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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Figure 15. Stop 3. Janis Farm. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The subdivision on the north side of the river <br />is located on Antoine Janis's claim. Antoine <br />was the first white settler in the area and he <br />staked his claim in 1844. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Antoine is reported to have been with the <br />trappers who buried the powder and named the <br />river. His father was a trapper and Antoine <br />accompanied him as a child. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />In 1863, he allowed the soldiers to establish <br />their camp on his land. This was Company B of <br />the First Colorado Volunteer Cavalry which had <br />been sent to guard the Overland Trail. The camp <br />was later named Camp Collins after the Commanding <br />Officer of Ft. Laramie, Lt. Col. William O. Collins. <br />In June of 1864, a destructive flood in the middle <br />of the night destroyed the camp. Higher land was <br />then sought and they moved their camp to the <br />present site of Ft. Collins. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />