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FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: August 19, 2003
FROM: Ted Shepard
SUBJECT :
Items Relating to Street Names for New Arterial and Collector Streets.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution and of the Ordinance on First Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
A. First Reading of Ordinance No. 119, 2003, Amending Section 24-91 of the City Code
Adding Categories of Names to the List of Street Names to Be Used for Selecting Names
for New Arterial and Collector Streets.
lipPresently, Section 24-91 of the City Code requires arterial and collector streets to be named only
from a list of names of citizens that the City would like to honor posthumously. The Ordinance
would amend this section of the Code to also allow such streets to be named after natural areas,
natural features, historic and/or well-known places other names that Council may approve.
This change reflects the direction that City Council provided during the public hearing regarding
the renaming of five arterial streets in the southeast quadrant of the City back in May of 2000.
Comments from Council indicated that, while honoring notable citizens is laudable, natural areas
and features and place names should be considered as well. This Ordinance provides that
opportunity.
B. Resolution 2003-094 Updating the List of Names for Arterial and Collector Streets.
The northeast quadrant of the City is rapidly developing. Existing developments are building-
out and new subdivisions and annexations are in the approval process within the Mountain Vista
and East Mulberry Area Plans. From this growth, there are now segments of six County Roads
that are located entirely within the City boundaries. Five of these six are "section line" roads
and, as such, are classified on the Master Street Plan as "Arterials" or"Minor Arterials." One is
a segment of State Highway One. In addition, there are four proposed collector streets that need
to be properly named.
Section 24-91 of the City Code requires that all new arterials and collectors be named from the
list of street names approved by the City Council. The list is adopted by the City Council and
names can be added only by Resolution of the City Council.
DATE: AUgUSE 19, zuw
ITEM NUMBER:
In Spring of 2000, City Council updated the list to delete nine names that had been previously
selected and to add seven new names. Of these seven, four were selected to re-name existing
County Roads in the southeast quadrant of the City. The Board of County Commissioners then
approved an action to continue these newly selected names to the limits of the Growth
Management Area.
This Resolution represents a continuation of this re-naming effort. With the support of the
northeast area residents, Poudre Fire Authority, U.S. Postal Service and Latimer Emergency
Telephone Authority, Staff recommends that new proper names be given to six County Roads in
recognition of the emerging urbanization of the Growth Management Area and to comply with
City Code. The attached background report provides the names for all the affected roads,
including collectors, and the basis for the recommendations.
1. Council Action Required:
Council needs to take action on a proposed Resolution that would do three things: (1)
delete previously selected names; (2) add new names for arterial, minor arterial, and
collector streets; and(3) Select the names for the affected existing streets.
A. Delete Previously Selected Names:
Avery
Carpenter
Kechter
Strauss
Ziegler
Avery Court is an existing street in the Stonehenge neighborhood and was inadvertently
left on the list in the last update of May 2000. The remaining four were selected for
arterials and minor arterials in the southeast quadrant in May of 2000.
B. Add New Names for Arterials and Minor Arterials:
Cherryhurst/Turnberry
Douglas
Giddings
Mountain Vista
Richards Lake
Terry Lake
Gray
Wilkinson
Cherryhurst and Turnberry are both offered for County Road 11. Cherryhurst is a
historic reference to the farm and orchard owned by Agnes Wright Spring located along
Long Pond. This name was selected by consensus at the second neighborhood meeting
(see Background Report). Turnberry refers to a highly regarded golf course in Scotland
and was offered by the homeowners who front on C.R. 11 and back onto the Fort Collins
Country Club after the second neighborhood meeting (letter attached).
DATE: August
ITEM NUMBER:
Douglas, Mountain Vista, Richards Lake and Terry Lake are in recognition of common
usage names that have never been formalized.
Giddings is a new name honoring the significance of the original Giddings farmstead and
rail siding and is recommended for County Road 9 (see Background Report).
Gray and Wilkinson are former City Councilmembers, recently deceased, that
collectively served on Council for 15 years.
C. Add New Names for Collectors:
Bar Harbor
Thoreau
Maple Hill
Jerome
These are four names assigned to collector streets in three approved-but-not built
subdivisions and are offered by three developers. Bar Harbor and Thoreau are proposed
names that will serve both the Lind Farm and Maple Hill subdivisions. Maple Hill is a
proposed name and will serve just the Maple Hill subdivision. Jerome is a proposed
name located within Old Town North subdivision.
Bar Harbor, Thoreau and Maple Hill are offered as logical choices that are consistent
with the established themes of two subdivisions. Jerome is respectfully offered in
recognition of Saint Jerome.
D. Select the Names for Existing Arterials and Minor Arterials:
Based on input from the citizen participation process, Staff recommends the following
names be selected for the six existing arterial and minor arterial streets:
County Road 50 Mountain Vista Drive
County Road 52 Richards Lake Road
County Road 54 Douglas Road
County Road 11 Cherryhurst Road
County Road 9 Giddings Road
State Highway One Terry Lake Road
E. Added Names For City-wide Future Consideration:
The citizen participation process revealed a number of persons that have made notable
contributions to our community in a number of fields. The citizens recommend that the
following names be added to the approved list for future consideration of naming
arterials collectors. (See attached biographical sketches.)
Collamer, Arthur
Crawford, Gurney
Nichols,Lyman
DATE: August 19, ZUUJ 1 4
ITEM NUMBER:
Rudolph,Franklin Pierce
Sykes, Hope
White, Byron
2. Citizen Participation Process:
Staff coordinated two public information meetings in conjunction with other agencies.
Each meeting was advertised by a mailing that included over 600 addresses. Both
meetings were held at Tavelli Elementary School and are summarized in the attached
background report. The dates of the two were as follows:
A. March 3, 2003
B. March 24, 2003
3. Petition Received for Naming C.R. 11 "TurnbeMf:
On April 18, 2003, Staff received a petition from the property owners who front on
County Road 11 and back onto the Fort Collins Country Club golf course. Because of
the association with golf, these residents would like to name C.R. 11 "Tumberry" after a
prestigious golf course in Scotland that is considered the birthplace of golf.
4. Outreach to Other Departments and Boards:
The following have been informed of the project:
A. Larimer County Planning Department— April 30, 2003
B. Planning and Zoning Board—May 30, 2003
C. Transportation Board—June 18, 2003.
5. Nancy Gray Boulevard:
As a result of this process, a developer has indicated that he would like to honor the
memory and service of Nancy Gray by naming a collector street within a proposed
subdivision. The street would intersect with Timberline Road just north of Drake Road.
and serve the area east (Side Hill Subdivision) and possibly west (Mansion Park
Subdivision) of Timberline Road. The street would be a boulevard with a landscape
median separating the travel lanes thus deserving of the suffix "boulevard."
6. Staff Follow-Up Action Items
A. Staff will provide official notification of Council action to the Latimer
Emergency Telephone Authority, Poudre Fire Authority, Police Services, Sheriffs
Department, outside utility providers and all other entities, public and private, that
maintain mapping data or G.I.S. data. Please note that a street name change does
not affect any legal description of real property and that mail can be delivered to
two addresses for a period of one year.
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B. Staff will authorize the Streets Department to begin the sign changing process.
Based on the street renaming project in the southeast quadrant in May of 2000,
the estimated cost is between $2,500 and$4,500.
C. Staff will make an application with Latimer County to use the newly selected
names in the segments of the roads that are outside city limits but within the
Growth Management Area.
. BACKGROUND REPORT ON THE NAMING COUNTY ROADS
IN THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
This report is included in the packet to provide background on the process that was facilitated by
Ted Shepard, Chief Planner and J.R. Wilson, Engineering Technician, to re-name the County
Roads in the northeast quadrant that are now in the City. Two neighborhood information meetings
were held.
First Neighborhood Meeting
The first community meeting was hosted on March 3, 2003 at Tavelli Elementary School. In
addition to the two project managers, Ron Gonzales, Poudre Fire Authority and Mike Spurgin,
Growth Coordinator for the U.S. Postal Service also provided valuable information on emergency
response times and continued mail delivery.
Discussion included our thoughts and concerns about the current state of naming conventions in the
northeast quadrant of the City. Both City and County Staff have been interested in better
coordination with street naming and addressing for newly annexed areas. This is a continuation of
the process that began three years ago when City Council re-named the following County roads in
the southeast quadrant of the City:
Resolution 2000-73
• Old Name New Name
County Road Seven Strauss Cabin Road
County Road Nine Ziegler Road
County Road Eleven Timberline Road
County Road 32 Carpenter Road
County Road 36 Kechter Road
As with the southeast quadrant, the northeast quadrant is facing rapid growth. Three approved
subdivisions, Hearthfire, Richards Lake and Waterglen continue to develop. Newly approved
subdivisions, Maple Hill (Gillespie Farm) and Lind Farm will add over 800 dwelling units to the
mix. The Witham Annexation on East Vine consists of 160 acres and is in the review process for
an Overall Development Plan. Finally, the Mountain Vista Sub Area Plan calls for the extension of
County Road 11 south to Vine Drive. Both Staff and those attending the neighborhood meeting
agreed that the timing is right to deal with the emerging urbanization in this area.
In the northeast quadrant, there are six County Roads portions of which have been annexed and are
eligible for re-naming. Four names have been informally accepted over the years by common
usage. Two have no common usage names. Both Staff and the neighborhood attendees
unanimously recommend that the four commonly used names be formalized and retained. These
six roads, with the four common names are as follows:
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Recommended Resolution 2003
Existing County Road Common/Recommended Name
County Road 50 Mountain Vista Drive
County Road 52 Richards Lake Road
County Road 54 Douglas Road
County Road 11 To Be Determined
County Road 9 To Be Determined
State Highway One Terry Lake Road
With little discussion, the group acknowledged the desirability of formalizing the use of Douglas
Road from County Road 17 (Shields Street extended) on the west to the easterly right-of-way of
Interstate 25. The group also believed that applying Richards Lake Road to that portion of County
Road 52 that runs east from County Road 11 to the easterly right-of-way of Interstate 25 to be a
practical solution. Mountain Vista Drive should be formalized as the Engineering Department has
found nothing indicating that the name was approved by City Council. Its use is dated to the
development of Anheuser Bush in the early 1980's. Terry Lake Road it is a similar situation and
Staff proposed formalizing the name to the edge of the Growth Management Area at Douglas Road.
The discussion was then directed toward re-naming County Roads Nine and 11. Staff introduced
the group to the list of approved names as it now exists in Article III, Section 24-91, and began a
brainstorming session directed toward refining the list. Staff asked that those who had knowledge
or information related to this area of our community spend some time gathering information for our
next meeting.
Second Neighborhood Meeting
On March 24, 2003, the second community meeting was conducted. This was a very positive
meeting. By the end of the meeting, consensus was reached on the issue of whether to use the name
Ziegler Road for County Road Nine as an extension of Ziegler Road as it is named in the southeast
part of the City. Since the road is not continuous due to the presence of the Poudre River, Waste
Water Treatment Plant Number Two, C.S.U. Environmental Learning Center and Riverbend Ponds
Natural Area, the group found that these features present a significant barrier, thus allowing a
northeast road to have its own identity. Therefore, the group overwhelmingly opted for a unique
name in lieu of continuing it as an extension of Ziegler Road.
Re-naming County Road Nine
The meeting was then opened for suggestions for re-naming County Road Nine. This was a lively
discussion. The name that was chosen as the group's first choice is "Giddings Road."The Giddings
farmstead was located on County Road Nine, and at one time, there was a railroad siding located at
the farm to facilitate their beet harvests. The Giddings family dates back to early Fort Collins and
direct descendants still live in the area. Other recommendations were: Courtlyn Hotchkiss Road (in
reference to Courtlyn Hotchkiss but both names are already used within our 911 calling area);
Folsom Road (a reference to the Folsom archeology site and discovered by the Coffin brothers);
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• and Chief Friday (the Arapahoe chief, instrumental in facilitating peace between Native Americans
and the early settlers of the area).
Re-naming County Road 11
The discussion was directed toward finding consensus on a new name for County Road 11. This
was more difficult for two reasons. First, there are 15 homes fronting on the west side of County
Road 11 along the Country Club. The preference of that group was that a "golf' theme should be
used. The group preferred the name "Pinehurst" but this name is already used within the 911
calling area. Secondly, there was less of a feeling by these people that historic figures be
represented. Throughout the discussion, natural features were mentioned such as Rawah, Laramie
Peaks, Never-Summer, Folsom, Cheyenne Ridge, Windy Ridge, Boxelder, and Zirkles were
suggested but none caught the imagination of the group.
Staff introduced a short biography for Agnes Wright Spring. Mrs. Spring's biography is filled with
many significant achievements. Her farm was named "Cherryhurst" which was located near Long
Pond. With the group's preference for a more general name, Cherryhurst Road was tendered. The
thought was that we could memorialize Mrs. Spring by naming County Road 11 after this historic
site. The group found consensus with this name and there were no more suggestions.
Other names were brought forth as possible candidates for arterials and collector streets. These
names represent a mix of prominent area families, public servants that have made significant
. contributions, and other individuals who have made worthy accomplishments.
• Collamer, Art (son of pioneer family, operated grocery stores, woodyard, stagecoach, gas
station in northeast area)
• Crawford, Gurney (State Division of Wildlife, Game Warden, Biologist, "Father Goose,"
introduced Canadian Geese to the area, established Wellington Wildlife Areas)
• Dunn, Albert and Robert (prominent family in the area)
• Elder(prominent family in the area)
• Kenyon (Kenyon Corner, the corner of Douglas Road and County Road 15 (Hwy. One)
• Kraft (prominent family in the area)
• Lind (prominent farming family in the area)
• Nichols, Lyman (perfected optical instruments, used in bomb sights by the U.S. aircraft in
W.W. Two, attributed to shortening the war, optics used in Skylab in 1973, and area resident)
• Powers (farming family for 80 years in area, operated Poudre Valley Poultry Farm and orchard)
• Rudolph, Franklin (arrived in 1906, farmed and built large home and three silos, road became
known as Three Silos Road, now Summit View Dr., several generations still reside in the area)
• Sykes, Hope (teacher at Plummer School, authored Second Hoeing about Volga-German child
labor in the beet fields, credited by N.Y. Times for reform of national labor laws in 1935)
• Trujillo, Louie (founder of Nightwalker, a charity that benefits Native Americans)
• Whitaker Jr., E.A. (owner of the land where the Country Club is now located)
• White, Byron (U.S. Supreme Court Justice for 30 years, All-American football player, Rhodes
Scholar, Bronze Star W.W. Two)
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(The following names were suggested but are not eligible as these individuals do not qualify as
posthumous—Ralph Coyte, Sig Palm,John Tobin, Stu Van Meveren and Albert Yates.)
In addition, Staff would like to honor the public service of two former members of the City
Council, now deceased, by adding Nancy Gray and Earl Wilkinson to the list of approved names.
Nancy Gray served on Council from 1973 to 1981. Earl Wilkinson served on Council from 1974 to
1981.
Staff would like to acknowledge the assistance of Karen McWilliams, Historic Preservation
Planner, and Rheba Massey, Local History Librarian, who helped provide biographical sketches on
the suggested names. Although only two new names are recommended for the northeast quadrant,
the biographies proved enlightening and reminded all participants of the significance of the impact
these individuals had on the development of our community.
Attached are the biographies for Agnes Wright Spring(Cherryhurst) and the Giddings family.
AGNES WRIGHT SPRING
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In her 94 years, Agnes Wright Spring of Fort Collins enjoyed an illustrious career as a historian.
She wrote 20 books, over 600 stories, won a desk full of awards, and set a record - she was the only
person ever to have been state historian of two states; Colorado and Wyoming. Mrs. Spring was
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• born in Delta, Colorado in 1894. Her father operated the stage line between Delta and Gunnison.
They moved to a 640-acre ranch 23 miles west of Laramie in 1901 where he started another stage
line to Centennial. She earned her degree in history at the University of Wyoming in 1913, and
studied at the Pulitzer School of Journalism in 1916 and 1917 where she found Eastern attitudes
about women to be much less democratic than in the West. She was appointed State Historian and
Librarian for Wyoming in 1918. She married a mining engineer in 1921 and moved to Fort Collins.
In 1930 they bought a farm and cherry orchard called "Cherryhurst" on the northeast corner of
Gregory Road and Country Club Road across from the old Fort Collins Country Club. The
Depression wiped them out and she began a WPA project of writing a Guidebook to Wyoming. She
worked for the Colorado Historical Society during the 1940s and was named Colorado State
Historian in 1954. She retired in 1963 and was inducted into the National Cowboy Hall of Fame
and the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame. She returned to Fort Collins in 1976 to continue publishing
her books, and died here in 1988.
