Eugene Lamb Homestead
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Title |
Eugene Lamb Homestead |
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Image ID Number |
H05363 |
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Date |
circa 1977 |
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Decade |
1970s |
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Creator |
Mr. Maloney, Greeley |
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Description |
Color photograph of Horsetooth Reservoir, a part of the Colorado-Big Thompson project in Fort Collins, was drained in 1977 due to siphon damage from the Big Thompson flood. The reservoir is the main source of Fort Collins water supply. This photograph was taken of the Eugene Lamb Homestead and Quarry which were covered over by Horsetooth Lake. Lamb, who had come to Colorado as a prospector, worked in the Stout quarries and operated a red sandstone quarry in Soldier canyon, where he took up a homestead. His stone was used in the old Fort Collins Public Library, now the Fort Collins Museum. There was a stone house, garage, and office and a rock wall around the homestead. Remains of the house walls are in the foreground; photo is looking west toward Mount Vernon in background. "The origin of the name, Soldier Canyon, may be due to the fact that a skeleton was found in a crevice with two or three U.S. Army buttons before the time of Camp Collins. It may have come from the fact that soldiers gathered wood from a nearby hill for the camp, and used the canyon as access to the foothills." Summarized from the book, "Larimer County Place Names" page 70. |
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Content Type |
buildings |
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Subject |
Lamb, Eugene
Abandoned houses--Colorado--Soldier Canyon
Horsetooth Lake (Colo.) |
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Image Source |
Historical Collection |
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Format |
image/jpeg |
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Image Collection |
Historical Collection |
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File Location |
LC Places - Horsetooth Reservoir, Soldier Canyon, Dixon Canyon ; Larimer County Horsetooth Reservoir |
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Language |
English |
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Image Origin |
Print |
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Collection Name |
HistoricPhotographs |
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Web Exhibit |
Waterways |
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