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(Editors Note: Greeley historian
Hazel Johnson wrote the following
story years ago.)
By Hazel Johnson
Ahome or shelter was the firstconcern of the pioneers who
arrived in Greeley in 1870, butbuilding materials were hard tocome by.
Some settlers put up tents ormakeshift shacks. One person saidthat, in the beginning, Greeleylooked like a bunch of dry-goodsboxes scattered over the backyardof the Almighty. The settlers wereknown for their religious fervor.
Founder Nathan Meeker envi-sioned a church, and during thefirst months of the towns life,settlers tried to hire a preacher andform a church. But to no avail.One settler said, If Im going topay a preacher, he will have topreach only what I believe.
Several buffalo robe tanningplants were established in Greeleythen. One report said Greeley wasa major center for those robes,which were very warm and much
in demand in the eastern U.S.The fall of 1868 had marked
the last of the Indian hWeld County. William the last white man Indians that year.
One report said Bputting up hay in his bIndians came to him him to shoe a pony. Breluctant to do so but dany trouble, so he agrhe bent over to begin thhe was struck in the bhead with a tomahawk.
When the railroadthrough Greeley from CDenver, the train wstopped by cattle on thdog was carried on eadrive the cattle away.
Later the trains kicattle. Since cattlemenrailroads best customeofficials were generosettlements.
The cattlemen alwathe animal killed was aRailroad officials were tion to argue; so they pprice for the animals.
But it led railroad owonder if a scrawny T
horn crossed with a lproduced a purebred cow
The Charles Moody ranch near Greeley. Hazel Johnson C
The Origin oGreeley in 187
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Poudre Canyon Pioneereggy Hunt
any places in Poudre Canyonnorthwest of Fort Collins wered for pioneers and have inter-
g stories associated with them.mmerman Lake near the top ofron Pass was named for pioneer
Zimmerman, a major figure inre Canyon history and one of theettlers there. Nearby Lake Agnesamed for his daughter, Agnes.mmerman and his wife, Maria,
estead near Cameron Pass inThey had crossed the plains to
ado in a covered wagon pulledxen. Maria gave birth to theirh child, Agnes, during the journey.hey fell in love with the hightains at Cameron Pass but soonvered that the winters were tooat that altitude of 10,000 feet.took another homestead lower
e canyon, near where Homeine trailer park is now located.hey had brought a small herd ofwith them from Minnesota, and
became one of the canyons firsthers. He also did someecting, finding a little gold butnough to make a mining opera-profitable. John didnt mind.
Prospecting got him outdoors wherehe could enjoy the canyons sceneryand wildlife.
His children also enjoyed theoutdoors, and the family spent manyhappy days fishing, hunting anddiscovering places in the canyon. In1890 John realized that other people
might enjoy the mountains as much asthey did. Near their ranch house, hebuilt the canyons first resort, theZimmerman Hotel.
It was an immediate success.People in towns like Fort Collins andGreeley flocked to it. Others fromplains towns that were hot and dry inthe summer also came.
Business was so good that John builta much larger place called the KeystoneHotel. It was more elaborate and drewmore tourists from out of state.
By the early 1900s, automobiletravel was possible, and many people
first discovered the Poudre Canyon bystaying at Zimmermans hotel.
For many years, the family tookguests hunting and fishing, entertainedwith hayrides, campfires, fine foodand music. Johns wife was an excel-lent cook and supervised a largekitchen staff. He and his childrenplayed musical instruments, and he
could entertain listeners for hours withtales of his early days on the Poudre.
The canyon was filled with crispsunny days, clean air and blue skies. Itwas a glorious time for discoveringthe wild and scenic places along thePoudre River.
Johns wife died in 1901, and he
died in 1919 at nearly age 80. Hisdaughter Agnes continued to run thehotel for years, but the tourist businesschanged and fewer guests came.
In 1946 Agnes sold the KeystoneHotel to the Colorado Game and FishDepartment, which built a fish hatcheryto the west and tore down the hotel.
Agnes didnt know the state wasgoing to demolish the hotel, and shewas heartbroken when it happened.She continued to live in the canyonfor years, spending winters in a cabinat nearby Kinikinik and summers in alog cabin at Chambers Lake.