GIDDINGS FARM
Chester Giddings came to Fort Collins with his parents in 1883 when he was 16. He was a
successful farmer of the Boxelder Valley six miles northeast of Fort Collins. Ansel Watrous, in his
History of Latimer County states that the secret of his success "is that he is a thoroughly practical
farmer and when there is work to do he does it...instead of spending his time in town talking
politics or playing seven-up with the boys." In 1888 Chester married Agnes Mason, the first white
child born in Fort Collins. They had two children, Melissa and Ralph. Ralph was a CSU graduate in
1916 who also successfully operated the family farm. Ralph's son Ralph, Jr. was a Colonel in the
Army who retired in Fort Collins. He was a major force in the preservation of Fort Collins history
and wrote several books on the Giddings family history, as well as the History of the Fort Collins
Museum and Library.
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ORDINANCE NO. 119, 2003
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING SECTION 24-91
OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
ADDING CATEGORIES OF NAMES TO THE LIST OF
STREET NAMES TO BE USED FOR SELECTING NAMES
FOR NEW ARTERIAL AND COLLECTOR STREETS
WHEREAS, Section 24-91 of the City Code sets forth certain criteria for the selection of
names to be included on a Council list of street names for new arterial and collector streets, which
list is limited to the names of citizens of the City that the Council would desire to honor
posthumously; and
WHEREAS, the Council has determined that the categories of names for the list of street
names should be broadened to include names of natural areas,natural features,place names,or such
other names that the Council may deem significant or notable.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that Section 24-91 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended to read as
follows:
• Sec. 24-91. List of street names.
All new arterial and collector streets, as defined in the City of Fort Collins
Master Street Plan,are to be named from the list of street names approved by the City
Council.The list of street names shall be composed of names of natural areas,natural
features, historic and/or well-known places, citizens of the city whom the Council
would like to honor posthumously, and such other names as the Council may
approve. With respect to citizens of the city whom the Council desires to honor
posthumously,such citizens must This
city motfid like to hortur postht2niously. The list is comprised Of citizens Vollu have
devoted much time and effort to the city either as a former City
60 nreilmemberofficer or employee, a former Colorado State University faeexhy
officer or employee, a person important in the
founding of the city or a former citizen of exemplary character deserving of special
recognition.Several citizens who "eLei1npVLt2t11tin'ffi_ I- I- -
city we also
included. In gencral, these in *-dist-Ingtrished citizens of tire
The list of
street names isshall be adopted and amended by the City Council by resoldiiin-and
naine. can be added only by a teaviation of tile 6ity 6crancil. Developers nittat
Planningand E110huninclitai Services willu
. All new arterial and collector streets
which are not extensions of existing arterial and collector streets must be named from
the foregoing list of street names, and the Director of Community Planning and
Environmental Services shall strike names from the list as they are used in the
naming of such new arterial and collector streets and shall promptly file an updated
list in the Office of the City Clerk.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 19th day of
August,A.D. 2003,and to be presented for final passage on the 2nd day of September, A.D. 2003.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 2nd day of September, A.D. 2003.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
• RESOLUTION 2003-094
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
UPDATING THE LIST OF NAMES FOR ARTERIAL AND
COLLECTOR STREETS
WHEREAS,Section 24-91 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins establishes certain street
naming requirements for the naming of arterial and collector streets; and
WHEREAS, said Section 24-91 provides that the Council shall adopt and amend the list of
street names by resolution; and
WHEREAS,by Ordinance No. 119,2003,the Council has amended Section 24-91 by adding
new categories of names to the list of street names to be used in the naming of new arterial and
collector streets; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 119, 2003, will go into effect upon the passage of ten days
following second reading of said Ordinance; and
WHEREAS,the approval of street names pursuant to this Resolution is contingent upon the
passage and going into effect of Ordinance No. 119, 2003; and
. WHEREAS,The Council has determined that certain names, having heretofore been used
for street-naming purposes should now be stricken from the list while certain other names should
be added to the list.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That, upon the effective date of Ordinance No. 119, 2003, the list of street
names for the naming of new arterial and collector streets as required to be established pursuant to
Section 24-91 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby repealed and readopted to read as
shown on Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.
Section 2. That, upon the effective date of Ordinance No. 119, 2003, the following
names are hereby approved for the six existing arterial and minor arterial streets heretofore known
as certain numbered county roads and State Highway 1:
County Road 50 Mountain Vista Drive
County Road 52 Richards Lake Road
County Road 54 Douglas Road
County Road 11 Chenyhurst or Tumberry Road
County Road 9 Giddings Road
State Highway 1 Terry Lake Road
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this 19th day of August,
A.D. 2003.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
EXHIBIT "A"
STREET NAMES
Inga Allison* CSU senior faculty member, early 1900's
D.C. Armita,e City Commission of Works, 10-2-13 to 4-10-16 and
4-12-32 to 4-12-38; also was an alderman 4-21-13 to 10-2-13
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George Bailey Colorado Supreme Court Justice
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Jay Bouton City Attorney, alderman eight years; president Board of Education
18 years; 1870's, 1880's
E R1 Eafpenter Fire Chief, 10 1E 46 to 1-0-1-47 and 4 13 55 to 6 29 65,
killed en duty
Ghe,Rryhurst, ,f1 Iustort��place na3�i�tin zef�renee to t�ie�artu a e
F5 ' G`�m F tit q pr4 q r V� ds id `- +"7e`ky i
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Cojoradad Wyon and member olth Ta
Chief Friday Respected Arapaho Chief
Samuel H. Clammer Mayor, 10-27-13 to 4-9-18
George Glover" First Dean of Veterinary Medicine at CSU,
turn of the century to 1934
Tom Coffey City Manager, 10-1-65 to 6-12-72
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• Judge Claude Coffin Discoverer of Folsom site in northern Larimer County,
City Attorney 8-30-24 to 1-12-25
Major Roy Coffin Discoverer of Folsom site in northern Latimer County
Gumpy Crawford "FatFrer,Goose' wbrd`for tgDry re"off it a
k�'a p
game sK arden 12 a tl tst w ntx duce GanatG" o he
Feu.
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Douglas In re��4d1A a t �11 -
Lawrence DurrelI " CSU senior faculty member, scientist, very instrumental
in starting the Colorado Agricultural Research Foundation
which greatly added to the growth of the university, 1940's
James C. Evans Mayor, 4-16-1888 to 4-15-1889
Leonard & Katherine Franz Farmed in Fossil Creek area commencing in1882, later bought land
on corner of Harmony Road and Timberline Road; sold
Harmony/Timberline property in 1917 for construction of the
Harmony Store
Frank Ghent Charter member of City Water Board, 1963 to 1967,
Chamber of Commerce "Man of the Year" for 1982
Chester iAPgs Am
Bore fall maps lte `e"`
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Nancy,Gmy Served on Crty` o I from 90 i298Sertt:,`
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1984 d,1981$: e wq` he#r
Board ctgtglt the ra �
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Jack A. Harvey Mayor, 4-14-59 to 4-11-61
Clara Hatton* CSU Senior faculity member, early 1900's
Earl Hodges Fire Department, 1930's to 1950's
Benjamin Hottel Two terms as alderman, instrumental in bringing to Fort Collins its
first large industry, the sugar beet factory, 1890's
Miles House City Clerk, 8-16-37 to 12-31-68
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Kechtm btught niacm Fam, iniffinned thete fori l
J.A.C. Kissock Checked and audited city books, two terms City Council, father of
Fort Collinson Council • to 1
to • + C +..... � }.IY-i:i°ir`J:'Aii7-•Y"?CdSf� j,• i_X,Y+4 }. 111fl14�`{11e r 'Arai:' llaf!
Mayor,William B. Miner 1 '• to +
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Guy Palmes City Manager, r • to 9-15-61
Grace Espy Patton-Cowles First woman registered voter to Fort Collins - 1894;
State Superintendent of Public
Lorraine Quinn First woman council member 4-9-63 to 11-1-65
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Harry Smiley Manager and volunteer at museum,
• • to • 1
Elfreda Stebbins First Librarian
Librarian •r 28 years 1904 to 1932
Pauline Steele Community builder of the year; member election committee
George R•• -1 -a, &v6oped a positive
H pe Sylce's Teacher aC the Plumpae choiil„r to a d�Secon oet
amo oglea Ge
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Terry Lie )`n ScotJon
Ellen Thexton In charge of cultural and performing arts, 7-1-76 to
9-6-83
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• Mac V. Danford
2301 North County Road 11
Fort Collins, Colorado 80524
April 18, 2003
Ted Shepard
Chief Planner
Current Planning Department
City of Ft. Collins
281 North College Avenue
P.O. Box 580
Fort Collins, Colorado 80522-0580
Re: Renaming North County Road 11 - "Turnberry Road"
. Dear Ted:
Thank you for opportunity to expand on why the property owners on
North County Road are desirous of naming the road "Turnberry Road".
Most of us bought our property because we either wanted to live
immediately next to a golf course or in close proximity to a golf course, in
this instance the Ft. Collins Country Club. We believe our road should
recognize the area's devotion to golf.
We are recommending the name Turnberry for our road because of
the historic Turnberry Golf Links in Scotland, the birthplace of golf. It is
one of the best known golf courses in the world. Turnberry opened in 1906
and has been described as the "Pebble Beach of the British Isles". It has
hosted three British Opens, the first Ladies British Open Amateur , the
British Seniors Open, the European Open, PGA Match Play, and several
other major tournaments. It is best known for the 1977 British Open known
as the "Duel in the Sun" between Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson. Jack
Nicklaus played the Fort Collins Country Club a few years later in a
exhibition match for charity.
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The Tumberry course appears high on the list of every major world
ranking of golf courses. Tumberry is not a "target golf' course like many
Arizona courses, but a "links course" —much like our Fort Collins Country
Club. Our area and our golf course have spectacular views of the mountains,
while Tumberry has impressive views of Ailse Craig, a massive granite
dome rising from the sea.
We believe the name Tumberry would be impressive, suitable to the
area, and appropriate. Thank you and the Fort Collins City Council for
consideration of our request.
Sincerely yours,
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Mac V. Danford
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Lantls ape Are Fltecture Urban 0esl9n Planning
March 26, 2003
Ted Shepard
Fort Collins Planning Department
281 North College Avenue
Fort Collins, CO 80524
Dear Ted,
Re: Maple Hill (Gillespie Farm)—Street Names
The following are the proposed or existing Minor Collector Street names:
Maple Hill Road —new name
Maple Hill was based on a combination of topography, site vistas to the east and
natural elements/theme of maple trees such as the indigenous Bigtooth Maple.
Thoreau Drive— new name
Thoreau Drive continues the natural theme. Thoreau was a naturalist writer of the United
States and Canada during the 1800's and was a proponent of the natural surroundings and
the environment.
Forcastle Drive— existing street name
Country Club Road — existing street name
Barharbor Drive— existing street name
Please call if you have any further questions.
Yours Sincerely,
Louise Herbert
VF Ripley Associates.
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401 West Mountain Ave.Suite 201
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CONSTRUCTION COMPAIJ•
Ted Shepard
Chief Planner
Current Planning
City of Fort Collins
Post Office Box 580
Fart Collins,Colorado 80522
August 11,2003
Dear Mr.Shepard,
Please consider my request to add"Jerome"to the list of allowable names for arterial streets in the City of
Fort Collins. As the developer of Old Town North Subdivision,I sincerely desire to name the C*(."CrJA
mto the subdivision"Jerome Street". My reasons for this request are deeply personal,but the name
represents a man whose life was dedicated to public and community service,and the name is one worthy of
public accolades.
Saint Jerome lived in the third century BCE. He was a theologian and scholar whose inspired work of
translating Christian scripture from the original Greek and Hebrew into]stun(the common language of the
day)promulgated the spread of Christianity into Western Europe. I have attached a biography of his fife
for additional reference.
All of the named streets in Old town North Subdivision are in memory of theologians and scholars from the
Judeo-Christian tradition. Reading about the works of these men inspired me,as a developer,to attempt to
provide affordable starter hones in Old Town North.
Beyond my personal reasons to use this street name,there are several additional justifications for approving
my request. "Jerome Street'is not duplicated in the 911 calling area and this request has been reviewed
and approved by City staff.
Please forward my request to City Council for approval. I believe that"Jerome"will be a respectable
addition to the current list of al le names.
Sincerely
�onica Sweere
President
. Post Office Box 270053 Fort Collins,Colorado 80527-0053 (970)690-9069
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90myear-old:
`I've had such
a good life'
He sings, recites poetry, loves to
Philosophize and just plain enjoys life.
And what a life- he's had. At 90,
Arthur Collamer will launch into story
after story — with little prompting
about early days in the Fort Collins
area.
He seems to know everyone, old- •' ,..'
timers and younger folk alike. Col-
lamer's woodyard on U.S. 287 just around the bend from the"Y"at Colo-
�
rado 1 is a landmark of sorts.
"My daddy started selling wood
here 115 years ago," says Collamer
with a face as expressive as a theatri•
cal performer. His conversation is „
sprinkled with a generous amount of t
"honey dears" and-"ohhhs" as he
recalls memories with undiminished
enthusiasm. ""^`•x -
Collamer — "100 percent Republi-
and patriotic as ever — jumps j s
m one story to another at a pace
is difficult to sort out. But pieced
I
his life has gone sort of like
this:
He was born Nov. 5, 1893, "just
down the road a little" and raised in r••, a`Bellvue in a family of 10 children.His
roots go back to the British.Isles on • _ :,_�
both sides of the family- •!�, _ ....,,^..�._�.
But Collamer's ancestors moved to b
the Fort Collins area several genera- _ _ ,.: -
tions before he was born.His mother's
father was a bricklayer who helped t"'?°` � �- •y:�•„�,,,,�,�+�s " '�'
build Old Main, the oldest structure at
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/ / "entn•une the PlalforIll wet lo! en
•, �j..ands of Poudre, / alley Deve(f. ,pee that 1 t ,v ii rt n dlnrnlhnil in):
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w n built: I,i n in foci litxlc tl 1JF
A _ _ ton- c r b.^ .�zc ,end f! i , ,
hfoot of btmuttam an'enue, near they this 1 il ll r i 'Lion Iva cC n sat-
Bs FILANIC McCt I.fJ•A\D river bluffs. When Mr, blcAdaml when Lhr rail In ti aim wan u..e to
,5 i
Franlc Collamer lived long cnough decided to return to the East ho:i°11� w�k'� Ii fc 1. hPn utg
to
the small military Post of ,went to the bluffs bordering Fossil! the tr . \tr could see tile L,un
rmrr,.i. t. n the
buffs.
Ca see ry lip Collins grow into the. pros- I creek, five miles South of Fort Col-'1 faun a cu
a`!a` ore', t;,r, other :;lilt of the cal-
� Porous city of Fort Collins. R'hat lins, where he collected two sack .1.
he first saw as the swtc in g lc and fo. ow its Progress dew it!
P I Plains or smooth boulders containing fos- 1
I lands of what we call "pioneer f ails, which he took East and I sup-I the llnc Into tits valley, across the
idays" has become tho site of al pose they are now in museum col-;liver ana thin lip to the plr.[for nn.
'bustling city, center of several nR lectious. These boulders are of a'Nights when the train was late the
ricultural Interests. His f a L h e r, brown sandstone, looking like sun-I fu s[ evidenro o[ the aPPronch o[
Jacob Collamer, was one of that burned sand, each containing the thr t gun v,nnld be Lhe flash of the
'Mercer county colony that came shell of an old .mollusk. The;headh ht on the engine
+bf coming
from Pennsylvania to find homes, bluffs of Fossil creek still have�_blur that
hat, cut e.i the. Cop of dhfs. Always was a row off
in the West. The scouts for the many of these boulders, and the bluffs, .
young men and boys perched on
,colony came into the Cache la 'abating rock about them is filled
Poudre valley 1n 1868. Prominent with the relics of shell fish, and ;that raised Platform, and aln•among them were Jacob Collamer, sea ferns and other forms of life theft ,as a raising of togs and a
a;
.the Rev. W. T. McAdam,
cAda , A. A. Ed- of millions of ,years ago. shifting of bodies as f engine`
came into the station, foror S was I
Mercer and two others from ercer Joseph E. Shipler of the colony I dangerou i
s to legs to try to Sit out
county. They looked over lands in was the first town clerk of Fort I rho arrival. Frank Collamer was
I the state, selecting Fort Collins for Collins, a worker In hard wood, and
1 a frequent inentber of his gang.
their enterprises. Taking up ]ands the first furniture dealer 1n the where his w It and humor kept the
In the early 70's they Projected the.�',colony. Also, he was a noted hunt- boys in good humor. In fact, he
'Mercer ditch, which long was one an of the early days, his stories of
•.of the leading canal enterprises ofilencounters and near encounters I '
She valley. .'.Chis ditch was perhaps;'.with wild beasts still being told.at Iwaa almost responsible for then
`.fireside'gatherings. meetings as all liked to hear hi. -
Mr. Pew was not a member of comments and observations.
I ,I The accompanying article is the colony, coming to the West in-1. Put those days are gone, long
site of the last received by The �7), and the track over that blufl
dependently. For years he was a I •-
Express-Courier from Mr. Mr,- partner with Querin Shang In con-I,;`vas taken up many, years ago.
C Tuesday
who died in Denver ducting a meat market along Lin- Only in memory does it exist for
Tuesday night. In it he reveals J the old tuncis, and those memories
den street, had a large farm west,
{acme of his awn Uo;hood ex- iz the town, and was a leading cif-I;,always are%%ay, tale co k
pe uences, as well as the revel- '. 73y the w:a}', thn coterie. of Fr an6
1zen.
lertiats of Mr. Collamer' Thomas L. Moore was not a reel-I:cmicei ued ed the ntolon Incident
a _ _ "J�;tboce related reminds me, When
.half a mile west of what was dent of Mercer. buc was closely [Frank Stover employed a cleric in
halfkno as le 2 canal," which is 1 concerned in the affairs. of the his drugstore the first was Frank
Mercer ditch. Often he is;credited Stephenson, and the next Frank
now a main part of the Pleasant Iwith having been a member of the iTreffing'er, They established a
Valley and Lake Ditch system. The I colony, which he was not. Mr. pi.cccdent which was observed for
'scouts from Mercer arrived in Fort 1Moore was a prospector, scout, en
Collins in 1838, and in 1873 they ' many yearn, as assume
h the drug
gaged n, freightl::g contracts, tic- 1 slurs had to assmne the name of
were followed by the colonists who I er man, merchanC and farmer.
" �settled on lands west of Fort COL-
line. Frankone The ditch they projected was Many other'reat colonists front .There was a long list of them, and -
Mercer were locafrd here and were patrons wondered how Stover was
'beyond their means to finance, re-, I
maiming for man}' years in an till- lins'
responsible for n'.uch of Fort Col-(.'successful in getting so many of
main!eted r many
rho wale ring lins' Drogre•s but their names es- that name. One day in Portland,earl"p ', -
lands of the colonists. Eventual✓ cape sic, q'hcs .%o1e part of the Oregon, I saw one or ('nest cle teal
.. it was refinanced and completed
followers of thn Collamer party( and saluted hum as "hello, Frank:'I
bnl: in turn it gave way and was that came out n 1,d58 and returned '•My Value is not Frank." he said
in 1870 to settle hale, a.nd when I hesitated and sort of
merged into large• companies. i` '
Thus the Mercer colony became MV Llollainer bu"t a home in the. h ,cd and hummed, he went on:
only one of the pleasant memories western part of Fort Collins, and Oh, I know, I had to take that
of early days, the its inception was I there I met his sons, Frank and Stove when I went work for
11 a large part of the development of Jacob. They n ere boys in the 1: °.Duel in Fort Collinss." Which
-the ditches of the Cache la Poudre I early times. I did not know Frank I,sohved that Puzzle.
valley. as well as I did Jake. Both were 'There reflections came when I _
=' Of all the men who were connect concerned in our boyhood games, noticed that Frank Collamer hadl
cd with that colony, as I remen-
especially raids on watermelon jI died. When I saw him in Fort Ccl-
. i g
bar it, only A. A. Edwards is left Patches. I remember when Frankhas two months ao there was no
'The Part he has Morrison, the barber, lived in a intimation in his bearing and ap-
in the valley. was near,bnt
taken in the development of wel house at the coiner south of the Pearahce that his end
l First National bark location. One I was told that he had been in bad
knoo n wn to all residents for me to summer n and industries is too well summ he put in a garden there, health-for some-dre'e. So many
.. k the major vegetable being a large Pleasant recollections were called 1
'dwell on it. At that,he says he.was melon, near the northern fence of ill) by his death that I wond..r if
Ditty the "Idd member" of that his lot. We watched this melon other old timers have not recalled
scouting party that came into the grow from a little thing to a large sonic of them, and always with
valley in 1868. Among those who P
leasure.
their
wrote thr names in Ir.rge letters one, festooned with a fresco de
ne
on valley history were the Rev. W.j
T. McAdam, Joseph E. Shipler. Mr. �Lghnd gainedicmatun on its S . Ority Frgankafte Colr'
- -
Edwards, Hintzing P. Pew, Thom-I.lamer, Frank Watrous and myself I _
E as L. Moore, Jacob Collamer. In-I --note the number of Franks in l -
deed, it was a mark of worth to i the affair—went over the fence to have come from Mercer. :'cant' away the melon, only to dig
cover it was a pie melon, utterly v
The Rev. bar. McAdam was A;`unlit for food until cooked. Right ;
member of the scouting committee,( then I decided there ought to be11M�2,113. Frank A. Collamer, air. and
jater ' member oP the colony that a law cum elhn owers to mat]csettled here And finally beturned p g g 1ra. Arthur Collamer and Frank
the kind of melon In this case it Collamer, Jr., left Saturday morn-
to his former Pennsylvania Im...e. wnnid hece 1 v. r.w nm• from ...
Collamer recalls
---------• many, old times
�- 7- 7_5?' ayMARJIELUNDSTROM
T h e Of the Coloradoan
Arthur Collamer sits quietly each V"
day on a weathered wooden bench. 1
near North U.S. 287, seemingly Wiz:
readers unaware the parade of motorists
screechingg around the Wellington
"Y"curve near his woodyard.
)'/„ y¢ A straw cowboy hat shields the t
`////`/////Ilrj'I'y//�J///i summer sun from the tanned, I �
wrinkled face of the 84-year-old.As a
pickup rumbles into the driveway,
Collamer comes alive.
Dear Editor: "A beautiful day, a beautiful
day," he shouts as he springs from
I was glad to see in the Sunday the bench and rushes to meet his
edition of your newspaper that Mr. customer.
Arthur Collamer made the front Collamer has been at that
page. He deserves to be a front woodyard longer than most Fort
page personality. Collins residents can remember.
It must have been in 1949 that I He was first introduced to the
was the pledge trainer for our wood business in the late 1890s when,
fraternity.As such,I was liable for as a boy,he accompanied his father
all the vicissitudes ordinarily who hauled the U.S. mail.by team
heaped upon the lowly pledges in and wagon from Fort Collins to
MY charge. That evening studies Bellvue. On the return trip, he and ColcradOWl qt by gill Powell
became particularly boring and a his father would gather wood and
half-dozen stout lads (including a sell it to townspeople. ARTHUR�LLAMER
• couple of particularly vicious Today, Collamer does not gather lives day-to-day
linemen on the football wood anymore but does saw it
team) decided to take the pledge '" occasionally. And he still greets his
trainer for a ride. customers, most of them regular, he fishes out, some coins from his
We ended up in front of Mr. with the same enthusiasm as he did pocket.
Collamer's woodyard. I was nearly 50 years ago. "Now, this is Abraham Lincoln
honored to be so singled out for this He runs the woodyard practically and this is Thomas Jefferson...,"he
sacred mission but nevertheless alone, he said, with some help from says softly, dropping the coins in
Performed my role of, sturdy a nephew in Greeley. He said he her hand.
combatant diligently battling enjoys the work and has no time When he returns to the bench, his
against the inevitable. This, of schedule toadhere to, gaze becomes distant as he recalls
course, involved a considerable "I don't know anymore about what the early days of Fort Collins.
amount of halloo. Upon the I'll do from one day to the next," he Surprisingly, no trace of "those
boisterous conclusion of that said. "I'm just so happy I can do were the days"is apparent.
melee, my brave comrades sped what I can—as long as I can do it for "There is never a day so
off in their car. I lay there in the myself• wonderful as 1978," he said. "When
ditch gloriously battered and I like tobe independent." anybody talks about the good old
bruised raising a cloud of dust as I Nevertheless, Collamer said he slapped the dirt from my jeans enjoys meeting people daily and has days days, say, 'These are the good old
,I
contemplating the long walk back a long list of customers — perhaps
to Plum St. because he says he hasn't raised his Fort Collins has changed greatly
Mr. Collamer came out, wood prices in nearly four years. in 84 years,Collamer admits,but he
graciously inquired as to my "I get to talk to lots of wonderful shrugs it off by saying, "that's
health, chuckled a bit, got out his people," he said. "People going progress," and adds he is "very
car,and,in the middle of the night, through the country often stop to see proud"of the growth.
took that crazy college kid back to if I'm still around here.
his haven of restlessness. "This is a help-yourself outfit. I "Fort Collins is a nice place for
Even today,I have kind thoughts. kind of work as the spirit moves me people to live now," he said. "You
very often about that saintly man. — and the spirit doesn't move me can send your children to a
Ralph Baker very often,"he said with a laugh. university, and the growth gives
Fort Collins But Collamer does seem moved everybody a chance to get a good job
. to greet each customer who ambles at a good age.
into his woodyard.The conversation "That's something we didn't have
frequently is interrupted as he before. What we had was mostly
strolls out to greet his patrons. poverty."
Patting a small girl on the head,
•COLLAMER,P.A8,Col.1
Under Western Skies
By Ivy Leaming
Whatever the phrase "Good Frank bought a I917 Model--T ing cash and I was paid two tions in the grocery bcsines
Old Days" means to many of that didnt' have that high com- cents per chick to deliver we could buy in great quantit
us it certainly did not typify pression but it wouldnt' pull the them. This,gave me a profit of get a good discount, and sell of
"easy livin'" according to 77- hills as well. He gave that car nods rhea
year=dld Art. Collamer of Fort to me and bought himself a 1917 four cents per chick. The chick- g per. Many storekee:
Collins- The son of F.A. Colla- Dodge which had a lot more ens were one of my best profit ers bought their goods on creel
mer, storeowner, young Coils- - because they didn't have rear
Y g power. items because they weighed lit i cash and the higher p
me41tarted his own-business tle and they took little care on had to a r rice the
ca,In"'m rly. "THIS HELPED business the route. The demand was I pay as :reflected i
"In. my day," Collamer re- greatly,. too. Frank would take great, too." their charge for as:item.
flecfs,-"It was just taken for his car full of passengers and. The 'Collamer Brothers be- Cans of cream and bales
granted that a boy.was suppos- freight up the route one day, came an institution with the eo. the'No t the only cash fte¢
ed to-go.out on his own—make and.I'd load up my Ford and go( P the North Park people or F i
plc they served. "We'd be tale- .took this out to Laramie or Fo:
his own way in.,life: My broth- the next day. We usually pass- ing out a piece of thread for Collins` for them, sbmeflme
ers and I had a small garden ed each other on the road and this lady or that to match some crowding of our own apd:we milked cows this.gave people along our route g a bale of hay into
for dad..We sold-our produce on material far her. We'd deposit
p service every day. car seat. People who could a
a "strictlycash" basis, a ad checks n the bank,post the mail
"Of course people used to and bring in the groceries and ford it paid us for our deliver
everything was:kept.clean,-and wonder.how on.earth I got that services, but mostly they ju!
hired men>'
everything
Wanted b,buy from_ puny little Ford up oven:the While Collamer and his broth- continued to do business- wit
us becauee.dad insisfed,f h at hills with.so.much freight'"and us and we always knew we'
our cows;w}ice.�
inspectcii. . up to seven passengers but it er delivered for cash only it get our. money from a-Nort
"We were='trained., to sell really was no problem: The pas- was not "common for Parker."
something from the time we .sengers always got out and them to loan fare to a young
were 10 years old. Dad had a pushed'when we had trouble, man on his way to a job. "I feel TmRTY yKARS on the lin
wood yard that made quite a and of course Frank could hook kind of bad today about one in. brings back memories for Co
profit but when he got older he onto my Ford with his Dodge stance. This young fellow didn't lamer. Accidents on the roa
decided since we bays did most and pull me up a hill. That have a coat even, and he was were fairly common and mor
of the work he'd-turn it over to Ford could go places lots of going into North Park to work. than once injur or d y f n
us. That was one of ooc first others cars couldn't, too. It was I knew be didn't have a chance North Parkers made it to La.
businesses." built high up off the ground and in that country without decent amie on the Collamer •g
` could go over pretty rough clothes, so I went to a second "We never missed a i
IM WAS the first summer country not to mention some hand store and got him some North Park. Once we got ..augl
the Collamer brothers made a of the bridges they had in those clothes, but there wasn't a coat in a storm and had to spec
trip to North Park with a load days." available. I ended up giving him the night. We came out on tt
of passengers, fruits and vege- Collamer left the family en- the jacket to -the suit I was railroad tracks more than oec
tables every day. "We called terprise to join. the Army dur- married in.
this a stage 1m and those wonderful people foole which it was ing World War I. "I was paid ed out for us. One lady couldn
most people think was u s e d #23 a mouth to fight. the Ger= "PERHAPS there were mis- sleep until she heard- oar hor
but we didW have the coach mans and I saved all I could of livings about loaning faze and
back then. If we didn't use a that. I dfdn'tknow but what I son' Years after we w o but for 15 w we Passed through. Fran
car, we used a team and buck- was ed to save money as fire best driver around an
supposed ney close down the floe p e o p I e I was the best snow shoveler.
board set-up. The :first few you know. I spent as little as I were coming in with the $5 or
"We operated like this out
years la went into North Park, needed to and saved ttie rest. $10 that we'd loaned them. It IW4 when the Union Pacifi
we'd plan our first trip some- I thought that was how aper- helped us when we were forced took offense to our business. W
time between May 15 and June son was supposed to h a n d I e to open the Walden Cash Store began to concentrate on oc
1. The snow usually had the money." too. Fort Collins business and s
roads closed until then. The. Mustered out of, the service, `People told us we'd never be in time with our a P�
earliest we ever did et into the C Hamer found that he was g aging Poi
g able to operate a store on a cuts.
Park was May 13, one year. One of the few people in the cash basis, but we in a d e it "We really thought those wer
"Our trip took us to Laramie United States with operating work. North Parkerswere al- wonderful days, but today i
and then we took what we cash. "Money was tight NO- .ready paying us cash to bring the time to. live. With fnsid
called the BozwvU Road into body had cash and everything in their haying season grocer- plumbing and all the COnOen
the Park. Woods Creek Pass was mortgaged. B e c an s e I ies, and this made it easier for ences, I'm not sure all the of
wasnt' built then but the road bought and sold things on a them. Because of our cornice. days were all that "good.' '
in was tricky enough. cash basis I found my business,------
"We were really in business was very much in demand of-(
when we got our first Model-T ter the war. `
Ford. It only took us six to
nine hours to make the cram- "PEOPLE OFTEN wonder-
plate trip, then, compared to ed where I got my cash, too.
two or three days by team. We Of course, when I delivered
had a 1916 Model-T with a high something I received cash for,
compression engine and a brass it, but the biggest help was the;
radiator. This car worked pret. discount I got from the whole•j
ty welt;but it had to be crank- saler when I paid cash for an
ed and.because of t he high item. For instance, people in
compression was known t o North Park wanted baby chicks j
break a man's arm just getting for their ranchyards and to pro-
it started. Luckily Frank and vide fresh eggs- I got a two
I didnt' have these problems. cent per chick discount for par
he wood from these people and lu'#
rMls it to owners of fireplaces and s, '
wood-burning stoves. He used to go into i
the mountains to chop and haul the wood
himself,but advancing age forced him to
retire from the hauling end of the busi- Art Collamer's wood business began in 1900 in Ft.Collins.
ness. Nevertheless,business is booming
for this 92-yearold entrepreneur as more stoves as energy-efficient sources of heat. Bellvue north of Ft. Collins in Pleasant to Fort Collins as a war hero and disabled
and more people turn to wdod-burning Collamer was bom in 1893 near' Valley. He was the seventh child of veteran. Despite his disability,he stayed
Frank and Achsah Alice Collamer,eariy active in the wood and stagecoach
pioneers in Latimer County. His parents businesses.
r established two grocery stores and the
a"�g ! woodyard around 1900. The girls helped In 1922, exactly four years after his
in the grocery stores, and the boys war injuries, Arthur married Eloise
ti worked the woodyard. Arthur and his Mossman, a childhood friend who be-
brothers cut, stacked and hauled the came his devoted wife and sweetheart.
wood with horse and wagon, and then They never had children of their own,but
u ; delivered it around town to their many they gave many woodcutters money to
APARTMENTS customers. They also used their wagon to pay for their new babies.
deliver hay and grain and haul freight.
