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The first drawing of lots for the colony was held in
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The colony invited anyone to join "who is possessed of a good moral character" by purchasing a certificate ranging in price from 50 to US$ 250. A fifty-dollar certificate entitled the purchased to one town lot. Larger certificates entitled the purchaser to locate both a business and residence in the
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community, prompted its officers to expand the enterprise, although without quite the degree of religious idealism of the first effort. Rather the Fort
Collins was as much of a local effort at boosting the population as it was a means of establishing a religiously-oriented cooperative. In addition
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Cameron, officers and trustees included many early prominent residents and business owners of Fort Collins, including John C. Matthews, Judge A.F. Howes, J.M. Sherwood, Colonel J.E. Remington, N.H. Meldrum, B.T. Whedbee,
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road along the Poudre, the new lands would be oriented towards the compass. College Avenue, Mountain Avenue, and other major thoroughfares of the
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of downtown Fort
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