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<br />3AC:~moUNO INFO'1'v..,ION
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<br />Settlement
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<br />Th€ Cache la Poudre Riv"r received Its name '~hen a party
<br />of FrN,ch trappo"-s traveling t~roLlgh ttm arei! in 1336 decided to hide,
<br />orcache,thelrexcesssupplies, including"ouantltyofgunpO<Jcer,at
<br />a certain locatio.' to be reclaimed later. \\'hltenenprooablytlrst
<br />traversed Larimer County as early as 172~, '..hen a Soani sh ."i I ltary force
<br />lnsearchofgaldpasse(lthroughtherC<]ion. The river valley"as a
<br />tavorite hunting ground tor the Arapahoe Indians; 150 of their lodges
<br />",ore counted in 1344 at what is no,; Laporte, Colorado. An easy natural
<br />river crassi ng at Laporte resu Ited in it becoming a ~tation an the emigrant
<br />trail l'Ind stago line. lInite<lStatescav"lrVS<lntthere In the early 1360s
<br />called their post Camp Collins atter their cor<mandlng afflcerCalanel
<br />\i.O.Colllns,statlonedatFortLaramle. In 1864, JunetlQOl1sbadly
<br />darlagoxl the Laportecam!') sitoand the sold;ersrrKlved to the nresent 5 ite
<br />of FartCollins.1
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<br />^gricult1Jr:al "<:Qlo~ie5". or coop(".~tlve land settleMent
<br />organizaTions, <]rElat Iy acceleratEld local grOol t~ In 1860 and 1873; In thn
<br />latter Yeilr ForT Coil In~ "as i ncarporated as a ci tv. FrOrl I ,376 rosl<J()nt~
<br />in 1880 the city has grcwn to an estir'iKJtod 51, 12~ In 1~7Z. Colorado St~te
<br />IJniverslty. 'IIlth an enrollment near 17,000 students, Isanimpod<Jnt
<br />communiTy asset. Fort Colli ns today, in ~dd itlon to agricu Iture dnd touri sm,
<br />115ts In its manufacturing economy such diverslflecr rroduct~ as ~chinery,
<br />electronics, foodorocessi"'l,cemont,denta! anrliancos, plastic products,
<br />farm equ I\'>mOJn'!", boot SU!J~r, I uroer, chE!'1ica I 5, and san::! an<J gr~vel.
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<br />Thp CI>CN la Poudre River begins in the Roc~v ~bu~h;ns west
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<br />IFrom "Hi story ot lar im"r r:o~ntv, Color3do" hv An5(>1 \j~t-r0us,
<br />the Courl,y Printing and Dub 115hln" ro., ~()r. ;:011 ir~. I" II.
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<br />a' !"o~t ,2"lli,',~, Coloraco i;\nd flaw, In;) no~th an~ (),J3tBrII directior
<br />to "hore It joins ~ith Il major trjbuti\~Y, the ~,'ort~ Fork Cdche la P""dro
<br />'<;vcr. from Ihls roi,~t tl>" "io<" e~ters the hiqh ~Iair,s ar~~ and tlow<;
<br />s()ut~oa,t throuqh Fort Co Iii ns and Greoley, ~olcr"do to the South PI ~tte
<br />r,iv"r. ~jf)vations In t~e b~~;n rarYJ" from ~bou! 4,600 foet, m<lcln 5<)1l level,
<br />noar lho rJ'IoOuth to over 12,0'):) feet, ""4n seil lovel, at tho Continental
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<br />LJivLJo. Ho ,)Vorao" "nnual prQc;pit~t;on ilt Fort C()llln~ is
<br />TomperilThrGs ranne from ~n Jvera']e (,')0 in Ju I y to In ~verago
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<br />about 15 Inches.
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<br />26 I n JJnu~rv.
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<br />The ontl rc bd5i n ara i~s ; .J90 square mi 1"5; the dr,~; naqe ilrea at the upstre~'"
<br />I imit of the ~tu<Jy reilch is I ,05S s[)u~re miles. A bas in "'aO ; S shown 0<;
<br />pl1ltel.
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<br />ThG study redch is 15.4 r iv"r ,.,i les lonq, with the u~stream
<br />end nc;or the "IlOdth of the canyon at:ouf ().<\ 411es upstroam fror:' La~ortc and
<br />Ihe Jowll;tr..am <lnG at the routll 01 Sprinn C....ock. H,c cnilnnol of the r;"che
<br />III Poudre River i n t~e 5tL,dy reach av(!raqes 160 feet ,;;co dnd 7.0 fp.et d"er.
<br />The cha~nel Grad ;ent v~rie5 from alx>ut 23 f<let per "'; I e nO~r the unstream
<br />end of the ,tudy to UbOut 16 font per .,lle from State l'iqh.."y 14 to the
<br />do"~s'r""rl ,tud'l limit. Tho wTdtl'~ of thC' C,'de I" "oud"" flood pl;)ln are
<br />aeocr Ibed i n rd~le I, '~',"r" f loot pl"i ~ ~'idths dro dver,,']e for I i"t{)d
<br />e.tretches at the river. i"<)cen~ photo~r"nhs of .ho river ~t VMi"'lJ~ I=~tions
<br />a"e si1o'~~ on the f(Jllow; ng r"'~es.
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