After the stage line closed in the 1930s,
WASHER & DRYER Arthur delivered milk at five-cents a Art and his brother Frank operated a
l quart. Texaco gas station. At that time gas sold
MICROWAVE
But groceries and wood weren't enough for 17 cents a gallon for white gas and 19
FIREPLACE - to keep this energetic family busy. Next cents a gallon for ethyl.
they established a stage line through
Featured in every unit along with pri- northern Colorado and Wyoming. Art The 50s and 60s were the happiest
vate balconies, air conditioning, pool and his brother Frank drove a four-horse times of Art's life. His Eloise was still in
and tennis courts. Try our lifestyle, it's stagecoach. Typical passengers were good health. For seventeen years she had
an exciting new way to enjoy life. cowboys, ranch hands, lumbermen and supervised the Fort Collins High School
railroad fie cutters. After completion of cafeteria. Mrs. Collamer was the moti-
- Senior Citizen Discounts - 24-Hour the railroad made the stage line obsolete, vating factor of Art's life until her death in
• Handicapped Accessible Maintenance the Colhtmers began an automobile route. 1979. This staunch pioneer managed to
Units • Move-In Discounts Passengers for this newer transportation overcome his grief and has continued
• Large Greenbelt Area Available service were schoolteachers, law- alone for the past seven years,still finding
g yers and early-day business people. One joy in life,love in people and activity in
with Volleyball Court his wood business.
car which did especially well on those
unpaved mountain roads was a huge
Spl'CIaIS Buick Roadmaster. The Collamers ran
Still sharp and alert, Art could attrib-
493-303 age service 0 their stage until 1934. ute his longevity to abstinence from
Available NOwI liquor and tobacco. Whatever his secret,
700 E. Drake Rd. A veteran of World War I,Arthur was I congratulate him on a long,fascinating
Professionally Fort Collins, Colorado severely wounded on September 29, life. I offer him the same blessing he gives
Ur Managed by M-F 9-6pm; .Sat. 10-5pm 1918, by shrapnel which damaged his me when I leave his home: "May the
rC U.S. Shelter Corp. Sun. 1 2-5 . . . . . legs and hip. Still a bachelor,he returned Lord take a liking to you"
2e September t9a6 ey t d Ir Q
k Y .
Be
The Woodman of Ft ' Collins t try Arine
Ahlbrandt
"Top of the momin'to you"'Arthur
Collamer greets me whenever I stop by
his house in Ft.Collins for a visit: In these ' ua
troubled times when men half his age
lament the loss of community and old- 3•
fashioned values, W. Collamer greets r k
each day as one full of hope and poW-
btlity. z
Despite the fact that he has been t „_
robbed and beaten, Collamer shill trusts
his fellow man and firmly believes that
this is the best of all possible'wodds.He
has a good philosophy,thinks positively
and loves life:
Carrying on a family tradition,Collamer
sells firewood. Woodcutters bring wood
and poles to his century-old, iwo-story
•.;
frame house near the junction on the ..
north edge of Fort Collins. Collamer
buys the wood from these people and I i1
resells it to owners of fireplaces and f
t �
wood-burning stoves. He used to go into =
the mountains to chop and haul the wood
himself,but advancing age forced him to - -@ =•• m
retire from the hauling end of the busi- Art Coflamer's wood busutesa began in 1900 in Ft.COMM
ness. Nevertheless,business is booming
for this 92-yearold entrepreneur as more stoves as energy-efficient sources of heat.= Bellwe north of Ft. Collins in Pleasant to Fort Collinsas a war hero and disabled
and more people turn to wpod-buming 'Collamer was born in 1893 near Valley. He was the seventh child of veteran. Despite his disability,he stayed
_ Frank and Achsah Alice Collamer,early active in the wood and stagecoach
pioneers in larimer County. His parents businesses.
established two grocery stores and the
woodyard around 1900. The girls helped In 1922, exactly four years after his
in the grocery stores, and the boys war injuries, Arthur married Eloise
worked the Woodyard. Arthur and his Mossman, a childhood friend who be-
I_� prothers cut, stacked and hauled the came his devoted wile eetheart.
wfwA with horse and waeon. and then They never had childrenol 4rown,but
'Pappa Goose' gave Fort Collins its symbol
By Daniel Thomas Crawford became a Colorado Wildlife Con-
Staff Writer servation Officer in 1942.From then on,he no
He is called"Pappa Goose." - longer hunted.He worked as a game warder
. Gurney Crawford,11,is a friend of the wild r F" r-
throughout the state andcame toFort Collins
goose. In the workshop of his Fort Collins /` in 1947.
home,he builds special nests for the birds he In 1951, Crawford led a movement to es-
has grown to respect and love. tablish the Wellington State Wildlife Area
He is the man mainly responsible for bring- �.. east of Wellington.He and loc al businessmen
ing the wild geese to the Fort Collins area. and hunters pooled their resources to buy 8C
It's what I live for—these birds,"Craw- acres of land where wild game birds could be
ford says. provided resting and nesting cover. They
Ironically, Crawford started out as a bird then turned the project over to the Division o!
hunter. Growing up on a Kansas farm, he ('gyp Wildlife.
was"a huntin' fool." CITY OF FC COLLINS The Wellington State Wildlife Area now
During the 20s and 30s, he trained "call covers 1,300 acres and is a popular area with
ducks."Just as a Judas goat leads sheep to hunters.
the slaughter, a call duck attracts other "I've eaten my share of crow—that's for - Crawford's interest in geese began in the
ducks to the hunter's blind. sure,"he boasts. spring of 1957,when Jack Grieb,present di-
Crawford began hunting birds for the Col- After killing the birds,he would dress them rector of the Division of Wildlife,brought 11
orado-Division of Wildlife in 1938. Using and promote their human consumption. goose eggs to Crawford's home and said.
homemade bombs, he killed hundreds of "I fed crow to(Colorado)Gov.Ralph Carr Hatch'em,Gurney."
magpies and crows, birds considered pests onetime,"Crawford recalls."Crow is pretty - *see page eight
at the time. - good.They taste like duck."-
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gee"in Miller's backyard.Miller has turned his property Into a
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"I had some bantam chickens at the tune," attract,the-birds to their property. Perched
Crawford recalls."I put one egg under each on six foot high poles,his nests are popular
hen.I managed to get seven young ones.The with geese in Larimer, Weld and Boulder
bantams thought it was great. counties.
"That was the beginning of the goose pro- Crawford also enjoys visiting the home of
ject," he continued. "The next year, I got Alvin and Enid Miller west of Fort Collins.It
bigger chickens and put foureggs under each is no wonder.The Millers have turned their
hen." yard and private lake over to geese and
But just raising geese was not enought for ducks.
Crawford.He thought of a scheme to attract "It is a playground for geese," Crawford
flocks of wild geese to the Fort Collins area. says.
Grieb and C.E."Smokey"Till,then northern The Millers host as many as 1,000 geese at
regional manager with the Division of Wild one time.During hunting season,they offer
life,told Crawford to go ahead. their property to the birds as refuge,feed-
With the help of Fort Collins area ing them 100 pounds of corn and milo each
businessmen, farmers and irrigation com- day.
pabfes,he attracted the birds to the region. With the help of local veterinarian Larry
Crawford said,"These people let the geese Butterfield, they care for birds injured by
have a chance. The irrigation companies careless hunters, hunters too far away to
provided the lakes and reservoirs.Farmers make a kill but close enough to maim.
provided good cooperation.Some business- Crawford knows the ways of the wild geese
men donated grain bins.A trucking company well. - - -
hatiled in grain for free." "The goose is a very smart bird,"he says.
Since then, majestic formations of wild "They're family birds. They talk to each
geese have been a.common sight in the au- other by their honking. They mate for life.
tumn sky. The older they get,the more attached to each
Although Crawford retired in 1972,he con- other they become.I've seen them fly around
tinues to promote the preservation of the wild for 30 days,looking for a mate that has been
goose.Because of his efforts,he was honored shot. This is the sad part about hunting
with the American Motors Conservation geese."
Award in 1973. - To Gurney Crawford,geese are somethi- -
"I just couldn't quit working," he said.`I special.
enjoy it.It makes a difference if you're doing "There is something about them that ._.
something you like." special. They can be friends to human be-
Since last summer, he has built 53 goose ings. If you're nice to them, they're nice to
nests of his own design for people who want to you."
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Gurney I. Crawford is shown in 1978 with displays of geese he helped bring here.
`Father Goose' Crawford dead
A e Color do HALL closed an area from Wyoming to Loveland and the
The Coloradoan Continental Divide to Interstate 25 to goose hunt-
Gurney I- Crawford, a retired wfldlife biologist ing. A second hatching was more successful with
who helped bring geese to the Fort Collins area 25 this Protection. By 1950 the-goose population was
Years ago, died Saturday, March 31, 1984, at Pon- about 60, Crawford estimated at the time.
dre valley Hospital. He was 80 years old. - The numbers grew rapidly after that with the
_ A private funeral is planned, with burial in help of incubators, as well as the assistance of
Grandview Cemetery. .local government officials, sportsmen and land-
Crawford worked as a game warden and biolo- owners,and by 1978 there were 4,000 to 5,000 geese.7 .v
gist for the Colorado Game, Fish and Parks Mr. Crawford was born Oct. 19, 1903, in Salina,.
Department (now the Division of Wildlife) from Kan.
1938 to 1972. He acquired the nickname "Father He married Catherine Copps Goose" for his work in helping to establish geese 28, e m She survives. in Boulder on Jan.
heIn the late re. Mr. Crawford had lived in Colorado since 1934
Fort Collins, exc except for a weren't
few that would stop and
In addition to hisince
work with Game, Fish and
briefly on their migration to New Mexico. Craw- "Parks he was a consultant for Platte River Power r`
ford started his project by hatching goose eggs Authority.
with his pet Bantam hens.Goslings developed,but Other survivors are two sisters, Margaret Bur.
they didn't live very long. ford of Santa Ana .Calif., and Ruth Glasgow of
Then the Game, Fish and Parks Department Sacramento, Calif.'
'Pioneer Giddings looks back on old days of Fort Collins
G .
Ralph L. Giddings,81, now in Columbine Can Center, While Ralph was just a toddler, he was at his Uncle
n has two claims to fame.He is the son of the first white child George Giddings'home on Lincoln St.for dinner one Sun-
J,
rn born in Fort Collins and he has the distinction of being day when a neighborhood boy enticed him across the rail-
spanked by Aunty Stone. road tracks, which was forbidden territory. Says Ralph,
CM "Aunty Stone caught me and gave me a couple of pate--
Ralph's mother, Agnes Mason Giddings,was born Oct. she didn't hit me very hard.
m 31, 1867,in the Aunty Stone cabin on the old fort site.Her
father was Augustine Mason,brother of Joe Mason who is He then continued to describe Aunty Stone as a"large
responsible for the present location of Fort Collins.Mason woman, raw boned, quite stern, and she was quite old at
St. is named for the family. that time. The fact of the matter is she died a few months
later."
�2 Commenting on his great - uncle, Joe Mason, Ralph
w Giddings says,"You know the soldiers ran across him down Ralph and Lucile Schmitt (who was born in,Denver in
wthere in the river bottom;they'd been flooded out at Laporte 1894)were married in Colorado Springs in 1917 and spent
¢ and were looking for a newcamp.When they ran across Joe 40 years on the Giddings ranch they called Fair Acres
down there,he said,'Well,get the hell up there on the hill northeast of Fort Collins. Mrs. Giddings died August 5,
and build your place;and they had sense enough to do it." 1974.
Agnes Mason Marries Their daughter, Peggy Jane, is recreation area super-
Agnes Mason was married to Chester Giddings on visor for Portland,Ore.,and their son,Ralph Jr.,is head of
Christmas Day,1888.Chester was born in Warren County, the engineering department in the junior college at Jack-
Ill.,but came with his parents to Fort Collins in 1883 when sonville,N.C.He and his wife Faye have four children and
he was 16. — one grandchild.
(-,ic�lt-nn S
Chester A4ason wA a successful farmer in the Boxelder Played Football
Valley six miles northeast of Fort Collins.Watrous,in his Ralph was a 1916 CSU graduate in animal husbandry;
History of Lorimer County states that the secret of his played guard and tackle on the football team, and as a
success "is that he is a thoroughly practical farmer and hammer thrower says,"My weight was 165 pounds and I
when there is work to do he does it...instead of spending his beat the 200 pounders -- I would throw the 16 - pound
time in town talking politics or playing seven-up with the weight around 170 feet." The Chester Giddings family ,
boys" lived at 704 W. Mountain Ave.during the winter so their
children could attend school.
Agnes and ChesterGiddingshadtwochildren--adaugh-
ter Melissa and Ralph,born Feb.1, 1893.Melissa married Mr. Giddings remembers the first car he bought was a
Richard McCoy of Denver and spent most of her life in 1909 Cadillac. "It was a four cyclinder touring car," he
Portland,Ore.,although she and her husband are buried in explains;"that is,when it came it had no top and we put on
Fort Collins. a canvas top." Ralph Giddings as a small child
Eirrly resident c e ` he=re in a ba*el
r-- Editor's note: The following der,and moved west to Fort all the way from the Missis-
rn is based on the recollections Collins in 1883. The trip was sippi River to the Great Salt
of the writer's father, Ralph by emigrant train. Lake.
r Leander Giddings Sr., who Loren and Leander Gid- The emigrant train, how-
N was born in Fort Collins in dings were particularly ever, is unknown to the ma-
a1893 and died here in 1974. closd. They married sisters jority of Americans today.
(Elizabeth and Addie Staf- After the completion of the
By Ralph Leander Giddings ford),and their burial plots in transcontinental railroad in
Jr. Fort Collins' Grandview 1869, the railroads needed
For the Review Cemetery are side by side.It business along the way.That
is from Uncle Leander that required that the open spaces
My Grandfather, Edwin my father and I get our mid- between the Mississippi and'
w Chester Giddings—known as dlename. the Pacific be settled.
> "E.C."or"Chet"—was born In the writings of the set- - In addition, the land grant ,.
w in Warren County, Ill. on tlement of the West, stories railroads had vast amounts
cc March 7, 1867. are plentiful about the wagon of land for sale, and they
In 1881 the family moved to trains, as on the Oregon needed farmers and stock-
Taylor County, Iowa, where Trail. Likewise it is not too men for customers. Hence
his parents, Loren Giddings hard to find records and for a decade or two in the
and Elizabeth Stafford Gid- photographs of the Mormon 1870s and 1880s, there were
dings,engaged in farming. handcart companies; those the emigrant trains.
After two years in Iowa, hardy saints who walked, To secure future business,
Loren followed the example pushing their worldly pos- the railroads offered to move
of his younger brother,Lean- sessions along in handcarts, families of settlers to these 1
open lands in the West at re-
duced rates on special trains.
These emigrant trains were f}
mixed trains, consisting of
both freight cars for belong-
ings and passenger cars for
people. -
Each family had a boxcar The Giddings Family in 1884:Frank,(left,rear).E.Chester,Ette,Claude,S.Ralph,Addle(front,
which carried all their pos- left),Elizabeth,Ina,Loren,and Phebe.
sessions,while the individual Trunks would contain and household goods. items such as a milk stool,
family members rode in one extra clothing. The familyFarming tools might have pails, pitch forks, hoes, an
for of the coaches.Special rates Bible,a few other books,and included a wagon,a walking axe, shovels, a broom, and
new some groups are not. some special pictures-were plow,a one-row cultivator,a the like would have been in-
While I have no inventory there.Boxes and barrels con- seeder, a grindstone, and
of the things that my Great tained kitchen equipment perhaps a buggy. Small * see page 3A
Grandfather Loren and his
family brought to Fort Col- I
lins,the list is not too hard to
imagine.
It would have included fur-
niture, personal and house-
hold effects, farming equip-
ment, and livestock. .. e
Particular items would I
vary from family to family, f
but a typical list of furniture -
might have included a table
and chairs, a chest of draw-
ers, some bed steads, and
heddiug.
7- 77
••••••o9eo*e••••••Everybody -had a box car
*from page 2A
Livestock had to be fed and mother, and his eight chil- and was caught outside of his
cluded as would a harness the cows had to be milked dren.The children—in order barrel.
and a churn. along the way. Likewise, of age,—were Etta(18 at the Loren had to buy a ticket
The livestock was placed at meals for the family were time), my grandfather, E. for him from Greeley to Fort
one end of the box car, and often carried along. Chester (16), Claude (13), Collins. In the words of my
would likely have consisted To care for the livestock Frank (11), S. Ralph(10), grandfather, he "rode the
of a cow or two,a pig,a team and to keep an eye on things, Addie(7),Phebe(4),and Ina last 28 miles on the cush-
of work horses,sometimes a one member of the family (1). ions."
riding horse,a crate of chick- was allowed to ride in the box Although I have no list of Loren's brother, my
ens,and often a dog and cat. car as a caretaker.The rest his expenses, individual great-great-uncle, Leander,
Livestock feed for the trip of the family had individual fares from Iowa to Fort Col- who had preceded them
(lasting at least three or four tickets and rode in a coach lins on an emigrant train here, was feeding the train
days) had to be carried, al- attached to the train. would have been on the order crews in Fort Collins at the
though water could be ob- My great-grandfather had of$25 a person. The box car time,so the conductor would
tained along the way. Steam a large family.In addition to was perhaps another$300. have known who the family
locomotives had to stop every himself and his wife This, together with other was.
hundred miles or so for Elizabeth, there was Phebe necessary expenses of the Perhaps he was not too
water. Morey Giddings,his widowed trip plus money needed to get hard on Leander's nephew
started in Colorado would when he was apprehended as
have required a lot of money, a stowaway on an emigrant
particularly for those times. train bound for Fort Collins.
In order to save one fare, I believe that I am the only
my grandfather,who was the resident of Fort Collins
oldest boy;was hidden in a whose ancestor traveled here
barrel and loaded into the box inabarrel.
car as"household goods."
