High on La Poudre Pass Creek at over 10,000 feet, Long Draw Reservoir was built to divert and store water
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Named for a trapper who camped here in 1858, Chambers Lake was dammed in 1887 to store irrigation water. On
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In the 1860s, frontiersman George Pingree ran a railroad-tie logging camp in the South Fork valley that now bears his
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A steel fire tower built in 1960 on Deadman Hill, replacing a wooden lookout the CCC raised in the late
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A community of Benedictine nuns relocated to this quiet Virginia Dale valley in 1997, building a working monastery and ranch
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Perched on the banks of the Cache la Poudre, the Mishawaka has welcomed canyon travelers since the early 1900s and
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Started as Columbine Camp in the late 1920s by a Fort Collins grocer, this canyon resort in the old Poudre
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A historic working ranch in the Livermore foothills, the Solomon Batterson Ranch became Colorado’s very first National Register-listed Rural Historic
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Built by the Civilian Conservation Corps between 1933 and 1941, this Forest Service ranger station west of Masonville is a
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Gold discovered near Seven Mile and Elk Horn creeks in 1886 gave rise to Manhattan, a mining town platted in
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Built in the early 1930s along the Cache la Poudre River about 32 miles up the canyon, Arrowhead Lodge was
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This 1890 wood-frame hotel and general store anchored the little community of Livermore and doubled as a stage way-station on
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Established in 1862 by Overland stage agent Joseph “Jack” Slade — who named it for his wife — Virginia Dale
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Campgrounds
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Operating continuously since 1931, Sportsman’s Lodge is a living piece of Poudre Canyon history. They offer 12 historic cabins, RV
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Fuel and Gas
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Sitting right at the intersection of US 287 and Hwy 14, Ted’s Place is the legendary gateway to the Poudre
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Experiences/Adventures
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Step back in time at this iconic, all-inclusive dude ranch that has been operating since 1886. Tucked away in Livermore,
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No trip up to Red Feather Lakes is complete without a pit stop at the legendary Forks Mercantile! Sitting right
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