Fort Lupton – Page 4 – Jacks Old Photos of Colorado

Norah Belle (Davis) and James Frederick “Fred” Jackson, Fort Lupton, CO, 1910.

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Norah and Fred were married in Greeley on Valentine’s Day, 1892, and in 1896 moved to Fort Lupton to farm. After tiring of farming, they moved into town in 1906…

The home of Jackson Mercantile owners Norah and Fred Jackson on the southwest corner of Denver Avenue and 6th Street, Fort Lupton, CO, 1908.

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Those pictured are probably Norah and Fred with two of their four daughters, Sylva and Lillie. Per notations on the back of this picture, Lillie handed this picture down to…

Three men in oxcart in front of Hotel Lupton on 4th Street, between Main Street and Denver Avenue, Fort Lupton, CO, ca. 1907 – 1910.

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William Grant Winbourn was the original owner of this hotel, built in the 1880’s at the northeast corner of Main and 4th Streets. It was razed in 1977. REFERENCE: “Crossroads…

Photo postcard of farmers’ sugar beet wagons lined up for weighing and loading onto train cars in Fort Lupton rail yard, ca. 1914.

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Post published:August 23, 2021
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What an abundance of sugar beets there is in this photo: the line-up of at least 10 fully-loaded wagons stretching back and around the corner in front of the G.…

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!

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