While the train was in mo-
tion he was safe,and could be
let out of the barrel by the
person riding as caretaker.
At stops,however, when the
train was"subject to inspec-
tion by the railroad conduc-
tor,he had to get back into the
barrel.
All went well until they got
to Greeley. There, probably
during a long layover waiting
for the train to Fort Collins,
Grandad got a little careless,
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y SALLY BRIDGES
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Longtime community leader and fomnrFort Collins Mayor l`&Ua CM died Monday afternoon surrounded by her
husband,Bill, and her three children.
Cqy faced slc&t the same way ale approached life—with gusto, vigor,honesty and a wonderful sense of humor,her
friends and family said Tuesday.
"She had no regrets,"her daughter Sarah SClisy said."She's always done everything she wanted to.I think that's the
message that she gave to me:Live my life to the fnllest„
NAY Gray.69,was diagnosed with cancer about a month ago after returning from a vacation in Turkey.Her daMh
happened much faster than anyone expected.
On Thursday,about 50 friends gathered for a party in her honor,longtime friend and party host 1`=y Hanford said.
"She had really been looking forward to it,"Hanford said. "We were just so pleased to be able to do it.We didn't
know we had so little time."
AftNancy gay was elected to the Fort Collins City Council in 1973 and 1977 and served as mayor in 1980 and 1981. She
also served two teens on the Poudre Valley Hospital Board and eight years on the Northern Colorado Water
Conservancy Board She also served as an interim member of the school board.
She was a mentor to young women and someone who could separate the person from the issue. She wasn't afraid to
take a position,farmer mayor Ann Azan said.
"I've known her for at least 30 years,and Nmry always had a positive approach to life," Azari said"She championed
our community and all the people."
Former mayor Ed Stoner credits Qmy with getting him involved in politics.She appointed him to the city's Planning
and Zoning Board.
"No Realtor was ever put on the P and Z board before;Stoner said."Contrary to what people think she was very
pro-btrs ms and pro-environment:they are not mutually exclusive. She was very insightful,and she will be missed."
State Sem Peggy Reeves,D-Fort Collins,was elected to the City Council in 1973,the same year as 9m.The two
remained friends and got together with a group of friends for dinner each month.
"To some degree,Nina was almost bigger than life."Reeves said"She just didn't do staff half way.Her enthusiasm
for life was just so contagious that the people around her would become more involved.She could speak her mind and
cut to the issue at hand"
This past weekend,as Nancy Cuay's health began to fail,family members read numerous letters of support that ant
and the family received during the past few weeks from Fort Collins residents,Sarah_i y said.
"We have been overwhelmed with the outpouring of support from friends and people who knew my mom,"she said
Hospice of Latimer County helped(3my and the family prepare for the death•Sarah GGrr y said.
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350 attend service honoring G r a 's life
y DAVID PERSONS
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More than 350 people—including numerous local business leaders,politicians,educators and friends—poured into
the Lincoln Center on Friday Tnosning to observe a"celebration of life"service for Nancy Sr. u.
l J[G y,69,a former Fat Collins mayor and longtime prominent community leader,died June 18,two months
afterbeing diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Her husband,Bill Gray.thanked the audience and the community for its caring response,saying it has overwhelmed
his family.
Ile joked that his wife would likely have reacted a bit differently from the attention.
"Knowing Nancy,had she known about all this caring,she might have opted to die sooner,"be said as the audience
laughed heartily.
When the crowd quieted down,Bill CM explained that it was his wife's wish that the"celebration not be overly
solemn or a religious service.
"She wanted a little humor in it."
And so it was.
The Rev.Robert Geller,who helped officiate the service,
called Nancy QTA j+ a"caring,joyful,powerful lady who was only on earth for 17 birthdays ... if you've done your
math"
The audience laughed again as it realized Nancy gays birthday—Feb.29, 1932—was Leap Day.
Bill =then highlighted his wife's life from childhood to her teen-age years to adulthood.He recalled meeting her in
Chicago,where she was a nurse.
lie recalled the decision to marry her by quoting a Greek philosopher: "Marry a good woman and you'll be happy.
Marry a bad one and you'll become a philosopher.
"I have been very happy,and I've been a bit of a philosopher."
Bill goy told of moving the family to Fort Collins in 1961 and renting a duplex on Remington Street He also revealed
how a tragic event—the crib death of the couple's second child—became the turning point in his wife's life.
"When our child died,it affected both of us,"he said. "But it affected Nancy particularly.She became rather depressed
and visited the cemetery often_But it was not just the baby.She had all this energy and talent inside her,and she was
restricted to the house(to be a housewife)."
Bill SAX said that a short time later,his wife joined The League of Women Voters and the Democratic party.Beau:
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07.07.2001 Fort Collins Coloradoon A-Section Al A2 — Former mayor celebrated with
was so at ease meeting people and so knowledgeable,Bill Qy said,she was eventually talked into running for
Wily Council. She won in 1973.
"When she was sworn in with Bill Lopez and Peggy Reeves—Mabel Preble was already on the council—it put three
women on the City Council for the rust time ever,"he said. "Obviously,everything was going to hell
The audience,many of whom were women wearing hats in honor of Nancy-(!My.renowned for her hats,roared in
laughter.
Bill CM recotmted how his wife,who at 5-foot-1 I stood eye to-eye with many men "caused quite a rucirue when
she was named to the Northem Colorado Water Conservancy District's board of directors and"btolm up the good of
boys club."
He concluded the hour-long service by citing some of his wife's favorite sayings.They included:
n"Never take no for an answer."
n"I know I'm right even if I'm wrong."
n"Anyone who can successfully conduct a birthday patty for a 4-year-old can run Fort Collins."
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HATS ON TO GRAX:A group of women wears hats Friday at the memorw service for former Fort Collins Mayor
Nancy Qy at the Lincoln Center.Qy was known to wear many different hats.V.Richard Ham The Coloraodan
Cancer diagnosis couldn't stop her
•y DAV1D PERSONS
DavidPersons@coloradoan.com
The service to celebrate the life of Nancy_cj=on Friday evoked lots of fond memories,praise and gratitude from those
who attended.
Cny,a former city mayor,politician,community leader,businesswoman and mentor for women,died June 18 from
cancer.
John Pfeiffenberger,a former newspaper editor and publisher who now coordinates marketing for the Senior Center,
remembered how gracious and dedicated-Cm y was to the end.
"She was still committed to the community,even after her diagnosis,to make things better,"Pfeiffenberger said "She
was on a committee at the center to help as through the accreditation process.
`Two weeks after her diagnosis,she was still at a committee meeting ...to do what she had committed herself to do ...
to finish her wait on the committee.
"It's harts for as to imagine that,in the last month of her life, she was thinking about her community."
Susan Kirkpatrick,a former Fort Collins city councilwoman and mayor,said she wished she had been born as tall as
the 5-foot-11 QM.
"Nancy bad such a physical presence,"Kirkpatrick said-"When she would come into a room,she would make such an
entrance.She was just a big person and she used it well.
"She was very important to me.1 thought she had so many qualities to imitate ... especially in terms of
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Here,a what others had to say:
"She had the most infectious laugh. You could be in an argument or debate with her,and she would laugh ... and you
just could never get upset with her.
"She had a wonderful mind and was a very ballulced city councilperson.She always had the city's best interest in mind
And above all,she listened to both sides of any issue."
—Bob Everitt,dcvcloper
"She was such a great confidante.And she had such a keen intellect to analyze things.I remember when I appointed her
to the water conservancy district,she cuumly changed how thoae people looked at bungs ... with her questions."
—District Court Judge John-David Sullivan
"When I first ran for the school board,I went to Ng=to advise me.Naturally,she did.It's something I remember
fondly."
—State Rep.Bob Bacon,D-Fort Collins
"She appointed me 21 years ago,and I just got back on the board again.I'11 always see her as my role model:
Mary Carlson,Parks and Recreation advisory board member
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HUSBAND SPEAKS:Bill Qy,husband of the late Nancy S:zaX,does a Power Point presentation on the life of his
wife,former Fort Collins mayor ley SUy.during Friday's celebration of life memorial service at the Lincoln
Center.In the back is a photo of Nancy Q=-
V.RichardHaro/The Coloradoan
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05.07.2001 Fort Collins Coloradoan Opinion A6 — Gray had style, Eats and heart of
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ra had style, guts and heart of gold
Nancy guy was a member of City Council when I was hired as city manager, so we worked together for several years.
We had our differences the first couple of years and her first year as mayor,but those finally made the relationship
strong.She made me better by he challenges.qutsdons,suggestions,even ugumm Lou,we laughed about the
arguments but mostly about how she maneuvered me,and she accused me of don' g so as well
A couple of weeks ago,I was told NaM was ill.`Terminal,"they said.I vowed to call.She was special to me and I
wanted to say so.But I delayed,pondering how to say she was special and appreciated,without saying'2 know."She
would have handled it well,and would have laughed at the irony of my discomfort when site was the one who was ill.
She had great style.As city manager,my office faced the front door.When she was coming to visit,td look out the
window to see how she was coming.If I saw her pedaling her bike hard and wearing a hat,I knew she was coming
with a mission and I was in trouble.I only hoped that I could accommodate whatever she wanted,otherwise it would be
a long,hard day.
The hat said she was ready to do battle,to nm me over if reed be,to fight the good fight for what she believed in.
Often,she came knowing the arguments against what she wanted,knew that some of the other camcil members
opposed her,but she wanted to make the arguments for her position and she wanted to hear those against—figuring
other councilmembers had communicated their points to me,which was often true.She figured I would communicate
hers back,also true.
Then we stood and talked about the issues.She had an interesting power habit of reducing her height so she could look
me level in the eye.She would stick are leg out to the side and then pivot her hip out the other side,as if she were a
•Third World woman about to ride a child on that hip,and in so doing,lower her height a few inches.The trove gave
the messages I'm trying to get down to your level,and look you in the eye to make sure you're truthful,and I'm not
Hying to intimidate you though you know I could."
At one of the fast council meetings I attended,she showed her strength and level of concern for the little people.Some
nonprofit from Denver was seeking permission to sell candy door-to-door to benefit a low-income minority juvenile
home.She leaned over the council dais and pointing a finger at the sponsor,said,'Trn onto you birds.' and then
proceeded to tell them how she knew they were using these minotitykids to raise money with a veiled threat.She didn't
want the kids used and she didn't want her citizens abused.
She fought for many improvements that Fort Collins enjoys today.The trail system,the Lincoln Center,library,lower
electric rates,a stronger economy and protected environment,and better development standards—the kinds of things
that would be called sustainable quality of life today.Her arguments with one developer at council meetings on his
proms were so lengthy it led to the city abandoning verbatim minutes.She helped strengthen the Fort Collins
dation and founded a company that would help women who volunteered do similar work and get paid for it.
Her work behind the scenes with other counciimembets,forging deals and compromises,while fighting for her
interests,helped everyone to get at least some of what they each wanted and helped build the high quality community
that everyone now enjoys.
Nancy was a complete package.A total n.A wonder and a delight.She was one of those people without whom
life would have been much less memorable and far less fun.
John Arnold is a former city manager of Fort Collins. A celebration of Namy Q 's life will be at 10:30 a.m.Friday at
the Lincoln Center_
John Arnold
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LYMAN NICHOLS
Made the model warship in the World Wars ease at the far end of the
mezzanine floor. He made it during several years' work after service
as an infantry officer in the First World War.
For more than 40 years he has devoted his life to the making of
reticles. These are etched pieces or small plates of glass, marked
by means of acid. He has made many thousands of them.
They are used in the scanning of documents to detect forgeries;
in telescopes, rifles and transits; and for microscopic measurements
of many kinds.
They have been used in bomb sights in planes of the U.S. Air
• Force, and on the Skylab space mission of 1973. Another of Mr. Nichols '
specialties is micro-writing; one example is the Lord ' s Prayer inscribed
in a space equivalent to the head of a pin.
was born inMr. Nichols spent his early years inaNewhJersey,,A Whilel895 working
in a New York bank he became interested in microscopic studies and
Joined the New York Microscopical Society. His career in the field
began In the early 1940s after watching the work of a friend who had
helped solve the Lindbergh baby kidnap-murder case4by means of micro-
scopic examination of the handwriting on documents.
He made many of his reticles for use on Army Air morps bombers
ang U.S. Navy aircraft during the Second World War, and continued
similar work for many years afterward.
Weary of the rush and bustle of New York City, Mr. Nichols and his
wife came here in 1951 and made their home on Lindenmeier road on a hill
overlooking Long Pond. He still .lives there ( in early 1982) , his wife having died several years ago.
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Franklin Pierce Rudolph wes born e x
ary 25,1861 in Montgome 'County'
see.He came to Lanmrtr Cgiinpy
Maggie,and six children�414farc
train. Julia, his first
tuberculosis.Since one son
the family moved to Colorado for
Franklin bought the Heff)ebovr
three miles east of Fort CoII'ms on iti
14. During World ,War I,..he bougbti.,t "Ninny"Belle in Tennessee where"Ninny"
had an honored meaning.She worked in the
acres,Trogl a 80 across the road the Bnahti'€"ll tlo= 1�' Children's Department at the Ft. Collins
acres,and the Slockett place whewhe•built ' Library. In 1944, she married Roy Hice,
the three silos.This road was known as Three .
Silos Road for many years even after tha ; member of a Larimer County pioneer family.
farms had been sold and the silos torn Charles Charles Gordon Rudolph, born May 21,
it is now Summit View Drive. At onetime,: 1892, died Nov. 16, 1954. He farmed the
F.P. was one of the county's largest lamb Southwest quarter of Section 15,Township
feeders, feeding as many as 20,000 lambs a 7,Range 68.He married Fannie E.Reeder in
year and raising his own feed. _ 1916.They had seven children.(see separate
F.P. bought, and had shipped from Ten- stories.)
neasee, a Tennessee Walking Horse, named: -Cornelius Mason'Rudolph, born Dec. 21,
"Dixie," for his pleasure. On the Summit 1895, died January 25, 1914. He was the
View farm,he built a"mansion"with massive "frail"one that caused the family to move to
round columns,at a cost of$20,000,and tried _Colorado for his health.
to grow wysteria as done on southern planta- Richard Franklin Rudolph,born Septem-
tions.He feared his sons would be Colorado ber 5, 1897,died May 24, 1985. He married
Republicans and cowboys; his fears were Hilda M.Mathias Aug.12,1925.He was the
realized.He sold his farm and retired in 1937. owner of Rudolph Pump and Equipment Co.
He bought a home in Ft. Collins where he from 1945 until his retirement in 1978.Their
lived until he.died Feb. 2, 1947. one daughter,Shirley Ann Cornell,born June
F.P.'s six children were: 15, 1926, lives in Ft. Collins.
Sadie Myra Rudolph Tomlin,born August
3, 1886 and died November 14, 1963. Sadie by Marietta Rudolph
was a telephone operator in Ft.Collins before - -
her marriage.She and Galen Tomlin had two
children,Albert Franklin Tomlin,born June
5, 1909, and died September 15, 1970, and
Julia Mae Tomlin Willis, born August 30,
1910,of Denver.
Glen Lambert Rudolph, born June 25,
1888,and died May 1,1952.He married Lure
Miner of Saratoga,Wyoming on September
28,1916.They had no children.Glen farmed
and bred and raised Percheron Draft horses
south and east of Timnath.They later moved
to Lure's farm at Eaton.
Nancy Belle Rudolph, born December 3,
1890, died Oct. 7, 1966. She was called
Historian Agnes ,spring dies
Agnes Rebecca Wright at Columbia University in 1916 and 1917 and founc
Spring of Fort Collins, 94, Eastern attitudes about women to be much less democratic
the only person to have serv- than in the West.
edas state historian for more When theSchool of Journalism closed down.For World
than one state, died here War I, a male student told her about a newspaper job he
March 20 -after a brief il- was offered at S25 a week and encouraged her to apply.
lness.Services were Friday in She was offered the job, but at S15 a week. She returned
Warren-Bohlender Chapel to-Wyoming where she became state librarian, state
with burial in Greenhill historian and superintendent of weights and measuros.
Cemetery at Laramie,Wyo. 'On Feb'. 14, 1921 in Denver, Agnes Wright was mar-
She is survived by two ried to Archer T. Spring, a native Bostonian, a geologist
mar-
, She Dr. Gordon L. and a graduate of Colorado School of Mines.The couple
Wallace of Potomac, Md., settled.in Fort Collins and, in 1930, bough[ Cherryhurs[,
and -.Charlton .Beatty. of -. -a: 30-acre fruirorchard three miles north of town.
Springfield, ,Hoo. Also a In 1927, Mrs. Spring published her first book, Casper
o f Wheatland,.
Wyo. Fish Collins.The Life and Exploits of an Indian Fighter of the
of Wheatland,:Wyo. Sixties. She-wenton Co write 20 books, over 600 stories,
Spring,diedinbfayofl96
Her husband, Archer 7.t one play and numerous professional,journal articles, mak-
Agnes was born Jan. i, ing her well-known to western historians.
