- 1871 plat of town and businesses at the time
- Society of Friends or Quaker church
- HB Ring Ranch
- A Brief History of Fountain's founding in 1859 and the Lincoln Trading Post and Charter Oak Ranch
- Fire and Police Departments and the town jails
- Mountain water 1911-13
- excerpts from the Fountain Herald 1903, 1921-24, 1940 (with town history by Rose Torbit), 1948 and an attempt at passing prohibition
- Photographs of businesses, and highlights from the Commercial Club annual of 1919
- Advertisements from 1920 First Baptist Jubilee Program
- Post Office history
- Lock Store and the Fountain Dispatch
- John Metcalf
- the Walt Fortman Center
- Woodmen Huts
The identity of another church at Main and Ohio, here crossed out, comes from an abstract of title (below), which recorded some of the early sales of lots in the town. The Terrells made a warranty deed to the Society of Friends for land in lots 1, 2 and 12 in Block 12, now part of the commercial block. The Terrells were Quakers, members of the Society of Friends, and oral histories mention that they came west because of their opposition to the Civil War. The Friends met in people's homes in Fountain, and perhaps they also had a church in town for a time. Click on the images for more detail. |
| Abstract of Title for lots in Fountain |
An article from the Denver Tribune, published Feb 6, 1871, and referred to in another paper (likely the Central City Daily) notes that the survey and plat of Fountain was filed January 14. A dozen buildings stood, and 30 or 40 town lots had been sold in the past few weeks. The school house had about 30 students, and public worship was held there nearly every week. AH Terrell, the postmaster, furnished rooms for passing travelers. Peabody and Jordan were finishing a large 24 by 46 foot two-story building which would house a store downstairs and room for Jordan’s family upstairs. A railroad depot was to be built soon, and a bridge over the Fountain Creek and a road across the mesa to Canon City were proposed.
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The tack room on the old Hannah Ranch, four miles south of Fountain, is made of square-hewn timbers scavenged from the old trading post by the Willis cowboys. Remnants of the walls of the Lincoln Trading Post are about 9 miles south of Fountain, and 3 miles south of the Pikes Peak Meadows Race Track on Wigwam Road.
The stage stop was surrounded by a wall. It had a gate on the east side. At the time, there were only 4 white families living on the east side of Fountain Creek between Pueblo and Colorado City. The stage road ran along the west bank of the creek because the land to the east was considered neutral territory. It was used as hunting grounds by the Utes and the Plains tribes. The stage road came to a point east of the Charter Oaks Ranch. [See also Ben Requa in the People section, and the story about Andrew Lincoln.]
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Fountain's Fire and Police Departments
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Fountain’s Fire Department was organized in 1913. They recently acquired the oldest garage in town, the Square Deal on Main Street, for use as the fire station. A renovated office serves the 24-hour dispatcher for the fire, police, electric and street departments. The department vehicles include a 1941 truck, a 1968 Chevy pumper, a 1952 Dodge 4 x 4 grass fire fighting truck, a 1971 Clubwagon rescue unit and the hose cart purchased by the town in 1920.
Gary Kelling, fire chief since 1968, succeeded Allan Simpson, who replaced Don Powell, all who still serve as firefighters. Earlier chiefs were Burt Tatman, and ___ Rutledge. Other members of the fire department include Tim Abeyta, Don Higby, Don Miles, Jim Day, Don Anderson, Don Douglas, Keith Orcutt and Carl Soltwedel. Firemen are paid $15 for every three months of services. [Fountain Valley News Jun 2, 1971 p2]
When Fountain was incorporated in 1903, the first town marshal was LA Toothman. Al Licastro (right) became Fountain’s Police Chief in 1966. In 1971, the department served 3000-plus residents with 4 patrolmen- Jim Bailey, Ron Skidmore, Don McDowell and Virgil Haskin, plus the chief. Robert Zabriskie, former chief, worked part-time as clerk. The town has two patrol cars, and a paddy wagon used to transport canines to the Springs pound. The department moved from the Town utilities building on  |
| Town jails, Fountain Valley News 1968 |
The other jail was near the ATSF railroad depot.
