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Horsetooth Reservoir; Soldier Canyon
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| Title | Horsetooth Reservoir; Soldier Canyon |
| Image ID Number | H05354 |
| Date | 1977 c. |
| Decade | 1970s
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| Creator | Mr. Maloney, Greeley |
| Description | 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 the Eugene Lamb Homestead and Quarry which were covered over by Horsetooth Reservoir, a part of the Colorado-Big Thompson project. Lamb, who had come to Colorado as a prospector, worked in the Stout quarries and operated a red sandstone quarry in Soldier canyon, where he took up a homestead. His stone was used in the old Fort Collins Public Library, now the Fort Collins Museum. There was a stone house, garage, and office and a rock wall around the homestead. Remains of the rock wall and well are in the foreground; remains of the walls of the building and stairway to the house are in the background. "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
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| Historical Context | Urban Growth & Technology 1970-Present
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| Subject | Lamb, Eugene
Abandoned houses--Colorado--Soldier Canyon
Horsetooth Lake (Colo.)
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| Image Source | Historical Collection |
| Image Collection | Historical Collection
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| File Location | LC Places - Stout |
| Language | English |
| Image Origin | Print; Slide |
| Digitization Format | HP ScanJet 6100C Scanner; Adobe 6.0; TIFF 800 dpi; JPEG 72 dpi; GIF 72 dpi |
| Collection Name | HistoricPhotographs
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| Web Exhibit | Waterways
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