Poudre Canyon

by Barbara Fleming

Overview

Carved eons ago by the Cache la Poudre River, the Poudre Canyon, north and west of Fort Collins, Colorado, has long been a favored recreation place, for fishing, hiking, camping, and more, of area residents and tourists. The canyon has many colorful tales to tell; this book takes readers on a drive through that history, milepost by milepost, stopping at historic places and taking some side trips along the way. Beginning with trappers and mountain men, the canyon has been traveled since the early 1800s, and Native Americans roamed here for times unknown before that. Explorers came, as did seekers of gold and silver. The expanding railroads resulted in logging enterprises, and mining interests brought about better access to mining towns. Near the end of the 19th century, tourists began to enjoy the hunting and fishing of the area. In 1920, the road, which had been blocked from either direction by a place in the canyon called the Narrows, finally went through all the way, bringing resorts and tourists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467133708
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	08/10/2015
Series:	Images of America Series
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	1,048,038
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Barbara Fleming is a native of Fort Collins with an abiding interest in local history. She has written or cowritten several books of local history and writes a weekly column in the Coloradoan newspaper. She lives in her hometown with her cat, Shadow. Malcolm McNeill collects vintage images of the Fort Collins area and loves sharing them and the stories they illustrate.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 6

Introduction 7

1 The Early History 9

2 Early Roads 23

3 The Miners 43

4 Building the Poudre Canyon Road 57

5 From Ted's Place to Mishawaka 67

6 Mishawaka to Rustic 79

7 Rustic to Kinikinik 95

8 Kinikinik to Cameron Pass 105

9 North and South Forks of the Poudre 117