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| Fountain Valley News 5/8/1974 |
These minutes of the town council from October 1903 show that the jail had been completed, though they don't say which one. They also note that liquor licenses were approved for both George Tucker and Mrs. A. Mingman.
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| New Jail, Fountain Valley News, Dec 6, 1972 |
Possibly. An on-line search will bring you to Haswell, Colorado and their self-proclaimed smallest jail, which is 14 x 16 feet. But Fountain's 1903 jail has that beat! It measures about 13x14 feet. Granted there probably are smaller jails still in existence, but information on them is sparse.
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Mountain Water
In 1903, the Fountain Land and Irrigation Company began construction on two reservoirs northeast of town. The developers claimed they would provide enough water to bring 20,000 acres under cultivation. This was the Johnston Reservoir system. To promote their project, and sell land, they planted a 160 acre experimental garden, including a cherry orchard.
The company also promised to erect a canning factory in the town of Fountain, so that all of the produce could be processed, and shipped out at a profit. The town of Fountain offered land near the Santa Fe Railroad depot for this factory, but it never materialized. Sugar beets were raised in the region in the 1910s and later, but these were loaded into railroad cars and shipped off for processing elsewhere.
In 1904, the town of Fountain constructed a ditch which brought fresh mountain water from the Little Fountain Creek into a water main system. Residents tied into this system, and made plans for lawns and gardens around their homes. A drinking water system was developed in December of 1911. Prior to that time, residents used wells. The water was piped in from the Little Fountain Creek, a distance of some 12 miles. The town storage reservoirs on the mesa west of town have a capacity of 3,380,288 gallons. Fountain owns the first water right in the Little Fountain creek.
On August 23, 1913, the town of Fountain celebrated the completion of the water system with a barbecue. It was a big day, thousands were present, among them the county commissioners and many county officials and other prominent citizens of Colorado Springs. W.G. Riddoch presided, and J.B. Pyles (water mayor) gave a history of water works and welcomed the people. Many visitors made speeches. There was a fire run and other demonstrations of the system and the great Midland Band enlivened the occasion.
[Taken from newspaper and booster articles written in the 1910s.]
News from the Fountain Herald
The Fountain Herald was published by Harry Ellington in 1899. Businesses mentioned in this 1903 ad include the Fountain Trading Company, owned FE Torbit, which was on South Main (where the quilt shop is now).
Emory Reed seems to have had a store in the Hotel Fountain, which stood at the northeast corner of Illinois and Race (now the Aragon playground).
Nellie Vernon had enlarged her storeroom, and offered a better selection, with jaunty shoes! The location of her store is not known.
The First National Bank had a small building at the northeast corner of Main and Missouri (later used as the Town Clerk office, demolished in March 1962). The Fountain Lumber and Supply Company was just north or northeast of Woodmen Hall.
The Fountain Herald was purchased by Thomas B. Pyles in 1907 out of a shop on East Ohio. Pyles sold the paper to LW Hilgendorf in December 1919. Issues from the early 1920s have been microfilmed and are available for viewing in the Special Collections at the Penrose Library. Most of the newspaper has not survived, and it would be very enlightening to find a stack in someone's closet!
These businesses were advertising in the paper in the early 1920s. Photos from the Commercial Club Annual of 1919, courtesy of the Fountain Museum.
First National Bank of Fountain, originally the Fountain Valley Bank, was chartered in 1903. The new bank on Main St. at Ohio was opened in December, 1921. Herbert R. Tubbs, Louis G. Niles and M.L. Rhinehart, all of Fountain, worked there. W.D. Shaw of Buttes was the Vice President. Other men from the Springs were officers. The bank had occupied a small brick building at the northeast corner of Main and Missouri, and the need for a new bank building with a modern vault door had been seen for some time [for photo see the Census and Business Director page]. Then Mrs. Crackin offered the old City Drug Store for sale, and arrangements were made. The old property was sold to WE Whalen and Tom Clopton of the Fountain Garage.
