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<br />32 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />John was a carpenter and they moved to Cheyenne for a <br />while. They returned to Ft. Collins in 1869. He then <br />bought the farm on Taft Hill noad. The house he built is <br />still standing with a stone milk celler nearby (27). <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Joe Mason's Farm. Joe M~son was a man of many talents. <br /> <br /> <br />'watrous describes him "as one of the most enterprising and <br /> <br /> <br />pUblic spirited citizens the country ever had (29:320). <br /> <br /> <br />Mason is considered responsible for influencing the soldiers <br /> <br /> <br />to relocate Camp Collins at the present Ft. Collins' site, <br /> <br /> <br />and later to move the county ~eat from Laporte to Ft. Collins. <br /> <br /> <br />Mason served as county commissioner, sheriff, and for <br /> <br /> <br />many years as postmaster. He was a business man, running <br /> <br /> <br />the post general store, at on~ time owning the Lindell Flour <br /> <br /> <br />Mill,and engaging in other bu~iness ventures throughout <br /> <br /> <br />his life. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Fort Collins. After the flooding of Camp Collins at the <br />Laporte site, in 1864, a new location was sought downstream. <br />Joseph Mason, a homesteader, ~onvinced Lt. James Hanna <br />that the camp should be situated at the present site which <br />was next to Mason's land. Th~ land was described as being <br />high ground with good drainag~ and a good view of the <br />surrounding area. <br />Col. Collins came to vistt the site from Ft. Larimie. <br />He gave orders to construct a permanent post and made a <br />rough drawing showing the location and type of buildings <br />to be constructed. The post Was then called FOrt Collins <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />