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The Poudre: A Photo History

Stanley R. Case

 Summary by Judd Adams

One of the outstanding history books for our area, Stanley Case knows the Poudre Canyon as well as anyone, having owned and managed the Arrowhead Lodge with his wife Lola (with help from three daughters Sandy, Sheryl and Christy when they reached suitable age) for 39 years, from 1946 to 1985.  Case was born in 1918 in the small white house known as Log Cabin at the junction of 74E Red Feather Lakes Road and 68C Boy Scout Road.  “His grandparents ran the Log Cabin Hotel and Post Office at the time and his father was a stage driver, hauling freight from Fort Collins into the upper canyon by traveling through Livermore and down Pengree Hill.”  One of the outstanding features of this book are the many photos which so often tell you more than words.

Table of Contents

1)     Early Visitors

a)     The Fur Trade

b)     The Tie Industry

c)      Stewart’s Toll Road to the Mines

d)     The Miners

e)     Lulu City

f)        Teller City

g)     Manhattan

h)      Poudre City

i)        The Racine Company

2)     Pioneer Hotels

a)     Livermore Hotel

b)     The Forks Hotel

c)      Elkhorn House

d)     Rustic Hotel

e)     Elkhorn Hotel

f)        Log Cabin Hotel

g)     Zimmerman’s Keystone Hotel

3)     Deliveries

a)     Voorhees Stage

b)     Ogden and Giddings Stage

c)      Casper Zimmerman Stage

d)     Stanley Steamers

e)     Scott Brothers Stage

f)        Ben Scott Stage

g)     Sanders Stage

h)      Chronology of Early Post Offices

4)      Poudre Pioneers

a)     Kinikinik Ranch

b)     Indian Meadows Ranch

c)      Zimmerman Ranch

d)     Pinehurst

e)     Idylwilde

f)        Twin Pines

g)     U Bar U Ranch

h)      Robinson Ranches

i)        Goodell Corner

j)        Manhattan Ranch Life

k)      Spencer Heights

l)        The Greeley Colony

m)   Poudre Park

5)      Water

a)     Chambers Lake

b)     Skyline Ditch

c)      Grand River Ditch

d)     Long Draw Reservoir

e)     Joe Wright Reservoir

f)        Michigan Ditch

g)     Laramie River-Poudre Tunnel

h)      Columbine and Bob Creek Ditches

i)        Barnes Meadow

j)        Peterson Lake

k)      Hourglass and Commanche Reservoirs

l)        Incompleted Projects and Broken Dreams

6)      The U.S. Forest Service

a)     Formation of the Agency

b)     Manhattan and Buckhorn Ranger Stations

c)      Trails

d)     Campgrounds

e)     The Pingree Forestry Camp

f)        Eggers

g)     New Responsibilities

h)      Chronology of Forest Supervisors

7)     Roads

a)     Early Toll Roads

b)     The Railroad

c)      The Pingree Road

d)     The Poudre Canyon Road

8)      Tourism

a)     Early Campsites

b)     Inns and Resorts

c)      Poudre Canyon Chapel

d)     Poudre Trout Rearing Unit

e)     The Changing Vacationer

9)      River Designation

a)     A Wild and Scenic River

b)     A Scenic Byway

c)      The Meanders

10)  Other

a)     Historical Chronology

b)     Maps

 

 

 
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