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| First National Bank 1921 |
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| Dec 1913 Photo showing City Drug in the distance, at the corner of Ohio and Main. Mel McFarland notes that AL Zeiser's drug store operated here in the 1890s. |
Fountain Flour and Feed Co.
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| 1923 Fountain Herald Advertisement, probably located on Ohio east of Main |
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| Gazette Mar 7 1890 |
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| Fountain Lumber, 1919 |
Fountain Theater. Showed some of the latest films several nights a week, with shows presented by town lodges. Facade remodeled in about 1919 with fake granite and 14 new lights, located on the west side of Main Street.
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| Fountain Herald news clipping |
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| Theater as seen in the 1950s |
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| Black-face Minstrel Show, circa 1920s |
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Monk's Fountain Hardware & Implement Co. 1919,
southwest corner of Main and Ohio
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| Fountain Implement Interior |
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| This 1906-07 clipping shows the block built by George E. Warner, and managed by Frank Colgrove. It included a hardware and tack store, a pool room, barber shop, and bath room - offering hot and cold baths at any time! |
- Fountain Pool Hall
- Fountain Valley Transfer, D.C. Colbert mgr.
- J.F. McBride had a garage and blacksmith shop, and a second-hand store in town. He sold these to Drago and Shirley and moved to the Springs, where he engaged in real estate.
- People’s Store
- W.G. Riddoch Investment Co., Real Estate
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| Riddoch's 1919, north of Woodmen Hall on Main Street |
- Sanborn and Co., merchantile store which switched to “Cash only basis” in 1920s and gave out carnations to the ladies to celebrate. Operating in the big brick building, aka Woodmen Hall.
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Woodmen Hall, with Fountain
Lumber at right, 1919
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- George Sinton dairy of the Springs
- Uneeda Restaurant, George Metcalf Proprietor
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| Metcalfs's cafe, probably Dec 1913 blizzard |
- (B.) Vanderlip Drug Store, also sold ice cream, magazines
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Park Filling and Service Station, A.E. Orcutt Prop.
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| Wm Godding did light truck work. He is parked on a muddy Main Street in front of the old Orcutt garage. Note the Bakery and Lunch room to the north in what was Etter's Exchange Grocery. |
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| 1919 Orcutt Garage, owned by AE and his brother WD Orcutt. Their new garage was being built just south of this and had electric lights, steam heat and a large ladies restroom on the second floor [photo on census and business directory page]. |
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| Ira Etter's Exchange Grocery, like north of Orcutt's garages |
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| Interior, Etter's Exchange |
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| Fountain Trading Company, owned by FE Torbit. Built of stone quarried at Castle Rock in the early 1900s. Offered heating coal for sale in 1921 and had a free ham sandwich lunch when their new meat slicer arrived. Torbit and Slife had bought out Ames and son at this locale [Advertiser & News Sep 5, 1899]. |
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| Weekly Gazette Aug 21, 1901 |
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| Weekly Gazette Oct 10 1901 |
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| George Clarke's Paint Shop. A London native who lived in Fountain many years, George was well known for his house painting. The shop was just north of Torbit's store, and later the location of the town theater. |
These community agencies and workers were mentioned:
George I. Phillips, town clerk
Will Colbert, Water Commissioner
L.R. Templeton, Supt of the Light Plant
C.S. Templeton, Asst Supt. “ “
F.H. Monk, Mayor 1921
W.A. Godding, Mayor 1922
FE Torbit, Mayor 1920
Thomas B Pyles, Mayor (sometime between 1907-1919)
Loren Gore, former postmaster
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| Gore served from about 1914-1919. This may show the Post Office in the back of Gore Store, possibly the Woodmen Hall. |
- Odd Fellows Hall. Used by the Brotherhood men of the ME Church
- WOW Hall (Woodmen of the World). Their band played at the 1922 fair and had exhibits here.
