Cache la Poudre Chapter
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Fort Collins, Colorado
SPECIAL PROJECT:
Historic Markers
Marker and Dedication date:
Cache la Poudre Marker August 1, 1910
This granite marker, 37” wide by 48” high, marks the site of a powder cache hidden from local Native Americans by French trappers in 1836. Dedicated on Colorado Day, August 1, 1910, it stands in its original location near Bellvue, in Pleasant Valley at the west foot of Bingham Hill.
The marker cost $94.00 and includes the following 112 letter inscription:
THE CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER
DERIVES ITS NAME FROM
POWDER CACHED BY TRAPPERS
NEAR THIS SPOT – 1836
ERECTED BY CACHE LA POUDRE
CHAPTER DAUGHTERS OF THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION – 1910.In smaller letters below is engraved the names of the chapter’s Marker Committee members:
COMMITTEE: MRS. P. J. McHUGH
MRS. W. M. POST
MRS. H. M. RUSSELLA portion of the dedication ceremony was held at the Doty farm nearby. Following the speeches, the marker was unveiled by Florence and Esther Gillette, the youngest members of the Cache la Poudre Chapter.
Sources:
Hildegarde and Frank McLaughlin, A Guidebook to DAR Historic Markers in Colorado ([Denver?]: Colorado State Society NSDAR, 1991)
Unpublished notes compiled by Mildred Payson Beatty