By then, she was old and alone,but she loved the mountains she hadknown all her life. Sometimes shehitched a ride with the mailman to gosomewhere. Occasionally friendsdrove her.
When she rode past the placewhere her familys hotel had stood,friends said she always turned her
face away. She couldnt bat the empty place on the r
Agnes continued to mountains even when sh
Her favorite climbZimmerman Lake, wherehad spent so many happioneers in the canyon.________________For an excellent book pioneers, see Stanley CPoudre: A Photo Historyat local bookstores.I
John Zimmerm
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ichael Hollis, Director
l Security Office, Greeley
e American Recovery andeinvestment Act of 2009, whichdent Obama signed into law in
uary, provides for a one-timeent of $250 to people receiving
al Security and Supplementality Income (SSI) benefits.
he payments will go out in May,ll payments should be received
e end of May. The payments willnt automatically, meaning no
n is required on the part of then receiving benefits.he payments will be made sepa-y from a persons regularhly payments. All adults whove Social Security benefits,
ding disabled adult children (butminor children) are eligible for theent.addition, all people who receiveayments, including minor chil-
, are eligible for theent. Anyone who receives bene-r who was eligible to receive
Extra $250 Paymentfrom Social Security
benefits during any of the threemonths prior to enactment (Novemberand December of 2008 and January2009) will receive the payment.
The payments will be made in thesame way regular Social Security
payments are made. People with directdeposit will receive their paymentselectronically. Those who receive paperchecks will receive their payments inthe mail. People who receive regularpayments through the Direct Expressdebit card will receive their one-timepayments through the card.
If someone receives both SocialSecurity and SSI, only one paymentof $250 will be made.
The economic recovery legislationalso provides for a one-time paymentto recipients of Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA) and RailroadRetirement Board (RRB) bene-fits. However, if you receive SocialSecurity or SSI benefits and you alsoreceive VA and/or RRB benefits, youwill only receive one $250 payment.
If you do not receive the paymentby June 4, contact Social Security. I
mericans can expect their healthnsurance premiums to at leaste in the next seven years unless
healthcare system is changed,a report from the Public Interestarch Group in Washington D.C.ne reason for the increase isucratic waste. A full one-third ofything Americans spend onhcare goes to things like unnec-y paperwork, inappropriate care,
nflated drug prices that are notted in other developed countries.
ealth Premiums to Double?Advertising by drug companies
adds billions to health costs. Drugadvertising increased 250 percentfrom 1997 to 2007, said researchers.
The U.S. views health care as abusiness. Other affluent nations suchas Canada, France and other Europeancountries treat health care as a publicgood, said Harvard Medical Schoolresearcher Dr. Steffie Woolhandler.People in those countries live longer
than Americans and spend only abouthalf as much for health care. I
rance companies operating the
dicare drug program (Part D)overcharged Medicare partici-and the government billions of
rs, says a recent report from thector general at the U.S. Health
Human Services. 2006 alone, overcharges
unted to over $4 billion, saidtigators; and 80 percent of the
ance companies were involved inharges.t shows a mindset that couldntless about wasting taxpayer
Billions in Overchargesmoney, that has no problem with
padding profits of drug companies withhard-earned taxpayer dollars, saidSenator Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri).
She was describing the mindset offederal Medicare officials who aresupposed to audit the drug companiesbut have not. The few audits that havebeen done show billions in overcharges.
Medicare officials are supposed toaudit at least one-third of the insurancecompanies annually. Of the 165 auditsthat should have been done in 2006,fewer than seven were completed.I
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Q: I am confused by all the real
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A: Equity in a home usuallymakes up one of the major compo-nents of a persons net worth. Thus,we need to pay attention to thecurrent real estate mess.
Upside down means that thevalue of the home is less than theloan and other liens against theproperty.
If an owner is in an upside downposition, a limited number ofchoices may be available. He or shecould continue to make the loanpayments. However, there is a temp-tation to walk away if renting wouldbe less expensive, especially if theodds are that property values mighttake years to rebound.
But walking away is not aneffective answer. A deficiencyjudgment usually follows, meaningthe borrower is still liable for thebalance.