- Baptist Church. Rev. Thomas M Graham of Denver came down to preach. At one time services were offered in town on Sunday morning, and at Pinon in the afternoon.
- Methodist Episcopal Church (=? Free Methodist Church). Selling cauliflower, mangoes, eggs, hot peppers and apples- Sept 1922.
These news items appeared in the Fountain Herald in 1921-24:
July 1921 - An annual social event called the Chatauqua took place
August 1921 - residents went to Woodland Park to see a Wild West Show. The new 100 foot long bridge over Fountain Creek at the west end of town collapsed following a storm. Repair work on it was hoped to be completed by late September, and the county work crew was digging down to shale before pouring cement for the west abutment. The bridge at Buttes – Wigwam was washed out and they were drilling for bedrock to repair the foundation. There was also 6 inches of new snow on Pikes Peak. The foundation for the new bank on Main Street was completed. The county poor farm expected a bumper crop of hay.
Sept 1921- afternoon electrical service was discontinued.
FE Torbit died in the Springs on September 12, 1921. He was born inMatoon , IL
FE Torbit died in the Springs on September 12, 1921. He was born in
Dec 1921 - Thomas Benton Pyles, born in Salem, IL in 1845, died in Fountain at the age of 76. He established his first newspaper in Salem and upon moving to Kansas in 1880, continued in this line of work. In 1890 he and his wife lived in Florrisant, CO and published the Crystal Creek Beacon. They moved to the Springs in 1904 and renamed their paper the El Paso County Democrat. They purchased the Fountain Herald in 1907. In Fountain he promoted the town’s water system, electric plant and creamery. He served as town mayor, councilman, and water rights commissioner.
May 1922- The first flood of the season began with a cloudburst over Templeton Gap and the flood swept south, washing out the tracks of the Rock Island and Santa Fe
Eighteen Army planes return home to Fort Sill
Aug 1922- several electric storms have caused damage at the telephone office, and lightning struck the cottonwood in front of the D&RG depot. Two of Mr. Minar’s cows were killed. On the Mesa, the Mesa
The Fountain Theater is showing "Sky High"- airplane stunts, on Saturday, Hawaiian Singers on Monday, and "Quick Action" starring William Russell on Tuesday.
Sep 1922 - First Fountain Valley Free Community Fair to be held Oct 3-5. Events include a horseshoe tournament, baseball games, free motion pictures, dinner, barbeque and a dance. Livestock will be judged. Besides foot races, sack races, three-legged races, wheel barrow races and pony races, there was a nail driving contest for ladies and a greasy pig contest. Prizes awarded by local merchants included: water, razors, a camera, cigars, silk hose, gas, baseballs and bats, and silver dollars. Sponsoring merchants were Sanborn Mercantile, Vanderlip Drug, Fountain Trading Company, Fountain Baseball Club, Fountain Pool Hall. Herb and Tuff Whalen will clean the Fountain Garage up for dancing, with music provided by the Woodmen Orchestra.
Sept 1923 - Close out on Ladies shoes at Sanborn & Company, in the big brick building.
June 1924- The cornerstone for the new school was laid by the Masons, with articles placed in a metal casket under the cornerstone: mason rolls, school history, Women’s club yearbook, bible, coin, newspaper. The old school was built 18 years ago. Due to the lack of rain and low water levels, sprinkling times in the town were cut.
Mrs. Biby was shot and killed by her husband Frank Biby. [Frank was born in 1894 in Colorado. He was a teamster in Lamar in 1910, and a truck driver in Pueblo in 1920, living with his parents.]
The Fountain Trading Company was buying produce from local farmers of Sunny Slope, saving them the two day trip into the Springs and the expense of lodging and horse boarding, which averaged a third of their profits.
