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Ghost Town
In NorthernColorado
LongsPeak 
PioneerClimbers
Outlaws
In EarlyColorado
Skiing
SteamboatSprings
 
PoudreCanyon
PioneerPeopleand Places
LiquidGold
Last WaterHole inthe West
Frontier Town
Early LovelandRemembered
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The Senior
March 2009
Local Attractions • Scenic Places • History • Money • Health • News
 
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T
he Cache la Poudre River is oneof the few remaining wild andscenic rivers in the West, undamedand untamed.The canyon through which it runswest of Fort Collins has numerousplaces associated with northernColorado’s pioneers.The small village of Rusticcontained one of the Poudre Canyon’sfirst hotels, the Rustic Hotel. It wasbuilt shortly after 1881 by pioneerSamuel Stewart, who homesteaded inthis part of the canyon.Stewart chose the name Rustic tomatch the primitive setting in whichhe built his log hotel. It was a stagestop when first constructed and later apopular hunting and tourist lodge.Stewart also built much of theroad up Poudre Canyon that we drivetoday west of Rustic, including partof the road over Cameron Pass toGould.He was an enterprising pioneerwho believed gold mines in themountains above Poudre Canyonwould need a wagon road so suppliescould be hauled in and ore hauled out.He charged a toll for each wagon thatused his road.Some gold and silver strikes hadbeen made at Lulu City in 1880; soStewart extended his Poudre Canyonroad to that camp high in the NeverSummer Range of what is now thenorthwest corner of Rocky MountainNational Park, just on the west edgeof Larimer County.To build the Lulu City road,Stewart had to hack out a trail fromCameron Pass south over theContinental Divide at 12,000-footThunder Pass, then down to the head-waters of the Colorado River.This was a monumental task withnothing but picks and shovels, horsesand wagons, in a rugged mountainrange famous for fierce winter stormsand some of the deepest snows inColorado. But Stewart did it.Unfortunately, the mines at LuluCity contained low-grade ore andplayed out quickly. Stewart’s work onthat road did not pay off.But his Rustic Hotel wassuccessful. For many years, it was afavorite spot with northern Coloradoresidents who wanted to get to themountains.
The Will Barnes family, Poudre Canyon pioneers. Loveland Museum.
Later an Iowa millionaire namedNorman Haskins bought the hotel,remodeled it and gave it to hismistress, Mary Luthe—which causedquite a scandal in the canyon.The old Rustic Hotel was torndown in 1978, but you can still seewhere it once stood, just east of theGlen Echo building and on the oppo-site side of Highway 14.You can also hike up Stewart’s oldmining road from Cameron Pass, overthe Continental Divide at ThunderPass, and down the Colorado Riverheadwaters to the location of the ghosttown Lulu City.Local Forest Service maps willhelp you find the route, which isdescribed in Stan Case’s book “ThePoudre: A Photo History,” available atlocal bookstores.________________
COVER PICTURE: Marmots in Rocky Mountain National Park.Taken by Fort Collins professional photographer Gregory Mayse. Seehis photographs at Trimble Court  Artisans in Fort Collins and www.gregorymayse.com. Email himat info@gregorymayse.com; phone970-412-3600.
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