Another approach would be forthe homeowner to offer to conveythe property back to the lender inlieu of foreclosure and for the lenderto cancel the promissory note. Myexperience shows that very fewoffers like this are accepted.
Some homeowners attempt tonegotiate with the lender to lowerthe loan burden. The lender may be
responsive to reducepayments or the interefew seem willing to writethe loan balance.
Finally, a short sale oa property is sold to a thiless than is currently owbalance due under thwritten off by the lender. as six months ago, fewould agree to that. Bhave negotiated a numbarrangements because actually receives the bulkback in cash, knows whaare, and does not have rethat needs to be sold.
For people who havebalance or no loan againsit is still important to stathis real estate meltdowvalue of a house decowners economic safetand may break, thus lowners options.
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ill Lambdin
es Park historian Bettyreudenburg wrote one of the
local history books onrado, titled Facing thetier: The Story of the
Gregor Ranch.s about two pioneer families,
Alex MacGregors, who settledtes Park; and the Alva Adamsy, early political leaders.lex and his wife Clara estab-d the MacGregor Ranch inand were one of the leading
eer families in Estes Park.was the first postmaster there
had one of the first stores. Alecthe first road to Estes. They
loped a ranch that still standsworking pioneer ranch thatle can visitwith buildingsquipment from the 1800s plusnal items from the family.he MacGregors friend Alvams was the youngest maned governor of Colorado inand was one of the statespopular governors. He builtrst house in Colorado Springs
rose from obscurity to famewealth. His son Alva B. Adamsme a U.S. senator who playedjor role in getting the tunnelthat brings water from westernrado to Fort Collins, Greeleynearby towns. The tunnel runsiles under the high mountainse Estes Park and was namede younger Adams.
What makes this book unusuale love story that is woven intoistory. Clara MacGregor was
teresting figurea beautifulg woman who loved both AlexGregor and Alva Adams.he was born in 1852 in thel town of Black Earth,onsin. She was one of the firsten to attend the University ofonsin and later the prestigiousago Art Institute. She becameented landscape painter and,time, owned an art studio iner.lara was the childhood sweet-
of Alva Adams when they up together in Wisconsin.
They became engaged, and Alvawanted to marry as soon as shefinished high school. She wanted towait until she was age 21.
While waiting, Alva moved toColorado and wrote her love letters,many of which are included in the
book. He also wrote newspaperarticles about his familys trip toColorado in a covered wagon, andsome of those are in the book.
As Clara grew into womanhood,something changed her feelings forAlva. Or maybe it was severalthings. The books author does notknow exactly what it was, but shegives readers enough informationthat some can reach conclusionsmainly from Alvas letters.
Clara came to Colorado in 1872
on a camping trip with an art classand met Alex MacGregor, a hand-some young lawyer. They marriedthe next year and soon beganbuilding their ranch in Estes Park.
Alva Adams married a womanfrom Greeley, Ella Nye; but he andClara remained friends throughouttheir lives.
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cently I read Memories ofEarly Days in the Cache lare Valley, written by Charlescan shortly before he died in9. He wrote it for thembine Club of Timnath, the
town just east of Fort Collins.is father, Simon Duncan and, crossed the plains with a of oxen in 1860 and first
settled at a place called Huntsvillesouth of Denver.
Sometimes Indians would cometo beg food from pioneer womenwhen their husbands were away.The women depended on their
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Then two more Indians appearedat the window. She got the shotgunto see if she could scare them off.Noticing her nervous condition,they were amused and laugheduntil she discharged the gun. Thebuckshot hit the chinking betweenthe logs, and the Indians leftcovered with plaster.
At Huntsville, the settlers cametogether to build a fort out of logsand mud for their security. Theauthor remembered his mothersaying everyone worked on it until
they were exhausted. They namedit Fort Lincoln but often called itFort Run To. His parents said theysought shelter there 13 times oneyear.