1894 at Delta as the second During.her 27 years..as the women's editor for Wvom-
daughter of Gordon and ing Stockman-Farmer,she found time to compile a 70-year
Myra Wright. In the fall of Spline history of the Wyoming Stockgrowers Association. As
1903, the family moved to a director of the Wyoming Federal Writers' project,she logg-
ranch on the Little Laramie River, 23 miles west of ed over 50,000-miles on Wvoming roads to compile the
Laramie, Wyo. The ranch served as a post office, a sta- Wyoming Guide.
Lion on the stage line her father established, and Later as She published her best known work in 1948, the
a guest ranch. - Cheyenne and Blaak Hills Stage and Express.Routes.
Mrs. Spring was graduated at the age of 19 from the Mrs. Spring served as state historian of Colorado from
University of Wyoming where she had studied English and 1954 to 1963. Upon retiring that year, she had worked
history. She had hoped to become a topographical draft- under nine governors in the two states and.been inducted
sman and elected courses in engineering to prepare her for into the National Cowboys Hall of Fame and the National
such a career. Although she earned the third-highest rank Cowgirls Hall of Fame.
in the United States on her Civil Service exam, she was She and,her husband spent the next four years traveling
told there were no openings 'or women in that field and western states. Mrs.Spring returned to For.Collins in 1976
took a job as assistant state librarian in the State Supreme where she published three more books: Cow Country
Court Library at Cheyenne. Legacies, Near the Greats, and Colorado Charlie: Wild
Mrs.Spring studied at the Pulitzer School of Journalism Bills Pard.
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+'- Tust befoor grpdua arK " 913�he=pssse tant2Y related f3Y marrla a 3he ltro5 v
Ciyif Serviee ex 'iiination-ttiai qualtEigd her as a her knowledge aE the reasq '"The Uiisiiilf8h
w,topagraphica! drsman Biitbefore she� 1Glally.}3town leftinming mitllonaitz;gY18
recefved an appoinimen itr;that field;she was`' Y It is a§tort'first will not Jie fold
appointed assistant state librarian m the
Supreme Court Library in,Cheyenne z Perhaps the following tell somethuig abaif _
She left that joti'to tIIdy§ journalis m_m New "this gentle'and woman ;�. -
-York. When she eturned,;in:1915,•sher-was Someone she once was engaged to left her"'
appointed state histonan.and stateIibranan of:; $1(10,[I00 m his wiIl ; r+ '
t
Wvomirig. Three'•years Yatei'_sbe"married oil •` " Until.five Years-ago, she and her sister -k, .y •:
• company mulYxig engmeer;As eher T. Spring author Aliee Wallace, who also lives=in Fort +
With him she moved td Fort.Collins and the Collins; enjoyed.making the night club circuif x
cherry orchard '!In a few years drought and v from Out of Bounds to the-Hermitage:. `
the Depression-wiped us out ,• And:'this statement made three Years ago• -�
z With;the,Depression Sprfng`began�what some The;e's.a trend:haw tq consider history a
f-=�eonsldei-her"`EiesGworlr and^;whaC certainly is'her'� beri2§'o3 beatltitul Czhibft� :b}it'to mbwhistury ,:
MS
t egdunhgwotk thg Kryoming will always be people andtheir memones _ -
": � �'"s-� ~ SLR�it < - .� -;'�1... ...', �.F�".-�„'.�v.,^Sy Fi.^rz�is '=.✓ �a�X`-1�'�•.
AAft ■ 2+.rAdlk
UILU If I Al luif
Cow_Country legacies
Dau hter of the old West rad dtes.
g of
By Evadene Swanson Mrs. Spring paints a Vivid
For the Review picture of the parting with
The appearance of Agnes Indian wives which manyfa
Wright Spring's new book, early pioneers experienced.
Cow Country Legacies The advances of settlement
r
(Lowell Press,$8.95)in local required them to choose re-
bookstores recalls to old time servation life or change to <a .
Fort Collins residents this white men's ways.
engaging lady who has re- Whitcomb offered ponies
turned here where she lived and other necessities for the `
as a bride. reservation,or a future with,
It cannot be said Mrs. the kind of house pictured in
Spring "retired" here. At 83 thebook.His Indian wifefirst ;
she is busy every morning at started to the reservation
her typewriter working on with the children and ponies,
historical problems related but after one day on the trail r
to the Rocky Mountain West. came back and successfully ;
She has been doing just that adjusted. Whitcomb kept a
since she was a bright young tipi in the backyard for his in
coed at the University of laws.
Wyoming from which she Mrs. Spring realized she
graduated in 1913. was not only studying history
She lived in Fort Collins in but living it, for great
the 1920s and 1930s. It was changes were taking place in ! '
easy and natural for such an the old West.
observant scholar to drive to She was born in Delta,Co.,
Cheyenne in 1936 when the in1894.Herfather was then a '
clubhouse of the Wyoming commission man shipping,,
stockmen, dating from the apples from the Western
1880s, was being razed. She Slope and also.running a-
noted details of its interior stage line.
like the fireplace tiles deco- In 1903 he moved his family The depot at Flknore crossing In Wyoming was time more then a"doll's house"just big enough to fold mall and packages.
rated with bus from Shakes- to a ranch in Wyoming which
peare.She hoped to buy these was a home station on,a spelled "Filmore." The. little tin star, horseshoe, or made jewelry of horseshoe shire.In his Wyoming home,
from the demoliton contrac- stagecoach.line. It was-23 depot at Filmore crossing other trademark on the cut. nails in the blacksmith shop Agnes admired his collection -
tor but notes regretfully: miles west of Laramie on the was dollhouse size but would Her father was unusual, long before thatcreftwesre Iofstuffedbirdsandmammals
"Someone beat me to them way to Centennial, Holmes, hold mail and packages.The however,in the stage station vived by artists. She filed l prepared by prisoners in the
and they disappeared." and the Rambler Mine. post office proper was a desk business in never selling li- away in her mind memories• penitentiary. Her childhood
In her illustrations she in- The neighbors wanted a with many pigeonholes in the quor.She noticed the drivers of gamblers,miners,and law marked her for a career in
eludes a photograph of E.W. post office so her father ap- corner of their diningroom. and passengers usually came enforcement men. Western history.
Whitcomb's Cheyenne home. plied to Washington for one Wright sold cigars and well equipped. One of the latter, N,K. Mrs. Spring's first profes-
He began his cattle raising on named "Fillmore." That chewing tobacco to the stage Agnes grew up finding ar- Boswell;the tough detective sional work after college
the Poudre_and a street in name had already been drivers and Agnes cut ten rowheads and tipi rings,fish- and sheriff, brought her
Fort Collins is named for claimed in Wyoming but he cent"chews"hoping that the ing, and helping in the mother a slip of lilac from his * See Page ]_A
him. was given one with the name customer would giver her the stagecoach business. She earlier home in New Hamp-
fl.
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m,
Agnes Wright Spring today and as she was when she lived on a
frontier ranch in the early 19009.
Agnes Wright Spring
from page ]-A . however and wrote:"You be-
long in the Rockies,"and she
graduation was as Wyoming returned to serve as state his-
State Librarian and His- torian.in Denver in-1950.
torian from 1917 to 1921. Planning to fill in that post for
Grace Raymond Hebard, an only a year she remained
earlier Wyoming lady his- until 1963.
torian, won the golf champ- In 1972 Barbara Stanwyck
ionship for women in that and other film stars were on
state in 1900 when golf was hand to watch Mrs. Spring
still a new sport, and in old receive the National-Cowboy
age gave Agnes her clubs. Hall of Fame Trustees'
Agnes too took up golf and Award for outstanding con-
became a Wyoming champ- tribution to Western history
ion and later as a bride in and literature.
Fort Collins, she won two Mrs.- Spring now looks
championships here. thoughtfully toward the
Her Fort Collins home cal- mountains from her Fort Col-
led "Cherryburst" was near Tins highrise apartment.
the old Country Club in the • I'd really still love to live
midst of a cherry orchard. in a cabin in the foothills but
She wrote an excellent biog- as.the years go by we must
raphy of Casper Collins and make some concessions,"
ran down record,on Col.Col- she says.
lins and his family while she She isn't playing golf any
and her husband shipped more. "I'm too busy writing
fruit to Denver for special history."
order jams and jellies. When asked about her tele-
She had grants to study the vision appearance where the
Western cattle industry. She interviewer claimed she pre-
`wrote for the American ferred to tie a diamond hitch
Hereford Journal and the for her pack though she could
Wyoming Stockman tie cross, squaw, or groin
Farmer. Moving to Denver, hitches on her horse, she
she dug into Western history laughed.
-for the public library. "No,maybe I once could—
Scornful of the comment by but not now," she said.
a colleague that she was too Agnes- Wright Spring
old at 56 to keep up with the radiates joy of living. Her
research,she got a new job in new book can serve to intro-
Sacramento's libraries in- duce this lovable daughter of
creasing her salary one the Old West and Fort Collins
hundred dollars a month. resident to an admiring pub-
Old friends missed her he.
• SYKESr HOPE
(WILLIAMS)
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dialect of German-Russian farmers that she
s �.•_ later faithfully recorded is her book.
Mrs.Sykes,born in 1902 in a Kansas aoddy,
w was always interested in the soil and the
S. people who tilled it. The oldest of three
y� children in the family,she attended Colorado
F Agricultural College (now CSU). Here two
younger brothers became carpenters at movie
studios in California _
After four years'work on Second Hoeing,
it finally want on sale May 13, 1935. "Then
I got panicky," wrote Mrs. Sykes in a Fort
Collins newspaper."I decided I could not eta,
and face the community when the book was
released.I was told that I would have to come
back some time. I decided to stay."
Along with many bouquets for her epic of
the sugar beet industry, there were also
brickbats, chiefly from German-Russian
who contended that she painted an unreal
and primitive picture of Volga German in
•Elope Wiilliems Sykes - Teacher and Author - America
Photo 1944 On the other hand,its champion felt that
she depicted sympathetically their life style
The term"second hoeing"is not meaning dig the 1920s and 193os.
ful to this generation.But over 40 years ago ` Mrs.Sykes worts at a period'of time when
when a local author wrote a book entitled Fort Collins'Buckingham place(the home of
Second Hoeing, almost anyone in Fort Col- manlasGerman-Russians) was called the
Jungles.lins could tell you that the reference was to B Children at school were labeled"the
auger beet raising. day Rooshians" because their hands were
Hope Williams, who later wrote Second their
by bbeetL n rman-Russia went to
l Hoeing,came to the plummer School in 1923 peaking churches and
to teach 2nd•grade. The school, recently seldom mingled socially with Anglos.
iestored to}muse County School Antiques at A close friend and admirer of Mrs. Sykes
2524 K Vine Dr. was surrounded by beet was Rev. Conrad H. Becker, pastor of the
fudds. Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Fort Collins.
Here Miss Williams became acquainted He was instrumental in helping her with
with German-Russian families who worked research on the lives of Germans who had
the beets. She often visited their homes to migrated to Russia before coming to the
help with educational and health problems. United Staten
t After her second year of teaching at
Plummer,she was married to Howard Sykes.
j Across the mad east of the school they built
c' service station and home combined,
surrounded by a neat fence,grass and ehurba.
sold gasoline and automotive to the Products farmers and penny candy to the school
kids.
i Neighbors said that Mrs. Sykes placed a
eersen in front of the door leading to the sales
room She sat behind this and listened to the
Rev. Becker, in commenting on Second
Hoeing said: "Why Mrs. Sykes wrote that
book was wholly philanthropic. She wanted
to help them;to have them better known.and 27L A member of Fort Collins Writers' Club,
more hilly understood by our home people. Mrs. Sykes was guided in writing by Sarah
A man.who remembers his young life as a Lindsey Schmidt, author of Western sub-
member of Rev.Becker's congregation,said jam,
that the book"nearly tore the church in two." At Penpointers'Club,Mrs.Sykes made the
Unconscious of the book's effect on child acquaintance of Rose Hoffman,who corres-
labor laws,Mrs.Sykes nevertheless was given ponded with her through the years after she
credit in a New York Times book-review of ' left Fort Collins in the 19409.
0 May M:1986�`rhis year, if the contract �,v Mrs.Hoffman says,"In about 1956,Hope
between the Agricultural Adjustment Ad- r spent a month with me at my home at 617 K
ministration and the beet growers is enfor Laurel; then she visited me one other time;
ced, there will be no children less than 14 she wasn't happy either time-the fast time
years of age working in the beet fields of this she and Howard were divorced and the
country . . . It may be that Hope Williams second time she was discouraged because a
Sykes,when she was writing Second Hoeing philosophical book she'd written was turned
.was not consciously inspired by a desire down by publishers."
to write a propagandistic book about this Mrs.Hoffman feels as if the lengthy book
phase of child labor in America." was ahead of its time — that it would be
Basically Second Hoeing deals with a readily acceptably on today's market.
family,the Schreiesmillers;Adam,the father, "I heard from Hope for the last time about
is harsh and selfish; his wife Ana is loving, 10 years ago,"says Mrs.Hoffman."We heard
self-sacrificing,—always,diligent in caring for that she died,but that's all we know."
her brood of 11 children;but her life ends as "Mrs.Sykes has portrayed so intelligently,
she gives birth to Baby Martha practically and forcefully the characteristics
Sensing that she will not live through the of a peculiar race of people, the German-
birth of her 12th child, Ana spoke to her Russians who are settled in our midst and on
blond, blue-eyed daughter Hannah: the way to being 'one of us' intellectually,
"Hannah:everything falls by You.But you is socially and industrially."
strong. Some day, the dirt, he don't bother
you so much. You do what you is able, and by Charlene Tresner
don't worry by what is left:Life,he is not hard
when you don't make mad and fight him."
In 1937, another book of Mrs. Sykes was
accepted for publication—Joppa Door. It in
a book about Germans who emigrated to the
United States as Mormon converts
YS
Lookin
Second Hoeing
being reprinted
ByCharlene Tresner
For the Review
Even though the New York Times I
featured Second Hoeing in its book re- +
view section on May 12_ 1935, Hope _
Williams Sykes' book depicting the 1
sugar beet industry in northern Col-
orado was not generally accepted by
the German-Russians. They felt she
painted an unreal and primitive pic-
ture of Volga Germans in America. •i
Now almost half a century has pas-
sed since the first printing of Second
Hoeing; the book has become so scarce-
that few of the present generation 4- -
have even seen a copy. Realizing the
importance of this epic of the sugar
beet industry, University of Nebraska _
Press has recently republished
Second Hoeing with the cooperation of
Fort Collins Public Library, who
furnished the copy for reprinting. It is ,',
now beingsold in local bookstoresand
is available in paperback and hard-
back.
Hope taught school in eastern Col-
orado before coming to Fort Collins Via`
where .she taught second grade at
rural Plummer School (which still --,
stands on East Vine Dr.) from 1923 to
1925. At this time she became ac-
quainted with many German-Russian
families and often visited in their
homes.
After her marriage in 1925 to How-
ard W. _Sykes. they built a filling
station-home combination across the
road from Plummer School.
During four agonizing years Hope
worked on Second Hoeing before it
was finally published and wenton sale
Mav 13, 1935.
But there were repercussions. Buai-
ness at thp filliag station decreased
rustically because German-Russians
ma e up the maiority oftheircustom-
cr�s. Neighbors made the observation
that the"Sykes were aL,,jAwbaakrupt"
when they moved into Fort Collins in
the 1940's,laterwent to California and
were divorced, They had no children.
She died in a rest home in southern
California on August 26. 1973.
"Returned to Fort Collins ---
Mr
`Mr_ Tedmon and his family r Fort Collinsin second Hpel]1�, By Hope ti�'illiams
arred to the y11 r
t
29�4,-and; Tedmon.Placed his k�„ 1 r} z '"..�
two,scae;'Allyn H:-a•ad Bob S in
college-: Allyn and -Bob attended l`t, r �,{� Sykes, Will Be Released May 13t
Dwight Prep school, one of the best [ Sykes, £
in: .New York, where they took l _
1 courses preparing for-Yale. sllyn
H- is -now, county agent of AMV , fA Review by Jessie L. Clark)
hoe county. with headquarters in;
Littleton- The other son, Robert.f '.,�i bOOlt `Nh'Ch will be released from Minton, Balch l&1COereGinPgi
is an instructor in. the high school
Pueblo. Both sons are married-+ _. ;I, putman,5 Sons, publishers, May 13. The author is a Fort'
d bath have two some. Allyn,
vcas graduated trom the school and, Thidsett rag of hlins writer, e storylis familiar to Fort CollinsHowar residents,
es dents
Bob- was s student for two yearsa
when they decided to enter the C01 - _ and those who live in other sugar factory towns in Colorado
oratio Agricultural college. Anna �I where many of the beet.tenders are;
R:Tedmon, their daughter, attend- desirable citizens in this, their ad-
in Russians.
ed.. Emerson college in. Boston. The story deals with the lire of opted country. The land owners
Mesa:; from. which she was later - ' Lq a Russian girl, Hannah Schreiss- must see that they have homes t
graduated, and was a teacher of , miller, whose mother. Ana, died at',. suitable to bring up the future
oratory and dramatic expression _ the birth of her twelfth child and Americans and not o¢e or two-I,
Coral eras years, but is now teach- leaves this young girl oP sixteen room shacks in which these largext
ing d*cing in Fart Collins. to mother the young 'brood and to[families are huddled together like
In, anal 1905; Mr. Tedmon op- . care for her rather. The father, animals. The country must edu � l
erred his office- for real.estate. in- who had been raised in Russia, cote these thrifty people who
surance and loans in Fort. Collins _ L,;annot adjust aimselY co.the ideas come to our land willing to do
at 136 Linden street- He has since:West:. of his American-born children. He! [heir share of toil a¢d tending of
-moved his offices to-:'133 _ 'still believes that he owns the 1,the soil. r
Mountain avenue. - children, body and soul, till they) its farmThe earls. And once the nation
of
With Irrigation Company-19 Veam, are twen[yone.