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Fountain businesses in 1919-1920 included the Fountain Trading Company, owned by FE Torbit and GV Johnson, and the Brunswick Hotel. WA Godding ran a repair shop, and Col. WT Whalen was an auctioneer. Fountain Billiard Hall did a thriving business under AM Durfee. Continental Oil had tanks near the Santa Fe Railroad station. The DM Storey bee farm, a mile north of town on Hwy 85-87, sold honey retail.
The Orcutt Brothers Garage, later known as the Square Deal Garage, handled Ford cars and tractors. (The building was later owned by the city, first for use by the Fire Dept. When the Fire Department shifted to its Santa Fe Avenue location, the city’s water department moved in.) Trucks running from Fountain to the Springs and Pueblo were run by Russell Day, and the Fountain Valley Transfer Company, owned by RJ Lindsey. Benedict’s Carpenter Shop was better known as the Fix-It Shop. LR Virden’s Garage was the first business to greet tourists coming into town.
Ranch owners in the rural areas included FD Crabb, Asa Coan and Henry Esser. The Degan Brothers of Denver had a 12,000-acre ranch south of town. Robert Attebery was their cattle foreman, and Henry Eichel was ranch foreman.
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These advertisements appeared in the program for the First Baptist Church's Golden Jubilee in 1920.
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Fountain Herald Feb 9 and 16, 1940
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These advertisements appeared in the program for the First Baptist Church's Golden Jubilee in 1920.
Fountain Herald Feb 9 and 16, 1940
LW Hilgendorf, Publisher.
[These issues of the Fountain Herald were photocopied from originals brought into the library by a patron.]
News
The Western Union line gang has headquartered here the past six weeks, and are now moving to Colorado Springs
Chilcott Ditch Notice. Annual meeting to be held at office of AM Sayers, town clerk. Henry Benedict, Pres., WF Hinch, Sec. Sayers suffered a slight stroke and is up part of the time. His son Bruce is attending to the office work.
Last Home Game of League Series next Friday Night. Winning its eighth straight victory, Fountain overwhelmed Cripple Creek Friday night, 75-16, to insure at least a tie for the Pikes Peak Basketball championship. Fred Jacobs and Ted Cossel led the point makers with 24 and 22 points respectively. The team plays Penrose here next Friday night.
School News: Marquise Studios of Enid, Oklahoma will be in Fountain to take the seniors’ graduation pictures. The Student Council sponsored a photographer from the Springs to take pictures of the high school and grade school students.
The Churches: Methodist – Rev. EG Samuelson, John Chancellor Supt.; Free Methodist – Rev. GM Hadduck, Mrs. John Wilson Supt.; Baptist – Rev. BL Sayers.
Feature story: What do we know about our community?
Notes from a lecture by Rose Torbit
Notes from a lecture by Rose Torbit
The first building in town and in the county is said to have been the Terrell’s home, built in 1860, and long since destroyed. It was built partly of frame and partly of grout, and was on the east side of Main Street across from the Ark
Thomas Owens settled about three miles south of Fountain in 1859, and his ranch is now part of the Roby and Niles Colorado
The D&RG Railroad came into Fountain in 1872 and the Santa Fe
In the early days the Indians were a very familiar site, though there were never any battles in the Fountain valley Front Range by a horseback rider, and the women and children were forted up.
According to an old abstract she [Mrs. Torbit] had, the main part of Fountain was patented by Mr. Terrell in 1868. It was conveyed to the town of 
With a population of 600 to 700, we have four churches and all the usual businesses. The paved highway from
Advertisements:
Home made chili 5 and 10 c, PEEBLES LUNCH.
Cold weather radiator service. Square Deal Garage, AE Orcutt, proprietor.
Fountain Feed Mill. Baby chicks here soon. J. Hascol Wilson, proprietor.
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| Superior Garage, Chester and Sam Smith |
Fountain Herald Sep 10, 1948
Front Page News: First audit since 1941 alleges $13,381 shortage. More than 230 pages gone from ledger.
Front Page News: First audit since 1941 alleges $13,381 shortage. More than 230 pages gone from ledger.