In 1865 the Duncan familytook up a homestead one mile eastof Timnath. Army troops were
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Prostate Treatmentsany men regret having surgery totreat prostate cancer, accordingreport in the medical journalpean Urology.egret is highest among men whothe new robotic prostatectomy
ment instead of traditional surgeryemoves the prostate gland.
ost regrets have to do with thes sex life, a problem that mightfrom doctors giving men unreal-expectations. Many doctors tellnts sexual potency rates are 95nt after treatment.ut that usually is not the case, saidrchers. Sexual function is oftenhe same as before the procedure.t, George Washington Universitychers said that fewer than half of
men they surveyed felt their sexhad returned to normal a year
treatment.
esearchers also say olderate cancer patients who experi-a sudden rise in PSA levels
ld not be too quick to usegen deprivation therapy (ADT).DT is intended to eliminateterone that drives cancer growth.tened by possible recurrence of
cancer, some men begin using ADTtoo soon, says a report in the Journal ofClinical Oncology. ADT has signifi-cant toxicities and questionable impacton life expectancy if used too soon,said researchers.
Men seeking answers to questionsabout prostate cancer treatment might
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He says things like:See a radiation oncologist for
unbiased information on whichprostate treatment to use because asurgeon will most likely recommendhis procedure, a radiation oncologistwill recommend his.
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The Medicare Payment AdvisoryCommission is an official studygroup for Medicare. It says majorcuts should be made in home health-care payments, expensive medical
imaging services, hospice care, andother programs.
The Commission said Medicarehas been paying too much forseveral services. It also recommendscutting payments for MedicareAdvantage insurance plans. Those
plans are alternatives tMedicare insurance; they ices such as dental care tMedicare does not offer.
Other analysts haveMedicare Advantage planchanged because theygovernment considerably regular Medicare does.
The Commission recoa 1 percent increase in dobursements and dialysis It recommended no chpayments for skilled nursties, inpatient rehabilitatioand long-term care hospita
Many of the MRIs, CT scans andPET scans done in the U.S. donot help patients, according to studies
by the Government AccountabilityOffice and other groups.The scans dont help diagnose
problems for several reasons:Technicians make mistakes becausethey are not adequately trained. Thescanning machines dont work prop-erly or are too old to provide goodimages. Many machines are owned by
doctors who order unnecejust to increase their incom
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Vijay Rao at ThomasUniversity Hospital in Ptold the New York Timeno national standards or re
Some imaging centersited by the American Radiology, and that asquality. But many placaccredited.
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Lake Marie Namedor Pioneer Womanrs Note: Wyoming historian
garet Laybourn wrote the
wing story.
argaret Laybourn
autiful Lake Marie in the SnowyRange Mountains west ofmie, Wyoming, was named byes Bellamy in 1886 to honor hisMarie Godot.
ellamy held the first license toce engineering in Wyoming andeyed the Snowy Range. Hed the lake for his wife because,id, the sapphire waters matchedeep blue eyes.hat was but the first of many trib-paid to this remarkable woman
in 1910, was the first femaled to serve in the Wyoming legis-
e. She had come to Laramie in, just three years after the firsten in the world had been empan-to serve on jury duty in Wyoming.aramie citizens had turned to
women jurors in an effort to stem thetide of lawlessness in the frontiertown. They were very pleased withthe judgments made by the womenjurors.
Mary was elected superintendentof schools in Laramie and in 1904helped form the Wyoming Federationof Womens Clubs, which worked forthe advancement of womens rightsand the rights of children.
When elected to the legislature in1910, she introduced provisions in theprobate law that allowed marriedwomen to serve as executors of estates.She also supported the establishmentof the Boys Industrial Training Schoolto rehabilitate wayward boys whowere, at that time, sent into the general
prison population.The small but mighty Mary was
also instrumental in passing a bill thatpermitted women prisoners to betransferred to other states where therewere accommodations for women.
The fire lighted by feminism in
Marys heart never dimmed. Sherepresented Wyoming at the last greatrally for womens suffrage in
Washington, D.C., in 1917.She was a delegate to the
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In Wyoming, she worked untir-ingly for laws limiting child labor and
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She died in 1955 at blue eyes dimmed but hequal rights for women stremember her when I setiful blue water of Lake M
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ois Hall
lorado and Wyoming havemany ghost towns that are fun
scover when youre hiking orng in the mountains, and theyput you in touch with thes colorful pasts.he gold camp of Fulford wasof present-day Glenwood
ngs, 22 miles southeast ofe on Brush Creek Road andNolan Creek on Road 415
418.was named for Arthur
ord, whose tragic death wasded there in 1891.
