado, Watrous was a newspaper publisher, editor, and journalist. He is noted for History of Larimer County, Colorado (1911), the first comprehensive published history of the county. [1] In retirement, he worked as a justice of the peace and continued to write articles for the newspaper.
Buckhorn was a settlement in Larimer County, Colorado, 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Masonville, Colorado, and along Buckhorn Creek. A post office operated there from 1878 to 1888. [1] Settlers of Buckhorn drove cattle on the land and cut down trees. They lived in simple cabins or hillside dugout huts.
Joseph Mason, (January 28, 1840 [2] – February 1881 [1]) was an explorer, business man, law man, and early settler of the Colorado Territory [2] He is best known as the "Father of Fort Collins, Colorado". [1] Mason was an early white homesteader in Larimer County, Colorado in the 1860s.
Antoine Janis (March 26, 1824–1890) was a 19th-century French-American fur trader and the first white homesteader in Larimer County, Colorado, in the United States. The first recorded permanent white settler in northern Colorado, he founded the town of Laporte (then known as Colona) in 1858.