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Horsetooth Reservoir; Soldier Canyon


Title	Horsetooth Reservoir; Soldier Canyon
Image ID Number	H05346
Date	circa 1977
Decade	1970s
Creator	Mr. Maloney, Greeley
Description	Color photograph of Horsetooth Reservoir, a part of the Colorado-Big Thompson project in Fort Collins, was drained in 1977 due to siphon damage from the Big Thompson flood. The reservoir is the main source of Fort Collins water supply. This photograph was taken of Horsetooth Lake bed in Soldier Canyon. "The origin of the name, Soldier Canyon, may be due to the fact that a skeleton was found in a crevice with two or three U.S. Army buttons before the time of Camp Collins. It may have come from the fact that soldiers gathered wood from a nearby hill for the camp, and used the canyon as access to the foothills." Summarized from the book, "Larimer County Place Names" page 70.
Content Type	landscapes - built
Historical Context	Urban Growth & Technology 1970-Present
Subject	Horsetooth Lake (Colo.) Lakes--Colorado--Larimer County Soldier Canyon (Colo.)
Image Source	Historical Collection
Format	image/jpeg
Image Collection	Historical Collection
File Location	LC Places - Horsetooth Reservoir, Soldier Canyon, Dixon Canyon
Language	English
Image Origin	Print
Digitization Format	HP ScanJet 6100C Scanner; Adobe 6.0; TIFF 800 dpi; JPEG 72 dpi; GIF 72 dpi
Collection Name	HistoricPhotographs
Web Exhibit	Waterways

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The Water Ways Photograph Database provides 1200 photographs associated with Larimer County water history.