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Calhan, CO
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Snapshot of man at the wheel of a Kelly-Springfield truck, Longmont, CO, ca. 1918.
  • Post author:jcamenga
  • Post published:January 6, 2023
  • Post category:Longmont
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Written on the back of this snapshot is:  “Floyd Pettitt – Longmont – 1918.”   The chances are good that the person referenced is actually Floyd Albert Pettett, who in 1918…

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Longmont sugar factory pulp pit, ca. 1910.
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  • Post published:August 28, 2021
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This photo postcard shows farmers loading their wagons with pulp from the beet pulp pit at the Longmont sugar factory. Sugar factories sold this by-product to farmers for feeding stock. “The…

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Photo postcard of Deaconess Ruth Cassedy in front of the Free Methodist Church in Longmont, CO, 1923.
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  • Post published:August 2, 2021
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The photo for this unused postcard was probably taken in December of 1923.   Ruth Cassedy would turn 82 the following month.  Ruth Nixon Howell was born in New Jersey in…

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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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