- Engagement Announced: Sophie Lujan, a 1947
Fountain High School St. Joseph
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| Amadeo Duran |
- Rebeccas celebrate 97th Year with meeting in Martin’s Hall
- Odds and Ends: Mr. and Mrs. Amadeo Duran and children left for
Los Angeles - Mrs. Hascot Wilson is very proud of her new
Kenmore vacuum cleaner. Peaceful Valley : Corn feast held at the AF Rice home for the choir of theEvangelical United Brethren Church - Harvest Festival Fair, sponsored by the Grange, was set for Sept. 25. The use of the school house and grounds were requested. A big parade featuring Fountain’s own Queen will assemble on South Main Street
Fountain Herald: Published every Friday at the office, corner of Main and
These ads from the 1948 issue reveal that an Amendment was being considered to limit alcohol. 
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| Christmas in Fountain, about 1946 In back are the general store [Etter's was later owned by Fortman], the Square Deal Garage and the Fountain Garage |
POST OFFICES
The first Post Office in El Paso County was located about 6 miles south of Fountain. Its postmaster was Oliver Cotton, who was born in Indiana in 1827 and educated as a teacher. Hearing of the Gold Rush, he came west in 1859 along the Platte route, mined gold in Leadville (then California Gulch), and owned an interest in the Bobtail mine with his brothers. He returned to Michigan for his wife in 1860, established a ranch on the Fountain Creek, and dug irrigation canals on the section. Cotton served as postmaster on and off until his death in 1886.
National Archive records show that the Fountain Post Office was established on August 8, 1864, with Amos Terrell appointed postmaster that day.
Succeeding Post Masters were Edward H. Gould 1871, Clayton Croft 1873, Henry Hutchins 1880, Elvina Hutchins 1883, Albert Benedict 1886, Grace Hutchins 1897, Mr. Bell 1904, Loren Gore 1914, Nellie Pyles 1919, Cora Northup 1924, Cora Northup Jones 1928, Nellie King 1936, Mildred Cunningham 1955, and Wilbur Snyder 1957.
Succeeding Post Masters were Edward H. Gould 1871, Clayton Croft 1873, Henry Hutchins 1880, Elvina Hutchins 1883, Albert Benedict 1886, Grace Hutchins 1897, Mr. Bell 1904, Loren Gore 1914, Nellie Pyles 1919, Cora Northup 1924, Cora Northup Jones 1928, Nellie King 1936, Mildred Cunningham 1955, and Wilbur Snyder 1957.
From this article we learn that Mr. Bell, possibly Benjamin Crowell Bell, was the postmaster in 1904. His father Lancelot had died in 1899 and there were no other sons living in Fountain. Also, Mrs. Hutchin, the former postmistress, died in December 1903.
The store in which Bell had a post office was burned. One possibility is the Lock Ames Store, which stood on the east side of Main Street by the school. Another article (Bulkley) mentioned that there was no place for dances and town meetings after the store burned and before the Woodmen Hall was built in 1905.
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| Iris Mar 4, 1904 |
From this article we learn that Mr. Bell, possibly Benjamin Crowell Bell, was the postmaster in 1904. His father Lancelot had died in 1899 and there were no other sons living in Fountain. Also, Mrs. Hutchin, the former postmistress, died in December 1903.
The store in which Bell had a post office was burned. One possibility is the Lock Ames Store, which stood on the east side of Main Street by the school. Another article (Bulkley) mentioned that there was no place for dances and town meetings after the store burned and before the Woodmen Hall was built in 1905.
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| Benjamin Crowell Bell photo posted on Ancestry by Barbara Eichel Dittig 
Online indexes show that Fountain had a newspaper from about 1888 to 1890 known as the Fountain Dispatch. Here an article in it is referred to in the Rocky Mountain News on 4-28-1890- the newly opened Lock Store was offered the "opportunity" to act as the town's telephone exchange for the mere sum of $250.
