Fort Collins

Guides

The longer reads: Fort Collins with kids, where to eat, the outdoors, what moving here is like, and how the town got this way. Each says where its facts came from.

Families

Families · October 1, 2026

Fort Collins with kids: the museum, the farm, the pool, the trails and Horsetooth

Where to take children in Fort Collins: the Museum of Discovery and its dome, the Gardens on Spring Creek, the farm at Lee Martinez Park, City Park and its pool, the Spring Creek and Poudre trails, storytimes at three libraries, and the swim beaches and trails at Horsetooth, with hours and prices from each operator.

History

History · October 1, 2026

Fort Collins history: a flooded camp, a sugar town, 73 dry years and a city of 170,000

A cavalry camp moved out of a flood in 1864, a town incorporated in 1873, a college that became CSU, a sugar factory, a streetcar, a liquor ban from 1896 to 1969, an Old Town on the National Register and the breweries. The short history of Fort Collins, each claim resting on a source.