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From Modoc to Niwot - a railroad town

Third in a series of articles highlighting Niwot's 150-year history.

If you've ever wondered why the streets of Niwot's old town are laid out as they are, consider that what we now know as Niwot was originally just a section house along the railroad tracks that ran from Longmont to Boulder.

The railroad was extremely important to early area farmers, who by then were producing crops on land served...

 
 

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