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<br />29 <br /> <br />~,' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />On June 9, 1864, a dest~uctive flood washed away <br />most of the camp. Tents, cabtns, and most of the soldiers' <br />personal property were carried away; fortunately, no lives <br />were lost. Col. Collins sent word to find a new site for <br />the camp out of the flood path. Their camp was then moved <br />downstream to Ft. Collins whe~e the camp became a fort (45). <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Overland Stage and River Crossing. The first bridge <br />crossing the Cache La Poudre Was a toll bridge. It was <br />located very close to the place where the present bridge <br />on Overland Trail now stands. The first bridge was <br />washed away in the 1864 flood. A ferry was then constructed <br />and operated by Mr. John B. Provost. <br />The stage station was north of the bridge on the <br />trail. It was called the Holliday Stage Station. The <br />building was marked in 1916 by the Daughters of the <br />American Revolution. The building burned in 1928, but <br />the marker was rescued. The marker can now be seen on a <br />slab of native stone on the highway just south of the <br />original site of the station (31). <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Laporte. Laporte has a long and interesting history. <br />The first white men in the area had a settlement there <br />about 1828. These were trappers with Indian wives, who <br />migrated from place to place where the hunting was good (30:165). <br />In 1860, the Colona Town Company was organized to <br />build a city on the banks of the river at the entrance to <br />the mountains. The town grew rapidly. In 1861, it was <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />