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<br />0' ~Grt C,,]lin';. Cclor'ICO M'~ II"",". in ,1 "Grth ~nd "~sterl\' diroction
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<br />Settl~"'ent
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<br />to ~,wrc it joir\'; with ~ "Iiljor trib~tilry, the liorlh ror.k r:;rlc;~e I, I"GUdrQ
<br />~ivnr. Fro", Illis pOint tile rlvGr (mt"rs th'! I,;~~ Dlrlio, ~~')'1 "r,d flow"
<br />';oUt~('~lSt thr('AJqh Fort Collios i1H ~ro~IC'I, Color,ldo to t~c SDUt_'. 1'laHe
<br />'livnr. EI'Ndtion5 in' I~o b~~in ;Jn~" frOf'\ i1:;(Nr 4,S(Y) teet, r-'<,)i!r_ ~,,~ I(wel,
<br />CCil~ I he !rKluth to ov,,~ 12, O~0 I,,,,t, ","un Se;) I ev{)l, ,'It tr,e '-<Jnt ioenla I
<br />,Jivld{), T'){) wer~gB ~nnu,,1 preciritatlon ~I Fo~t Collln~ I~ oho,-..~ IS ir,c~~s.
<br />T()roperatur,," rdn'lc Ir(>rr. In ~v('r'}'le (/p in July to an aVP;:>QC y," In January.
<br />The ontlre ~.lSin drJir_s 1,390 squ'lre "'iles; the ~r~Irl<l~() ~rfJa at the upstre~'"
<br />limit 01 the ,;tudy reach is I, '\55 5~.jare mi IfJs. ,~b"s;() m~o ; 5 sh(""r\ o~
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<br />The Cache la Po"dre River received its na"", who~ ~ r~rtv
<br />of Fr()nc~ tranpors tr~vellng through thp. Brea in 13,6 dpcinerl tQ hide.
<br />or cach<l, the; r excess supp lies, i nc I ud in~ a quan"'; ty ot ~unrrudcr, at
<br />a certain loc~tion to he recloimed later. White men Droba~ly first
<br />travers<'!dLilrir-()rCountyasearlyas 1720, wher\ a SoanlSh,"iiltar'l force
<br />in search of gold passed through t~o reo ion. The river v.1ll"y '~.1s ~
<br />favorito hunting ground for the Arapahoe Indians; 150 of their lodges
<br />were counted In 11144 ot what is now Lapor-:-o, Colorado. An easy natural
<br />river crossll\g at Larorte resulted in It tlocOl"lng a station On tho emigrant
<br />t,.ail and staqe line. UnitedStatescJvalrysontthoroirthooarly 1360s
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<br />plato I.
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<br />callectheirpostCampCollTnsaftertheir
<br />\,.O.Collins,statiol\edatFortLaramTc.
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<br />c~ndl~l officer Colonsl
<br />In 1864,Juoolloodsbadlv
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<br />Tho study r"ach is i 5.4 rivrr "ii 100, IQnq, w;th the u~str-earr
<br />and no.:,r the mou t h of the CJnyoo d bou t r,. 4 r, i I l,lS u ~",tro<)m from Laporte arvJ
<br />t~e dO''-l\stream end 31 t~o mouth of ~pri,,~ Crook. The chJnnel 0/ the (:"chc
<br />Ie PO.jdre R i vc" I n tho stud y rO,)Cr, aVC'rJqe", 168 feet "ido ",nd 7.0 foot d'le~.
<br />The C"dnrl(J1 qr"d ient vnr ies frOfl' alXHJt 28 teet ~er ",I III rM'lr the Ur<;tr(,ilm
<br />cn<j r)t t~" s~Ij<!Y ~o ~1~)lJt 1(, f{wt ~,'r ",il., fro", Shtf' Ili1h.'.'y I~ to th"
<br />c10'Hrl';lrIH," <;TUGV I i",I~. T~.e .'iOThS o~ The ~.lC"O la i'oJdr" flood Pl.l;" .:lre
<br />do'>Cr;ooc ;n I,,[)lo I, ~h"re flood ~Iail\ ,"ic:th~ ,1r" dver~~e to. li~"-'{j
<br />~tr"tcjles of the rl'l",r. '''e<';cnt p~t01r<l~~S <,t th', river at v'lrinU5 I<>c,,~iorle,
<br />,"-~ shvwn (HI the tol lowing pil~e~.
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<br />damagoo the L"ro~te C3mr 51+0 and the sold iers moved to the rrese~t site
<br />otFortCollins.1
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<br />Agrlcult~r'll ""olor\iIlS", or eoorcratlv[' la~~ sc'rtl~C1()~t
<br />or'1an iza-J-;oos, qn'-'\t Iy acee I..rat(,d loc" I 'l"""th i" IN>':' ~n~ 1!)73; Tn th~
<br />latter year Fort Collinswils i~cor~()r",tod;% '" city. rra' 1,,7~ reside"ts
<br />in 18aO the elty nss ora<n to sn ,-,sti"",te,j 51, i7'; in I'nt', r;('llif~d('l ~t~t"
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<br />U,-,i,,,r~.i iv, w I I;, "" '''''0; I,,,,,,,; ,,,-.0, i, ,<NG s~uJ"!l1 s. ''; "" i.'lpor-Iclnf
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<br />cCYomunltYilsset. Fort Collins today, inadditiontoaqriculture,lndtourlSfl',
<br />I I ~ts In its manuti,lctur lo~ ocooorny such d Iversl f Ir'd rroducts as "")c.h; n['ry,
<br />electronics, food proce~si 1\9, ce"lent, dent,J I <l~n I i~n<;es. p 1<l5tic products.
<br />larm equipment, hce-t surpr, I u.'I1her , d'Mlcnls, .'nd s~nrl ood grllvel.
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<br />Th..Strea"l"nd ItsV,Jlley
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<br />The Cae"e IJ Poudro 'liver begins in tno :lnckv fb"ot" i ns ,~,,~t
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<br />I Frorr_ "f':istcr'l ot Ln~lrrer CDUl\tV, ::;olo~Jdo" ~v ,~n~el ',','atroJs.
<br />th" CO',Jr ler "rint;~g a1d Pu'-' I; sMi ~~ CO.. Fort Co II I~s, I') II.
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