I have decided to make this blog about the city I’ve come to know and love in the little over three years I’ve lived here. When I moved here in 2005 as a freshmen in college not only did I not know anybody, but I had no idea how much there was to do, and how rich the history of the city was. I also just turned 21 which as we all know in Fort Collins allows you to do a lot more or any given night. So I will spend this semester getting to know why Fort Collins was recently voted one of the most livable city in the United States by Forbes Magazine.
To get myself started on this Blog I thought I would look up some history of the city. Apparently Fort Collins started out as a very conservative town in the 20th century. Prohibition was actually in place from the 1890’s until 1969. Thats quite a change from today where it is home to one of the few wet campuses in the country (Colorado State University).
CSU is known for its aggricultural programs, and in my research I found that agriculture has always been a big part of the city. Farmers moved here in teh 1870’s and started the town around Camp Collins. Camp Collins was named after Colonel W. O. Collins. Collins was in charge of protecting the camp, which was built to protect a trading post from native american attacks. Apparently in 1990’s Fort Collins was known as the “Lamb Feeding Capital of the World” due to the fact that sheep could feed easily off of the beet tops in town. I know we all hate getting stopped by a train when it comes right through the center of the town. However the Colorado Railroad was a key economic development for Fort Collins that allowed its population to more then double.
Like I said I have come to Love this city in the time I’ve lived hear, and with this blog I hope to give incite into the many ways it is great and the many things there are to do here.
