The Hottel residence, 215 S. College
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What's New
See our most recent additions to our web site. Many of our projects are ongoing and
volunteers are adding new information weekly to most of our databases. Click Search to perform a search of
the entire web site.
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2006 Projects
"Historical Sketches: Fort Collins and Larimer County" by James R. Miller includes six
scrapbooks of historical articles that appeared in the "Fort Collins Coloradoan"
from 1962-1970. A complete card index for Scrapbooks 1-4 are in the Local History Archive
and half of the index has been entered into the
Scrapbooks Index. The scrapbooks
are in the Main and Harmony libraries and the Local History Archive.
New digital images of selected Fort Collins, Larimer County, and Colorado maps are now online at the
Map Collections index. There is a hyperlink on those entries
that have a map. Once the map is displayed, click on the lower right corner
of the map to magnify it for viewing purposes. The Local History
Archive has a collection of over 350 historic maps and the collection includes an online
1915 index to the property owners of Northern Colorado.
Read articles about significant historical events at News Flashbacks! The 63rd Anniversary Special
Edition of the "Fort Collins Express Courier" is now online. It provides detailed history of
Fort Collins and its pioneers from 1874 to 1936.
Digitization of early Fort Collins newspapers from 1874-1923 was completed in 2006 as part of the
Colorado Newspaper Digitization Project. Our newspapers start with the year 1873;
and due to a fire we have only 6 months of the 1874 newspaper and the newspapers from 1878-present.
There were several different newspapers during this time period and not all are digitized;
however, the issues of one of the papers, "The Fort Collins Courier," are online from
1878-1923. If you want to find information on this area before 1874, perform a search in the site's
earlier Colorado newspapers that were published before 1874. Many state newspapers included
information on the "Cache La Poudre Valley." Also the project's on-line
Rocky Mountain News and Boulder County News may provide "Fort Collins"
news for the gap from 1874-1878 as Fort Collins was incorporated as a town in 1873.
Ongoing Projects
See Fort Collins Then and Now, a tour through
history!!! Over 100 photographs of Fort Collins Historic Downtown as
it has appeared through the decades. These photographs
are available for purchase at the
Local History Archive.
The Larimer County Farms and Ranches online
exhibit provides maps, photographs, and information from rural tax assessor records.
Fort Collins Fashions Through the Decades is an exhibit of historic photographs that portray the evolution of fashion. Links to research sites on fashion are included.
Through the years, people have made research inquiries about various Larimer Legends that are based on fiction, and a few that are based on fact.
Like to solve puzzles? Then access our Mystery Photos.
Local History Anecdotes provide amusing accounts
of Fort Collins people and events.
Indexes to our Vertical Files are now available! The
Biographical, Ephemera
and Subject Files contain clippings, manuscripts,
and other miscellaneous information available for research.
Some complete Finding Aids have been added to our Special Collections.
These list the contents of boxes of donated materials that are in storage.
Genealogy Links provide a list of genealogy databases accessible
through the library and selected web pages that pertain to genealogical research. This includes
the Grandview and Roselawn
cemetery records and Genealogy Workshop on the Web.
History Links provide access to local and state sites
that pertain to digitization projects and detailed historical information.
Access our Records Search for
databases of building permits/records, city directories, and
indexes of landmark designations, newspapers, scrapbooks, and Finding Aids.
See your house in 1948! Over 28,000 photographs now on-line! Enter your subject,
person, or building address and any photograph that has that word in the description
will appear. Many photographs from the 1948-1990 Tax Assessor Records are in this database.
Now you can use the power of the on-line archive to build
your own historic timeline of Fort Collins. The interactive
timeline includes options to limit the time period,
present detailed information or event summaries, and
select events that match selected text as an aid to
searching for specific events. The Timeline also accepts
public input of events and bits of history!!! Each
"Timebit" is a distinct piece of information or
snapshot of a moment in time. By compiling the
"Timebits" in an organized database, the Fort
Collins Timeline can generate custom timelines about
specific periods or sequences of events. The Timeline
accepts "timebits" about events significant to
Fort Collins history. The Timebit Entry format can be
accessed from the bottom of any TimeList in the Timeline
area by selecting the "How to Add a Timebit?"
option. Try
the Timebit entry now!
Enter your family's history in the Fort Collins
Database!!! The Fort Collins Museum Local History Archive accepts direct
submissions of historical information from patrons and
members of the world wide web community. A person from
the public may enter information about people,
relationships between people, and linkages between people
and historic structures (buildings) in Fort Collins,
Colorado. The public input screens may be accessed from
the search area (try it now?)
of the database. If you have documented information that
is not in the database, this function allows you to enter
the information directly from your computer using the cut
and paste functions of your browser. The Local History
Archivist or a selected research volunteer will then
perform a cursory review of the information before
accepting it as part of the database. Due to a lack of
staff, the submitted information will not be researched
in-depth for its accuracy. The system encourages the use
of e-mail and computer database tools in exploring,
sharing, and correcting information between our users, as
well as library staff and volunteers.
Completed Projects
In the 1990s, Fort Collins Museum volunteers inventoried the Archive and Museum's research files to
create a chronological summary of Fort Collins history. This
Timeline provides significant references
from the "Denver Post," and Fort Collins books, scrapbooks, and newspapers.
Larimer County Museums and Libraries have created a Map Tour
of Larimer County, a Database of Photographs associated with water history, and a Study Tool Kit for K-12 school curriculum. This includes oral histories on-line
that pertain to Larimer County water history.
The 1905 Chamber of Commerce Brochure highlights the businesses, their owners, and general
economic history of that period.
During the 1960s many of our beautiful residences were demolished. A local photographer was looking towards the future when he recorded the interiors of the Hottel Mansion.
See a 1929 Scrapbook
of life at CSU!
Many Fort Collins citizens lament the loss of the First National Bank building at the southeast corner of College and Mountain.
See the virtual tour of this bank and also the tour of the historic Poudre Valley Bank.
Fort Collins History and Architecture
from 1540 to 1941 and other historic contexts now
available on-line!
Read excerpts from the 1995 World War II
Oral History Project. Hear Dr. Robert Pike sing "In Der Fuhrer's Face".
Ethnic
Collections Online! Research the Mexican-Americans,
German-Russians, and Native
Americans of the South Platte River Valley
of northern Colorado. Also available for check out in the
Main and Harmony libraries is the video "Mi
Gente...The Fort Collins Experience". Produced by
the City of Fort Collins, this video portrays aspects of
the Hispanic experience in our local community.
Fort Collins earliest phone directories from
1927 -1953 are now only available
on-line due to their fragile condition. Other directories
include the 1939 and 1947 Farm and Rural Directories that provide property locations
and tax values; and the 1902, 1904 and 1906 City Directories that you may easily search by street
to find residents of your house or business owners.
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