"Jack Kis cok suggested' to me. ! the soil gets into the blood of J
Adam Sc¢reissmiller has but these men they cannot give it up
e ay o go over and see I. W. one thought in his mind—his beets
Bennett, then president of the Wa-I - and the money they will bring. Ai As in "Growth of the Soil." "Giants .
ter Supply and Storage GO., aboutl ' -,,rays he worries, because of thee,an
ma.aY otherrth arlottoday' ill"
Z•„.
a.iposition,.and so I stopped in one. a-.ether. the pests that infest the,
_day and before I had left Bennett'sneecs, and the sheep, which must book, •'Second Hoeing' by Hope
�'i be Ced to obtain the fertilizer far Williams Sykes, will go oa rewrd v3,,;..
office,he had given me the poeition'. as outstanding in putting before XZ
of secretary of dhe Water Supply he soil to again raise more beets. the people of the country the real
andStorage Co:;' relates.air. Ted-I It is the eter¢al cycle of lire on
mon.. He has held the same Post- I1I which his interest is concentrated. w-Drub of'the man with the hoe ti
Lion for the past nineteen years,S 1-eny at and sure of herself in interviewing Hope Williams
and retained his line of real estate;,. I leaves a heritage to her daughter, Sykes, one readily understands
and insurance business also. ? Hannah that carries the girl thru, why her book, "Second Hoeing,' is
brit Tedmon has owned several when a'.i else would make life a so natural and true in its descrip-
Yarms at varioustimes, and at one ' failure. lions of the lives of the German
time owned-as many as lawn acres I Hannah, the heroine of the' Russian beet-tender.
of land.- At present he owns ➢art story, shows such patieace. such Mrs. Sykes was born in Kanor
of Umiversity Park in Denver and t 4ortitude, such sacrifice, and each ado, Kansas, in a sod house on the `+-
the Broadview Estate. rest; inbounding love, that you efe l lhas1 vast plains of that state. Her Fatb
r VIr Tedmon has been a g - Ihas been hard for her, Y er was Sohn Velso¢ Williams, and
,eenPactor, having given away hue- brought her through all of her sot her mother's maiden name was
`. reds of dollars "to help a friend - row to a height that few obtain. Aerie Ann Williamson.
is need:' However,.this fact may i l The writer has caught the true Before the author had reached
be known only to-a Yew, as Mr. meaning of life for these aliens!the eighth grade, she had attended
Tedmon never boasted or' his hay. who come to America for freedom school in Kanorado. Goodland
:ing lent a helping hand. He is riot-; '�only to find that fife means work Kans Colorado Springs and Brit
ed for his honest, square, and ul hard work, even as it did in their tell Forks, Canada.
"right business dealings. 1,own country, Russia. Their off She then took the short course
He. recalls the early days when, it spring chafe under the constant'' at Colorado State college, and has'.
he was acquainted with H. A. W. - .1 grind and lack of freedom which taken seven semesters of work'
Tabor, who was is the legislature.' o ! trace then at the college under
results from the attitude o2 their.s
when he was in Denver. "when '�, parents. I Mrs. G. A. Schmidt in journalism
I read of Baby Doe's death, I would', Too, there is the idea of the and English. In addition she stud-'.
'£ Madly have given-all.I could afford''! 1 German-Russian and American i ied under Blanche IDicNeel and
fo give her a decent burial,. had it; falling in love and as in "East', gignon Baker, both of Denver.
been necessary- That is the kind, 'I is West;" the twain can not meet,i Mrs: Sykes taught school a[ Wal-
-oY afeeling Ihave for the old-iron-' _ !until the Russian has thoroughly den Burlington and the Plummer
ers,"tells Mr. Tedmon, earnestly. adapted himself to the American, school northeast of Fort Collins,.
Recalls Old-Time Events ways. 1 prior to her marriage to Howard
When questioned about various, ylrs. Sykes has written the story Sykes in 1925.
occurreuces, Mr- Tedmon replied so that the interest never lags It was while she was teachi¢g a:
4: "Well, New Year's day was a really.: from the first page to the last. She. the Plummer school that Nits.
`5 big day years ago, for everybody has made her descriptions shot,, Sykes became interested is the
+' • .would have open house and serve and vivid and you Ceel that she is German-Russian and their chi:-,
fruit cake and wine. As for the decidedly familiar with the life of dren. For three Years she collet:-
- depression;' Mr. Tedmon continued ' the Garman-Russian beet tender :n ed material for her book.
"during the Civil War our family Colorado and of his many prop :�me^:can R'omen;' na one iT
didn't noticeany really hard times; isms. -mown, 'cave a=.ied :or her bib ra
fact,--we made more money dur- The book should be one of the pray. She beiong=_ to Fort Collins
;i ing the war.with the high prices, big sellers of the season sad w_ 66raers' club and Penpoia.ers.
because my father -was a thrifty - - 1,''.are proud that the writer is on Of 1934 she had a¢ article p 932
n farmer and we lived in-a.dairy coon-i j',us here m this rich country- of Col- in Farm Journal -a¢� :n 193: s_
' mamity. -you didn't:seethe suffer- orado where the beet indu_c:y won the Bon`-?t enaior�ma Deaeer
,"r. . ing those days as you-do:now. Per-� `11 stands for so much to the common e¢or[ riot_
fiL- .baps a:good reason is that.the peo- �hies in which beets a-e rases as[en ion of Coie sub lincve*sity
is nowadays lie back on their lan- - The sooner the conditions or 31r- oyaes vo refrained
. from
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r ''�"� "' Mr.Tedm�oas whole life has been sooner their homes are made til she fin s::'d hers, so the,, her
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President George Busn
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press secretary
April 17,2002
Death of Byron R. White
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
As a mark of respect for the memory of Byron R.White, retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, I hereby order,by
the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America,that the flag of the United States shall
be flown at half-staff on the day of his interment. On such day the flag shall be flown at half-staff until sunset upon all public buildings and
grounds,at all military posts and naval stations,and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout
the United States and its Territories and possessions; and at all U.S. embassies, legations,consular offices,and other facilities abroad, including
all military facilities and naval vessels and stations.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this seventeenth day of April, in the year of our Lord two thousand two,and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-sixth.
GEORGE W. BUSH
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Wilkinson left- -legacy (if acCOMPIishme
"' One day after the greuadbrea ring far mind fed tC wonder if such an event MOD
the railroad the grot m our coin• would be pert of the expected one trillion Corrgratubtions to the Poudre R11
® munity,Earl Wdloneon died.No single Jell, ��Vich doll8re In kdaral budget cub. emPby�ape and Board of Eduratiw
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parser over the Peet score of yearn hoe ■At(sty Hall,a large brick flower box far wrceeesthl aomperreation segatietiorr.
done mare for transportation in our present,
site a the of the entrance ramp.says
13veryone�to hire mom staff to
narrrity. illy 8 Z 995 . preeent,x moraine only a sign that says
"Do Nd Block Ramp'and re totally de- offid a 6 +IaB student datioq to
Earl lived and breathed Fort Colboa void of any growing".Have sales-tax God rties a far needed staff developmeo
As a contractor.he built many of our revenues fsllea to the point that flowers activities and to fund aompereation in-
As buildings.As a church marcher,he are no longer affordable? raeasm.The students,the employees am
built churches and their cpngrogstions. S Further up the ramp,next to the the t�Y�all appear to have won.
As an elected ad'xaal,he worked to build Connors Formation Center cuter wall, The petition to ask county voters fo
our community is a.tree growing through a crack in the a quarter-centon-the-doUar sales tax to
As the first chairman of the Downtown thanks for a titl;time of dedication to our concrete.Do you auppoae this is why Fort fund open spaces appears to be well•
Development Authority,he marshaled ��ty, Collins has been labeled fee City USA? tharg}rtout It proposes to split the tax
the redevelo t of downtown.Asa how a collections between the county and the
Pin ■Finally,can miens explain
council member,he championed constrrro flnvs111rtterrtBD fdtl6lta letter from Hyundai concerning its$1.3 ooeamrrnilaes whore the taxes werecol-
tion of the Lowey bridge aaoas the MTueeady and Wednesday nights this billion DRAM Facility,dated-April27,was leeted.Thus,Fort Collins and Loveland
j c 1'oudre River,m invaluablo north-south week Army Ground Forces Band not date-etdngW as received by the city would wiled.the mgiarity of the cities'
y connector. :perfonaed for deartdPecib audiemes at manager's office
until May f3?Of course abate of the revenue.These cities,in to
lC Quietly MA unasauminf�Y,Teel shared the Lin neared by the Cot- the mayor's response took another four could use the revenue to Rid the neoee
ti^ his ImoWledge•As president of the Chem- orae,�4n The price for admission was days to got to the Poet office.Perhaps the uieitiooe to make the Fat
ber of Commerce and long-standing riot it was free.The joy end pride on the problems.with mail saviee Constitute and corridor a reality,
member of iu Tra isportat�n Committee, faxes of the audience were a measure of staffs explanation for why Hyun" John Marovich h a load aertAed pubNc ac
9 he set the stage for the railroad realign- the investment by their government.As ha®t yet begged for another mwting co u tart.He can to reached by Phew al 2`
w� menu,The next time you don't have to 9M or by Isx at/938W4.
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By TERM COTTEN Into the traditionalist role more hands to emphasize his point.
Of the Coloradoan than others. "Particularly In the West, we
In t975 virtually a political "Once you try to peg someone have vast distances to cover. We t S} 4
y" unknown was appointed Clf1 itv they'll jump out of the bag at are married to the auto. f don'!
Council over the objections of you," he says, believe mass transit Is the t 1" ttt
this h[ ree female council His relationship with the press answer. I believe the answer to t yjt l 1 t
members. has been tentative, at best. For technology — hydrogen and
He was a contractor, one of many years he was known as electric-powered vehicles, for j!
"No Comment" Wilkinson instance."
the "good ole toys." He had had
no experience an any city board pecause of his refusal to talk When cars are getting 30 to 40
' or commission. with a reporter. miles to the gallon, relative to
c of Two of the women still sit on Interestingly enough, his son Is the Increasing cost of gas, he
a T council with Earl Wilkinson and a journalist. said, the cost of operating a ; {
m praise his performance as a 'Boy, you should hear some of vehicle will be about the same. "
get into," he Large employers, he said, can
cuuncllman, the arguments we
"I have since earned their says with a grin. be better served by car and van _. _'•
o respect, I think," said Wilkinson deals to figures, pooling — something which _ y
g Wilkinson,a resident of Fort He'll pull out his calculator to should be done in-house by such
d ?+I Collins since 1920. "We don't give a different perspective to companies as Hewlett-Packard
.4 always agree but they know I'm staff calculations presented in and Kodak of Colorado.
hon
est.nest. They know I'm sincere." council session. He feels the "We don't have the dollars to
In return, the women have contractor pays more than his develop a system which will -
earned his respect. Getting fair share of growth — costs serve the area," he said. "What
along with Wilkinson has nothing which should be shared more are we going to do away with to
to do with whether you are a evenly with the developer. finance It?
man or woman. Over the past year "Bureaucracy scares me. In
a True, you may not always particularly, he has been an this case we have a tiger by the
m agree with the 93-year-old opponent of Transfort expansion. tail and it's pulling us down the
.. contractor and you may Under a recent proposal, he road." Y
exchange sharp words. Once he says, t percent of the population He is proud of what has been
e makes up his mind, you have would receive n <2 million accomplished while he's been on s
^a little, If any, chance of changing subsidy in 111114, as far as the council. ai
It. planning has gone at this point. "We've made mistakes, sure,"
Yet he can surprise you with "Thal makes no sense at ail," he said. "We're human. But
his logic. he says. ,You want to hear my we're trying. We're sincere." ,j. g�, sc5tgi�
w Like other members of philosophy of mass transit? he He says he knows he will not
.� 1 council, he defies any single asks, anticipating the next run again when his present
" category. Perhaps, with him, question. council term expires a year
c however, you expect him to fit•. He leans forward, using his from now. Couneilrnon Earl Wilkinsor
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i in Baltimore, Maryland. WHITE, BYRON "Whizzer"White returned from the war as many he farmed and rafted lumber down the child,,:
o decades we were atxtimud a Lieutenant U.S.N.R.and graduated from river Main.At age 22 he married Margaret The
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,of and South America,and WHIZZER" Yale Law School,Magna Cum Laude,with "Rat" Eber (1862-1949), an only child, on manioc
Far Est. Our first child, F514 the highest grades of his clews. April 30,I881.While in Germany three was in 1905
(Linda),am barn in Brook- He returned to Denver,Colorado in 1947 were born:John W. (1882.1948),George A. Bianchi
eats. Karen Elisabeth, our to emit the general practice of law with a firm (1894-1961),and Fred G.(1885-1841). Mae.Jan
at,was born in San Salvador, - now called Davis Graham,and Stubbs. George Wich, Gus's younger and only sugar f..
}u: ! Byron Whim first became acquainted with brother,came to America first and later wrote brother
-an with the federal govern- @�ftl" the Kennedy family while attending Oxford. and encouraged Gus to also come to America. Welling
Ain 1965.It was then that They became reacquainted in the Pacific In 1885 Gm left Germany joining George in on Clev
art Collins. Colorado Sow when JFK we.a PT boat commander,and Lorimer County.After arriving in Colorado hurldle.
Bob as the associate director Whiers,served with him as an intelligence Gua worked on farm. in Lorimer County stable h
.1 Programs in the early officer, mostly in the Ft.Collins area. in Well.
and he wes later named In 1960,being active in Democratic Poli- In 1887 enough money was raised and Gus active p
-ad in 1979.Linda graduated tics,he organized Colorado for his friend Jack sent for his family to join him,wife Margaret, w"act
igh School and went no to Kennedy, and went on to head a national his three suns and mother-in-law Clara Sher in the I
haloe's degree and teacher campaign group called Citizens for Kennedy. (1834-1897).The family left Germany with a Depuq
in C.S.U.in 1970. She now After Kennedy's election,Kennedy brought third chess passage on a steamer arriving a years.
Montana Karen attended "Whizzer"to Washington, and the Justice week later at Ellis Island followed by a tram G.,
school system from kinder- Department as a Deputy Attorney General. trip to Colorado and the 40 acres and a one- farmed
high school.She graduated On April 16, 1962 the new president roam log home in the Boxelder Valley Gus retinng
am the claim of 1981 at Supreme Court Justice Byron R.White. appointed Byron "Whizzer" White in as had acquired and had begun developing. where!
u"enlly attending C.S.U. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.He In 1887 the 40-acre farm was needed for the Fred
hedbe" to arrive in Fort was the successor to Mr.Justice Charles E. North Poudre Reservoir No.2 site so it was homes,
njamin T.Whedbee and his Byron Raymond White was born in Ft. Wittaker. Supreme Court Justices are ap- sold.Gus then purchased 160 acres located They !
tjamin was already 48 years Collins on June 8.1917 to Mr.and Mrs.Alpha pointed for life. and when asked about one mile south of the present town of Sherm:
urge County,North Carolina Albert Whim.He spent his early days in a retirement the Whizzer simply says that Wellington. The one-room building was Buhbie
ad to Missouri in 1832,and small,white,frame house that still stands at notion hasn't crossed his mind yet. moved to the new farm and a dining room. Lincoh
a moved to Pleasant Valley 612 W.Laporte Ave. Bryon"Whizzer"White returns often to parlor and a Iwo-story sleeping area were his in,
a 1862, he moved to Fort The family moved to Wellington when his Colorado to enjoy fishing and skiing.He and added on. rider .,
i lived untilhisdesthin 1910. father managed a lumber yard that also dealt his wife Marion usually get beck for 10 days Gus continued to add acres until his farm Irrigat.