ulford had prospected in theand knew of a good mining
m that would be available.ng laws required that claimsroved up by midnight at theof each year, or someone elsed lay claim to the property.ulford intended to do that and
The Ghost Town ofulford in the 1800s
Fulford in the late 1800s. Colorado Historical Socie
set out from Eagle with a friend tomake a difficult hike to a claim onthe first day of January. OnDecember 31, they stayed at the
Lanning Hotel in a mining areacalled Camp Nolan.The hotel owner, Henry
Lanning, also made skis and wassupposed to have a pair ready forFulfords friend for the trip. But onNew Years Eve, Lanning toldthem the skis would not be readyuntil later the next day.
Fulford was eager to stake theclaim, so he went on alone. Hisfriend said he would follow withsupplies the next day. He did,
following Fulfords tracks in thesnow.
Suddenly the tracks disap-peared. The young man lookedaround and realized they werecovered by an enormoussnowslide.
He returned and organized a
search party of nearly 100 men.For two days in the freezingJanuary weather, they plumbed thesnowslide.
Finally they found Fulfordsdead body. It was sitting up, anobserver recalled, the eyes still
wide open in horrified sThis prompted mine
the place after Fulford.Another tragedy
them to name nearby Nafter prospector Williwho accidentally shot hi
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Events and ExhibBeatles Music
The Fort Collins Symphony and aBeatles tribute band with originalmembers of Broadway Beatlemaniawill perform April 9 at 7:30 pm, at theBudweiser Events Center. Sponsoredby the Bohemian Foundation and Cityof Fort Collins. Tickets: 877-544-
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Memorial Service
May 3, 2 pm at Windsor HighSchool auditorium, honoring deceasedfamily members and the anniversary ofthe Windsor tornado. Submit photos offamily members by April 27 to Rev.Larry Kilpatrick at Mountain ValleyHealth Care, phone 346-9700, [email protected].
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Laughter Is the Best Medicinapanese company named Toyotand an American company calleddecided to have a canoe race.
rowing teams practiced forhs, and the Japanese won by a
M hired consultants to determineeason for the crushing defeat.r a long investigation, theultants concluded that the Toyotahad eight men rowing and onesteering. The GM team had oneowing and eight men steering.
or the next years race, GM gotnment money and more consul- advice. They initiated a
wing Team Quality Firstram, with meetings, dinners,ses and awards.hey re-organized the team with
steering supervisors, two areaing superintendents, and twoant steering managers. The oner was given greater incentive toharder through longer practiceand bonuses for his supervisors.
he day of the race arrived, andta won by two miles.
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A man asked for a flight to PepsiCola, Florida. The airline employeesaid, Do you mean Pensacola? Theman replied, Yeah, whatever, smarty.
A man asked an airline employee,How is it possible that my planeleaves Detroit at 8:30 am and arrivesin Chicago at 8:33 am? Theemployee explained the difference intime change, but the man lookedconfused. Finally the employee said,The plane flies very fast. The mansaid, Oh, ok.
A man going to China was told heneeded a visa, and he said, Ive beenthere before, and Ive never needed
that. They always accepted myAmerican Express.
A woman told her friend: Lastyear I replaced the windows in myhouse with that expensive energy effi-cient kind. Today I got a call from thecontractor who installed them. He was
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I told him what his sales guy hadtold me last year, that in one yearthese windows would pay for them-selves.
Heres a little quiz. See if you can do
it without a calculator:
You are driving a bus from FortCollins to Denver, and it has 17passengers. In Loveland, 2 people getoff and 4 get on. In Greeley, 11 people
get off and 16 get on. In get off and 5 get on.
What is the name driver?
Dont know? Forsake...youre the driver!
I guess I need a hearingThe other day I called
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I thought she said arhymed with thorny, anfool of myself.I
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The stimulus package arriveda bunch of unpaid bi
Why are so many players of pro sports also poor spor
When your name is not in the newspaper, disappointed or thankful?I
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The Senior VoiceTHEY MAKE IT HAPPE
ByGaylord
Morrison
MORRISONS
MEDITATIONS
You can beatmile a minute
ut there aint
No Future
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