Re: [CBQ] Loveland Colorado Station

["cbqbill1x" <kybillhusb@gmail.com>]

You may find additional info about Loveland, and its stations at

1. Colorado Railroad Museum: Richardson Library: Colorado RR Stations, Tivis Wilkins Photos Depots of Colorado, Binder 18

2. http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/nrhp/text/82002303.PDF

3. https://www.flickr.com/photos/84263554@N00/sets/72157594314830070/detail/?page=27

4. http://lovelandhistorical.org/lovelands-story/

5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loveland,_Colorado

6. "Railroads in Colorado 1858-1948" pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/64500743.pdf  (The Historical and Technological Evolution of Colorado's Railroads 1858 - 1948)

7. http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=5063661

The city of Loveland, founded in 1877, is named for its founder, William Austin Hamilton Loveland, president of the Colorado Central Railroad. The station at Loveland was built as part of an expansion by the Colorado Central between Longmont, CO and Wyoming. This station was built as part of that line. Tracks were completed from Golden to the valley by the fall of 1877, and a depot, consisting of tents, was set up for the station master and section gang. A small brick depot was completed in 1878.  The greatest period of expansion began in the 1890's, with the introduction of sugar beet cultivation . A sugar beet factory was built in Loveland in 1901. With the increased agricultural activity, a new station was needed. The Colorado & Southern as successor to the Colorado Central undertook the construction of a new station. The 1902 station was designed by Charles B. Martin, an architect for the Colorado & Southern.

Loveland, CO (not Loveland Pass) is located midway between Longmont, CO and Ft. Collins. The city was founded in 1877 along the newly constructed line of the Colorado Central Railroad, near its crossing of the Big Thompson River. The Colorado Central (standard gauge line) ran due north from Golden through Loveland and Ft. Collins connecting with the Union Pacific at Hazard (just west of Cheyenne).

The city of Loveland was named in honor of William A.H. Loveland, the president of the Colorado Central Railroad. The city was founded one mile (1.6 km) upstream from the existing small settlement of St. Louis, the buildings of which were moved to the site of Loveland. For the first half of the 20th century the town was dependent on agriculture. The primary crops in the area were sugar beets and sour cherries. In 1901, the Great Western Sugar Company built a factory in Loveland, which remained as a source of employment until its closure in 1985. During the late 1920s the Spring Glade orchard was the largest cherry orchard west of the Mississippi River. At that time the cherry orchards produced more than $1 million worth of cherries per year. A series of droughts, attacks of blight and finally a killer freeze destroyed the industry. By 1960 cherries were no longer farmed. In the late 20th century, the economy diversified with the arrival of manufacturing facilities by Hewlett-Packard, Teledyne, and Hach, a water quality analysis equipment manufacturer. A new medical center has added a substantial amount of employment in that sector as well.

From "Explore Rail History" by Bill Husband

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