1906 Map of Fort Collins

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Fort Collins emerges as a growing agricultural and educational hub in this early twentieth-century survey, centered around the Colorado State Agricultural College. The landscape is defined by an intricate network of irrigation, featuring the Larimer and Weld Ditch, Terry Lake Canal, and numerous numbered reservoirs such as Reservoir No 6 and Douglas Lake (Res No 10), which transformed the high plains for farming. To the west, the topography rises sharply into the foothills of the Medicine Bow National Forest, where the Cache La Poudre River cuts through the terrain near Bellvue. The Colorado and Southern R R provides the primary industrial artery, with branches reaching out to Wellington and the quarrying settlement at Stout. Local industry is further evidenced by the Empire Mine tucked into the foothills and the prominent Standpipe near the river, reflecting the region's developing infrastructure for both water management and extraction.