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| Northeast Main Street, 1983 showing garages and shops where city hall is today |
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| John Metcalfe receives an award for plane spotting. During the cold war people were trained to identify aircraft flying overheard, and the town held regular air raid drills. |
Uncle ___ Christian's home was located on West Missouri by the AT&SF railroad tracks, near where the Loaf and Jug car wash stands today. The vacant old house was burned in 1980 by Fountain's Volunteer Fire Department to clear the lot.
The race track south of Fountain on I25 was originally used for horseracing. It was later paved, and NASCAR races were held there until about 2006.
A May 2, 1973 Fountain Valley News article notes that Bill Hambric, city administrator, got authority to make negotiations for an acre of land adjacent to East Iowa and south of the D&RG tracks, to be used as a site for a community center. The land was originally deeded from Walter Johnson to the railroad for use as a loading corral and chute. Martin Hansen, who headed the Youth Center for a number of years, proposed land south of Walnut Street. [The Iowa location was later acquired and the Walt Fortman Center built.]
Woodmen Huts - The Woodmen of the World operated a tuberculosis hospital in Colorado Springs, near where Woodmen Road adjoins I25. Individual sleeping huts ensured that patients received lots of fresh mountain air. When the facility was disbanded, the octagonal huts were sold off to indivuals. Some were attached to homes for use as sunrooms, and other were left free-standing. A home just north of Fountain library has an old run-down Woodmen Hut in the back yard. Another hut was recently donated to the city and was moved to the Adams Overlook on S. Main Street. It awaits restoration.
1900 Fountain Plat.
Data taken from County Treasurer’s book shows people who paid property taxes for land owned in Fountain that year. For comparison, see the 1871 town plat.
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Landowners Name
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Nearest cross streets
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Block 1
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Pettengill FH
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Indiana Main
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Block 1
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Campbell John
McIntyre JE
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Kentucky Main
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Block 2
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Holt Mary
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Indiana Main
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Block 2
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Terrill & Hutchin
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Indiana Main
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Block 2
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Brevoort WH
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Indiana Main
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Block 2
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Hutchins EH
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Illinois Main
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Block 2
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Campbell John
McIntyre JE
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Illinois Main
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Block 2
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Thompson GS
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Illinois Main
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Block 3
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BUTLER MJ
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Illinois Main
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Block 3
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Ames Maggie A
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Illinois Main
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Block 3
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Ames Alvin
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Illinois Main
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Block 3
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Page Mina S
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Missouri Main
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Block 3
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Hodges MB Estate
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Missouri Main
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Block 3
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Bell Mrs LE
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Missouri Main
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Block 4
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Hardin WC
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Illinois Main
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Block 4
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Benedict Margaret J
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Illinois Main
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Block 4
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Benedict William A
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Illinois Main
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Block 4
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Perkins WW
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Illinois Main
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Block 4
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Locke Barbara
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Illinois Main
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Block 4
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Barnes WR
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Illinois Main
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Block 4
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Ames, AG Estate
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Missouri Walnut
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Block 4
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Ames, MA
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Missouri Walnut
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Block 5
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Stanfield Sarah J
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Illinois Walnut
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Block 5
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Holt Mary
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Illinois Main
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Block 5
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Rhodes DL
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Illinois Main
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Block 5
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Perkins WW
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Illinois Walnut
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Block 6
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Perkins WW
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Indiana Main
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Block 7
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Walker Lucy E
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Missouri Walnut
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Block 7
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Campbell John
McIntyre JE
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Missouri Vine
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Block 7
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Barnes WR
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Missouri Walnut
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Block 7
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Peterman Alex
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Missouri Vine
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Block 7
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Benedict Margaret J
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Illinois Walnut
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Block 7
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Straw Jos C
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Illinois Vine
