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Century FamiliesThe North Forty News is celebrating the end of the century by featuring families who have lived in northern Larimer County since the early 1900s. One family history will be featured each month through December. Families included as part of this series were in northern Larimer County by 1905. Each family has continued to live in the north part of the county since that time, though not necessarily on the same property. To learn more about a Century Family, select one from the list below: 1999 |
| October 1999 | |
| Ahlbrandts among Germans from Russia | |
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If the United States is a melting pot of different cultures, one of the most
fascinating ingredients is a group that emigrated to northern Colorado in the
early part of this century: the Germans from Russia.
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| September 1999 | |
| Stove Prairie School stands as legacy | |
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To learn about the Vannorsdel family, it would be a good idea to attend
school -:- not just any place of learning, but the little country school in Stove
Prairie.
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| August 1999 | |
| Michaud relatives abound | |
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If any family in the North Forty readership area can boast a lot of kissing
cousins, it's the Michaud clan.
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| June 1999 | |
| Ramsey, Koenig roots run deep at Pingree | |
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As the crow flies, Bonnie Hebbert of Rist Canyon is not far from her family's roots in Pingree Park. Her great-grandfather, Hugh B. Ramsey, homesteaded there about 1890.
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| May 1999 | |
| Aragons show their mettle in agriculture and business | |
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Martin and Louise Aragon have seen their share of changes in Larimer County. Now in their 80s, both are second-generation descendants of families who moved here from southern Colorado early in this century, seeking their fortunes in farming and business.
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| April 1999 | |
| Bees make name in farming | |
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Five generations of the Bee family have lived in the Wellington
and Fort Collins area, with the fourth generation
continuing to farm land that has been in the family since the late 1800s.
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| March 1999 | |
| Akin family influence continues | |
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East of Interstate 25 in the Boxelder Valley, the Akin family has been a presence since 1897, when Harris Akin
bought a farm there. Harris was a second-generation Akin in Larimer County, one of six sons of Henry and Eunice
Akin who came west in 1879 and established a farm southwest of Fort Collins.
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| February 1999 | |
| A love story, a feud and ties to 100 years of Livermore history | |
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When Lafi Miller decided he wanted Juliana "Jo" Sloan to be his bride, he didn"t consider the obstacles for one moment.
Her family, an intertwining network of old ranch families -- Sloans, Swans and Robertses -- had already threatened to do
something drastic if he ever came around courting Jo again.
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