7ollins' tint treasurer and in farm machinery.He attended elementary in the winter for skiing at places like Aspen, totaled 320 acres ofsome of the beat irrigated lighten
itthe first drugstore north of and high school there.Byron worked in the Steamboat Springs,and Telluride,and fish
- farm lend around Wellington.Farming and And:
ter,he owned a mercantile sugar beet field.,and played many different ing in the summer at such places as the feeding sheep during the winter months were "cre fa
nor of Mountain and College sports,including baseball,football,putting Pundit,River,Taylor River,a,North Park. the source uflivelihood until after World War a d,
e have Columbia Savings. the shot and running hurdles. His trip home also includes a visit to Ft. 11 when the market fell out of the sheep .n,I
was named after him.Benja- Not only was he a very athletic young man, Collins,and to Denver where he...an office industry. Farming of various row crops, ,tied a
had no children. but intellegent as well.He was the type that in the Court House to do some work. including sugar basis for the factories then Highw
next to arrive wm Calvin always did well what he attempted.A boy. became the major source of income. Char
.eon of Bens brother,Joseph hood friend recalls that he always had an A by Triangle Revfew, Gm took an active part in community on the
wife, Mary. Calvin filed a plus average in school.He was the type that iffeire.He served as School Director for some and or.
i December of 1864,sad in rut right down by the teachers drink. He ten years,win elected twice as justice of the Before
soh his wife,Sarah and their graduated valedictorian of his class. W ICH, GUSTAVE peace in his precinct,was a charter member bmthe.
as C.,to a farm they bought After finishing school in Wellington he F515 of the Elks Lodge and sold active in the Wallin
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T.Whether.In 1900,James followed his brother Sam to the University of wool 11
an Pointer and lived on Howes Colorado at Boulder.Whites performance at to wesu.
death in 1964.They had no CU included letters in baseball, tharti,s
football and a
cited for C.W.Chickering and basketball.He wm the leading scorer in 1937, F c
o sewer,the first heating at the end of an undefeated football season. r' father
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1. and laid water pip"and for CU.He wm most known for his superior 8'a` i �-' melds,
Gust
t Collins. Soon after Calvin running kicking and pressing ability.He won
ettled in town,Calvin's half. a well deserved spot on the AB a-Amerin World
Germs
ii. co the oldest i eon of Footballin 1ske thesin
withh his wild Louisa and The often inked equestionha how did Byron and ha
wits his wife Josephine and White sea the some"Whizzes Rorke,
1 87 . third daughter,Sarah, The story go"that onto
a ldrvere field Raen,
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In the lam 1890ecob.ld injury Whim feed becytogo. football field Comp:
me to Fort Collins.He could full of energy and reedy to go.A sportswriter Clar
usual C. Whedbee, another was so overwhelmed by the feat of courage At all,
,eph R. and Benjamin T. and strength that"Whizzer"seemed the only brothe
brothers'only sister,Martha appropriate title to fit,and it stuck with him. after
married George N.Allen on To keep himself busy outside of his sports lived ,
7 in Orange County, North and school work,"Whizzer"was president of retort.
I to Fort Collins where several the student body his senior year.and gadu- Iingtor
isme still live. and Valedictorian m well.He won the honor death
is related to Benjamin,Col. of a Phi Ben Kappa key,and topped it all Ver
Amish and the rest of the"old off by earning a bid to go to Oxford University inside
hedbees"through his grand- in England in a Rhod"Scholar. fermi,
mklin Whedbee who was born It win while at CU Byron"Whizzer"White He,
Andrew County.Missouri.He met his future wife,Motion Stearn.She was fifteen
eat child of Joseph R. and born and raised in Denver,and her father was -- thread
a,a brother of Jeremiah,half- the late Robert Steams. President of the g g C,"uve,John [rein
in,and nephew of Benjamin. University of Colorado. Gustave Wich family photo taken about 1890.In back,left to right:George A.12nd son),
to Earl Moore in April of 1890 Due to World War 11 Byron "Whizzer" W.(eldestson),Margaret,Fred G.Ord son),Charley C.on his mother's lap and Andrew J.Nth son)seated at th,
ing.,Kansas.They had nine White was unable W finish his studies at frO"t bough
Weat
Idest wee Bob', father, Earl Oxford.He did his part for the U.S.in the war
bee. by serving in the United States Nary,as art Gustave With(1869-1927)was born,rear- I.O.O.F. 495 and Congrigational and late IcCr
intelligence officer. While in the Navy he ad on a farm and educated in Urandach Federated churches of Wellington. I Wil
by Irene G.Whedbee received a couple of Bronze Sun. Bavaria Germany.As a young man in Ger. Gm and Margaret bore and raised eleven stead
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Tribute to Justice Byron R. White
William H. Rehnquist*
One's first impression of Byron Wbite—a crushing handshake,a somewhat
gruff manner, and a reluctance to talk about his past accomplishments—would
have given no hint that he was even a lawyer,say nothing of a Supreme Court
Justice. But a Justice he was, for more than thirty years, and a major
contributor to the Court's work during that time.
He did not fit readily into any ideological mould. An important skein in
his jurisprudence was deference to the popularly elected organs of government.
Another was an insistence that a large dose of common sense be applied in the
development of the law, even at the expense of a neatly logical projection of
prior doctrine. He will not be remembered as a champion of any particular
philosophy—indeed, he would not want to be so remembered. He was a
balance wheel, and as such an invaluable member of the Court for all of his
long tenure.
• Chief Justice of the United States.
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Justice Byron R. White:
The Legend and the Man
David A Ebel*
This tribute begins with a brief recounting of some of Justice White's
prodigious accomplishments during his lifetime. However, I then hope to
move beyond what he did to the more meaningful analysis of what kind of man
he was.
Byron White grew up in the small fanning community of Wellington,
Colorado,during the Depression. In the summers,he worked in the sugar beet
fields and on a railroad section crew doing hard labor. He graduated as
valedictorian of his high school class of six, and played about every sport a
school that size could offer. He attended college at the University of Colorado,
where he was, or did,just about everything. He was President of the Student
Body;valedictorian of his class; athlete of national renown. He received a total
of nine varsity letters in three sports, but it was in football where he received
his greatest fame as an All-American.
. His subsequent academic career included studying at Oxford as a Rhodes
Scholar and receiving a law degree from Yale, where he (again) graduated at
the top of his class. Along the way he also played three seasons of professional
football in the National Football League, first with the Pittsburgh Pirates (now
the Steelers) and then with the Detroit Lions. He was selected Rookie of the
Year and twice led the League in rushing. At the time,he was the highest-paid
player in the NFL—receiving $15,000 his first year, which was more than the
owner of the team paid for the entire franchise a few years earlier.
Byron White's long career of public service began in World War H when
he served in the Pacific Theater as a Naval Intelligence Officer. There, he
played a critical intelligence role in locating a previously undetected portion of
the Japanese fleet, which resulted in the carrier planes doing great damage to
the enemy, and he investigated the sinking of PT Boat 109,the boat captained
by a young lieutenant named John F. Kennedy. White served on the Btmker
Hill when it was struck by two kamikazes, and he then transferred to the
Enterprise,which was also hit within five days and knocked out of action.
* Judge,United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Law Clerk to Justice
White,October Tenn, 1965.
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Following the war, Byron White married Marion Steams, daughter of
Robert Steams, who was at the time the President of the University of
Colorado. The two of them were an inseparable team for fifty-five years.
After graduating from Yale Law School, Byron White clerked for Chief
Justice Fred Vinson on the Uni<ed States Sup eou Court. He then returned to
his roots in the West where he had some of his happiest years raising his family
and practicing law in Denver for fourteen years with the law firm that
ultimately became known as Davis,Graham&Stubbs.
In the 1960 Presidential election, Byron White was selected by Robert
Kennedy to head the National Citizens for Kennedy Committee. After the
election,he went to Washington as the Deputy Attorney General of the United
States. There, he led federal marshals into Montgomery, Alabama to protect
the civil rights of the Alabama Freedom Riders.
He managed to accomplish all of this by the youthful age of forty-four,but
the best was yet to come. At the age of forty-four, President Kennedy
appointed Byron R-White as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He
served in that capacity for thirty-one years, longer than all but a handful of
other Justices in our nation's history. During that time,he authored more than
450 opinions of the Court affecting the lives of all Americans. It was during
his tenure that the Court addressed such difficult issues as school segregation,l
prayer in schools,2 the Watergate tapes,3 the Pentagon papers,° the
constitutionality of the death penalty,5 Miranda,6 and legislative
reapportionment 7
It was a recurring theme of Justice White that the federal judiciary should
exercise considerable self-restraints However, he was vigilant to make sure
that the processes of government were fair and accountable and that the powers
of government were exercised in good faith9 His decisions, above all, were
1. See, e.g., United States v. Fordice, 505 U.S. 717 (1992); Dayton Bd. of Educ. v.
Brinkman,443 U.S.526(1979);Columbus Bd.of Educ.v.Penick,443 U.S.449(1979).
2. See,e.g.,Sch.Dist.of Abington Township v.Schempp,374 U.S.203(1963).
3. See United States v.Nixon,418 U.S.203(1974).
4. See N.Y.Times Co.v. United States,403 U.S. 713 (1971)(per curiam); id. at 730
(White,J.,concurring).
5. See,.e.g.,Gregg v.Georgia,428 U.S. 153(1976)(joint opinion of Stewart,Powell,
and Stevens,JJ.);id.at 207.(White,J.,concurring in the judgment),*Furman v.Georgia,408
U.S.238(1972)(per curiam);id.at 310(White,L,concurring).
6. See Miranda v.Arizona,384 U.S.436(1966);id at 526(White,J.,dissenting).
7. See,e.g.,Reynolds v.Sims,377 U.S.533(1964).
a. See, e.g., Bowers v. Hardwick, 478 U.S. 186, 194 (1986) ("The Court is most
vulnerable and comes nearest to illegitimacy when it deals with judge-made constitutional
law having little or no cognizable roots in the language or design of the Constitution.");
Moore v. City of E. Cleveland, 431 U.S. 494, 541 (1977) (White, J., dissenting); Doe v.
Bolton,410 U.S. 179,221 (1973)(White,J., dissenting); Robinson v. California, 370 U.S.
660,685(1962)(White,J.,dissenting).
9. See, e.g., Jacobson v. United States, 503 U.S. 540 (1992); United States v. Leon,
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pragmatic and fair.10 Like all good lawyers and judges, he felt deeply bound
by precedent u
Now,for the more difficult task. Who was the person that the world knew
respectively as Byron White,Whizzer White,and Justice White?
First, Justice:White was at the core a genuinely modest and democratic
man. He accorded dignity and teapect equally to Presidents and cafeteria
workers and did not consider that his accomplishments and titles placed him
above any other person. He was a fierce competitor who truly loved to win in
competition,and yet he valued fair play more. He held awesome power in his
hands for thirty-one years as a Supreme Court Justice, and yet he was an
apostle of judicial restraint. He lived in the rarefied intellectual world of
constitutional theory, yet he grounded his most significant decisions on
common sense learned in Wellington,Colorado. He was a man of the world,
but he also was a man of deep faith. He was, at the same time, one of our
country's most public and well-recognized people and one of its most private
citizens.
Loyalty marked Justice White's close personal relationships. Over the
years,he started out as my boss,then became my mentor, and finally and most
specially became my friend. Following my judicial clerkship with him on the
Supreme Court in 1965-1966, we spent many happy times together fishing,
skiing, and even sitting together as judicial colleagues on the Tenth Circuit
after his retirement from the Supreme Court. Talk about weird—sitting with
• Justice White on a Tenth Circuit panel as the lawyers argued about the meaning
of controlling Supreme Court precedent authored by none other than Justice
White.
I have said that Justice White was a mentor to me. I would qualify that
characterization by adding that he was a reluctant mentor, in that he never
sought to be a mentor to his clerks (though many, including myself, came to
look upon him as such). His philosophy was one of rugged individualism—
each man and woman must make his or her own decisions and stand
accountable for those decisions. If Justice White had sought influence over his
law clerks' lives, he would in some sense have been accepting responsibility
for the consequence of that influence over their lives. That would have been
anathema to him
This led to a bit of a disconnect with many of his law clerks. As young,
impressionable law clerks, most of us desired—even yearned for--a mentor.
468 U.S. 897 (1994); City of Mobile v. Bolden, 446 U.S. 55, 94 (1980) (White, J.,
dissenting).
10. See, e.g.,Bowsher v.Synar,478 U.S.714,759(1996)(White,J.,dissenting);INS
v.Chadha,462 U.S.919,967(1983)(White,J.,dissenting);Washington v.Davis,426 U.S.
229,248(1976).
11. See, e.g., South Carolina v. Gathers, 490 U.S. 805, 812 (1989) (White, J.,
concurring in the result based upon the precedent of Booth v. Maryland, 482 U.S. 496
(1987),a case in which he had joined the dissent,id. at 519.).
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Particularly,we yearned for a mentor relationship with Justice White,who had
such remarkable qualities of character, integrity, motivation, and modesty. It
was obvious that he had much to teach us. The only problem was that he
viewed such teachings on these personal matters as an unwarranted intrusion
into our fives(and perhaps into his). Thus, efforts to seek personal guidance
and advice were nearly always doomed to failure.
At the end of my clerkship, I was thinking about coming out west to
practice law in Denver,Colorado,which was the Justice's old hometown. I had
not spent much time in Denver, so I wanted to ask the Justice for his advice.
Was Denver a good place to live? With which law firms should I interview?
etc.,etc.,etc. His response was maddening. "Go out there for an interview and
check it out for yourself,"was all that I could pry out of him.
Years later,I was first offered an appointment to the United States District
Court for the District of Colorado(which I ultimately declined)and then,later,
an appointment to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
(which I accepted). On those occasions, I sought Justice White's advice as to
whether I should accept or decline those opportunities. His response: "Well,
they are not for everyone. You will have to decide for yourself whether they
are right for you."
I can't ever recall moral lectures from Justice White or even the telling of
personal stories where the obvious purpose was to import some useful example
or lesson that we should, or could, apply to our own lives. Ultimately, all we
could do was to observe Justice White being himself. It was then up to us to
decide what to make of those observations. Most of us observed and then
incorporated a variety of his values, his characteristics, and even his
mannerisms as our own. But those were our choices, not his. All he offered
was employment and an opportunity to do the government's important work.
We took that offer, and in the process, we found a reluctant, but worthy,
mentor.
I have a hundred stories about Justice White that I would love to tell, but
two in particular illustrate well the man that he was.
The first displays both his modesty and his subtle sense of humor. About
ten years ago, he was traveling through western Colorado to attend a Tenth
Circuit Conference, and he stopped in a small store in Glenwood Springs. He
noticed that the proprietor looked exactly like Benjamin Franklin. . Justice
White remarked on this fact,and the proprietor acknowledged that on occasion
his remarkable likeness to Ben Franklin had been noticed and that he, in fact,
had started to dress and act like Ben Franklin. So,Justice White began to call
him Ben. Just as Justice White was about to leave the store, the proprietor
looked at him and said, "You know what, you look exactly like Whizzer
White." Justice White responded, "Yes, I have been told that occasionally by
others as well." They parted simply, with Justice White saying, "Goodbye,
Ben,"and the proprietor saying,"Goodbye,Whizzer."
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• Oct.2002] TRIBUTE TO JUSTICE BYRONR WHITE 9
The other story took place just a few months before his death. Many of his
personal effects had been shipped back to Denver from Washington,D.C., and
they were being stored at the Tenth Circuit in his office right next to mine.
Every few days,he and Marion would come down to the office and we would
open several boxes of things. The lifetime of his accumulations provided many
walks down memory lane.
One day,I unwrapped an old spiral notebook. Even before I could identify
what it was, Justice White pointed to it and emphatically began to say the
single word, "if." In the last year or two of his life, Justice White had an
increasingly difficult time talking, so initially I didn't understand what he was
saying. Yet he kept pointing to the notebook and with increasing fervor kept
saying,"If,""If,""If"
It tums out that the notebook was one kept by Justice White when he was
in high school, back in Wellington. There, he had an English teacher, Miss
Schmidt, whom the Justice would later describe as one of the most important
influences in his life. This notebook, written in the Justice's own hand,
contained things he wrote down from Miss Schmidt's class that he wanted to
remember and make his own. In it were stories, summaries of literature taught
in class,personal anecdotes,and the poem If by Rudyard Kipling.
As I began to read the poem out loud for the Justice,it suddenly dawned on
me. This poem described what it takes to be a man. Justice White learned that
. lesson, at least in part, in Wellington High School English class, and he never
forgot it. This poem, more than anything else I know, describes Justice
White—not what he did but who he was. Who knows where that old notebook
had been stored for the past fifty years,but it was as if those intervening years
didn't matter. When I finished reading the poem, I looked over at Justice
White,and he had a faraway and misty look in his eye. He was silent for a very
long time.
The poem is set out in full below. It may already be familiar to you,but I
urge you to read it again as if you were reading it for the very first time. Nearly
every phrase, every cadence,every nuance describes Justice White,so much so
that it could have been titled,Byron White.
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