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Longmont, Boulder, Colorado, USA
...Longmont began in an unusual way. In 1870, a group of prominent men in Chicago decided to start a new town in Colorado . They sold memberships in this new town, called "The Chicago-Colorado Colony" and used the money to buy 60,000 acres of land for a townsite and nearby farms in a carefully chosen site in northern Colorado . They planned the town, and brought people, lumber, and building materials to the barren site, where they built a small town by the summer of 1871. They named the new town " Longmont " in honor of Longs Peak, clearly visible from the town...
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- 1895 - Longmont
Long'mont, a post-village of Boulder co., Col., on the Colorado Central Railroad, 41 miles N. of Golden City, and 56 miles N.N.W. of Denver. It is...Read MORE... 
Farmers National Bank
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Northern Colorado Electric Power Plant, 1908
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Main Street
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Long's Peak from Longmont, Colo.
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Coffman Street
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Longmont, a banking post-town of Boulder co., Colo., on the Colorado and Southern R. and the Burlington Route, 36 miles NNW. of Denver. It is...Read MORE... 
The Auditorium
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First Congregational Church and Residences
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High School
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Presbyterian Church
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First Methodist Church
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Trailway Motel
U.S. Hiway 87-287
Longmont, Colo.
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Catholic Church
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Public Library
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First Lutheran Church
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1955 - UAL AIRLINER CRASH NEAR PLATTEVILLE KILLS 44 TURNING GREELEY ARMORY INTO CROWED MORGUE.
DC6B Exploded While in Air, Some Report.
By Gordon G. Gauss
LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) - A four-engine United Air Lines plane - some witnesses said it...Read MORE...
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Longmont, Colorado, USA
Farmers National Bank
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Longmont, Colorado, USA
Northern Colorado Electric Power Plant, 1908
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Longmont, Colorado, USA
Main Street
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Longmont, Colorado, USA
Long's Peak from Longmont, Colo.
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Longmont, Colorado, USA
Coffman Street
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Longmont, Colorado, USA
High School
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Longmont, Colorado, USA
The Auditorium
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Longmont, Colorado, USA
First Congregational Church and Residences
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Longmont, Colorado, USA
Presbyterian Church
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Longmont, Colorado, USA
First Methodist Church
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Longmont, Colorado, USA
Trailway Motel
U.S. Hiway 87-287
Longmont, Colo.
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Longmont, Colorado, USA
Catholic Church
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Longmont, Colorado, USA
Public Library
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Longmont, Colorado, USA
First Lutheran Church
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1895 - Longmont
Long'mont, a post-village of Boulder co., Col., on the Colorado Central Railroad, 41 miles N. of Golden City, and 56 miles N.N.W. of Denver. It is... Read MORE...
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1916
Longmont, a banking post-town of Boulder co., Colo., on the Colorado and Southern R. and the Burlington Route, 36 miles NNW. of Denver. It is... Read MORE...
1955 - UAL AIRLINER CRASH NEAR PLATTEVILLE KILLS 44 TURNING GREELEY ARMORY INTO CROWED MORGUE.
DC6B Exploded While in Air, Some Report.
By Gordon G. Gauss
LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) - A four-engine United Air Lines plane - some witnesses said it... Read MORE...
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