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Links to Historic Contexts
Euro-American Exploration
and the Fur Trade, ca. 1540-1858
The Colorado Gold
Rush, Early Settlement, and the Creation of Fort Collins,
1844-1866
Establishing the
City: Old Town and New Town, 1866-1877
The Railroad Era,
Colorado Agricultural College, and the Growth of the City,
1877-1900
Sugar Beets, Streetcar
Suburbs, and the City Beautiful, 1900-1919
Post World War I Urban
Growth, 1919-1941
Bibliography
Table 1 - Population
Growth
Table 2 - List of
Historic Subdivisions
Introduction