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Calhan, CO
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Barwise Packing Company north of 9th Street, Fort Lupton, CO, ca. 1916.
  • Post author:jcamenga
  • Post published:February 13, 2022
  • Post category:Fort Lupton
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This company sat on the north side of Ninth Street between Denver Avenue and the railroad tracks, specifically at the northwest corner of the Union Pacific right-of-way and Ninth Street.  …

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Front-porch gathering at the Corcoran home, 711 Denver Avenue, Fort Lupton, CO, year unknown. (Photo courtesy of the Fort Lupton Museum.)
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  • Post published:January 5, 2022
  • Post category:Fort Lupton
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This group of people have gathered at the front of John and Katie Corcoran’s home at 711 Denver Avenue, which still stands (see Google maps at https://www.google.com/maps ).   It’s the…

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McAnaney barber shop and Queen City Laundry drop-off at 4th and Main, Fort Lupton, CO, ca. 1910.
  • Post author:jcamenga
  • Post published:November 27, 2021
  • Post category:Fort Lupton
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The proprietor of this barber shop and laundry drop-off was Hugh J. McAnaney. Hugh was born in Wooster, Ohio, in 1872, and it was there in 1895 that he married…

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Photo postcard of Clock Pharmacy interior, 229 Denver Avenue, Fort Lupton, CO, ca. 1910.
Photo postcard of Clock Pharmacy interior, 229 Denver Avenue, Fort Lupton, CO, ca. 1910.
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  • Post published:October 24, 2021
  • Post category:Fort Lupton
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Dr. Kire Le Clare Clock came to Fort Lupton, probably early in 1910, where he established the Clock Pharmacy and a medical practice.  I wonder if the man on the…

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Welcome!

Welcome to my blog of old Colorado photos.  I’ve always loved old photos, and given my interest in history, it was probably inevitable that I would be drawn to the idea of collecting old images of the Colorado town where I grew up, i.e., Fort Lupton.  Fort Lupton sits on the South Platte River, about halfway between Denver and Greeley, at the western edge of the Great Plains. 

I grew up feeling more connected to the eastern half of the state than to the western half. Maybe that was because I knew the plains were just out the back door of Fort Lupton, so to speak, or simply because I was more familiar with the names of towns to the east. So, a few years ago, when I decided to expand my collecting beyond Fort Lupton, I leaned east.  Since then, though, I’ve gotten the bug for expanding my collection to the entire state.  You'll find that, in its current state, my blog is weighted toward images of Fort Lupton, eastern and northern Colorado, but that will shift as I steadily add images from the Colorado Rockies and western slope.

I hope you enjoy my blog as much as I enjoy building and tending to it. Please feel free to leave comments!

  • - Jack

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