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Blcok 8
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Strow? Joseph C
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Missouri Vine
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Block 8
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Barnes WR
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Illinois Ring
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Block 8
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Peterman Alex
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Illinois Vine
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Block 9
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Bell Mrs LE
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Ohio Vine
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Block 9
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Campbell John
McIntyre JE
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Missouri Vine
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Block 10
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Loomis AM
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Ohio Walnut
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Block 10
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Bell Mrs LE
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Missouri VIne
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Block 10
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Loomis OS
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Missouri VIne
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Block 10
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Benedict JE
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Missouri Walnut
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Block 10
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Campbell John
McIntyre JE
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Missouri Walnut
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Block 11
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Loomis OS
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Ohio Main
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Block 11
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Holmes Mrs CN
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Missouri Main
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Block 11
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Campbell John
McIntyre JE
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Missouri Walnut
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Block 12
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Thompson GS
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Ohio Main
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Block 12
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Hutchins I est
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Ohio Race
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Block 12
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Ross Rose F
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Missouri Race
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Block 12
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Clinger Kate M
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Missouri Main
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Block 12
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Barge Ella
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Missouri Main
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Block 13
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Lauck, John H
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Missouri Race
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Block 13
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Loomis OS
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Ohio Race
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Block 14
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Loomis OS
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Ohio Race
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Block 15
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Free Methosist Church
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Ohio Race
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Block 15
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Cooke maynard E Sr
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Ohio Main
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Block 15
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Loomis OS
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Iowa Race
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Block 15
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Carlile Isabel
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Iowa Main
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Block 15
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Campbell John
McIntyre JE
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Iowa Main
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Block 16
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Locke Barbara
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Iowa Main
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Block 16
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Child CC
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Iowa Walnut
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Block 16
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Williams HT
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Ohio Main
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Block 17
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Loomis AM
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Iowa Walnut
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Block 18
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Bell Mrs LE
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Iowa Vine
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Notes from the Museum's walking tour map ( circa 2010) of Fountain show:
- the Community building at 114 N Main was built in the early 1950s by the Grange, the Extension Club, Royal Neighbors, Modern Woodmen and Rogers Lodge. In 2004 it became the home of the Museum.
- The Jail on Walnut Street, near the Library, was built in 1903 and used into the 1940s and 50s as a place for offenders to cool off. It was restored in 2005 by the Museum and Cub Scout troop 238. (The original location of the 2 town jails near the railroad stations dates from the practice of holding an offender there until the next train came through town, and then sending the person on their way. )
- Adam's Open Space was donated to the city by the George Adams family. He was a race horse breeder and trainer.
- The livery at 217 W Missouri was built by Henry Link in 1893. Adjacent to it used to stand the Brunswick Hotel, also owned by Henry Link. This burned in a fire.
- The brick house at 111 W Missouri was built in 1925 for Rose Torbit. She had the wooden house on that lot moved and this built, after her husband's death. FE Torbit managed the Fountain Trading Post, was Mayor in 1919, and a state representative. It is sometimes called the Janitell House because they owned it into the 2010s.
- The Herald News office was at 119 E Ohio. Opposite are the offices of the Fountain Valley News. (The Herald building was torn down in 2019-20.)
- The TB hut on Main Street at Illinois was donated by the Frost Ranch in 2009. It sits in the Adams Open Space Overlook.
- The house at 313 S Main was built in 1864 as a one story residence by Henry Hutchin, engineer for the Santa Fe Railroad. The second story was added before 1888, as photos after the Blast which took Henry's life show 2 stories.
- First Baptist Church at 201 N Main Street was founded in 1870, and a church built in 1884 near the Santa Fe depot. After the church was leveled by the blast of 1888, it was rebuilt in the same location, but then moved to Main Street in 1913. A parsonage was built at 111 N Race Street in 1909.
- Aga Park is named for Sigurd Aga, Fountain's Mayor in 1966. A Splash Park was added here.
- Nearby at 405 N El Paso is an old house, built in 1869. It was home to Wanden Kane, who was Fountain's first woman mayor in 1942. In 1986 a murder confession was found in the home during renovation. Dated 1893, John Spicer confessed to a murder.
- The First Methodist Church at 509 N Main Street was founded in 1912. In 1969 it was sold to the Masons.
