Berthoud Hose Company No. 1.
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Berthoud Host Company No. 1 by Mark FrenchThe town’s first fire-fighting team was known as Berthoud Hose Company No. 1. It was organized in May 1888 when Justice of the […]
Berthoud Feed Supply @ 603 3rd St.
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Berthoud Feed & Supply by Mark French The Berthoud Feed Store at 603 3rd Street is located in a classic building constructed in 1947 for use as by the Farmers […]
1901 Map of the Big Thompson
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In 1901 the United States Department of Agriculture published a yearbook that contained a map of the “Reservoirs under the Big Thompson River and Tributaries.” Since the Little Thompson River […]
The H.P. Beckel House at 748 8th Street
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The H.P. Beckel House at 748 8th Street is the dwelling where Henry Beckel was living when he passed away in September 1958. Beckel was one of many German Russians […]
Early Baseball
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Baseball was the first organized sport to be played in Berthoud. In May 1883 when the town was still located at its original site on the Little Thompson river bottom, […]
Vollmert Place
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Earthwork is underway on the old Vollmert Place to prepare the farm for a residential subdivision. Located southeast of the intersection of Larimer County Road 17 and Spartan Avenue, this […]
May Day
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For decades May Day was celebrated in Berthoud’s town and country schools. Since several local country school teachers had attended the “town school” when the holiday was celebrated there in […]
Benson Quarry
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Alfred Benson’s rock quarry was covered by the waters of Carter Lake reservoir in the 1950s. The quarry was located on the west shore of the lake where its outline […]
Lovejoy Bros. Elevator
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The Lovejoy Bros. Elevator at the intersection of 3rd Street and Massachusetts Avenue in Berthoud was built in 1919. In May of that year the Berthoud Bulletin reported, “The old […]
Ms. Ivy Stockwell
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Ivy Stockwell was a teacher in Berthoud’s schools longer than anyone before her. She was a graduate of Berthoud High School (Class of 1912) who later taught at the Whipple […]