Founders Day

Raleigh's Pumpkin Patch

By Denise Fisher (2012)

In the early 1960s, Edith and Raleigh Brooks were raising six young children. Raleigh had acquired a position at Colorado State University as the Assistant State 4-H Leader, and the Brooks, looking for a rural setting in which to raise their growing family, bought an acreage in Timnath and built a new house. As a 4-H project, the Brooks oldest son, Ken, drew up a floor plan for the house that they would build. With six kids, it was a priority that each child had a room of their own. “With so many people in the house, everyone needs a place to get away,” Edith said.

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More Grows in a Community Garden

By Denise Fisher (August 2006)

Walk down a path through the Timnath Community Garden and you will see the late-season riot of tangled pumpkin and squash vines, corn stalks (a little raccoon eaten), towering sunflowers and a myriad of plants in a mosaic of square plots covering an acre of land. You may see a baby bunny under a pumpkin leaf, and you may hear a discussion between gardeners about the best solutions for tomato blossom end rot. You may hear a boy exclaiming over the size of his pumpkin, or you may hear a toddler learning her first words, which include “hose” and “flower” (which comes out sounding more like “wower”).

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The Garden Shed Project

By Diane Fusaro (24 APRIL 2008)

TIMNATH, Colo. – A historic weigh scale shed will be moved the week of May 5th to the Timnath Community Garden on Main Street. The shed, owned by Debbie and Rick Myers, was originally used by the Great Western Railroad and was part of the Kluver beet dump, located off of Larimer County Road 1.

Debbie and Rick Myers added to their farm in 1986 by purchasing property from the railroad, which included the shed. Until 1971 there was a rail spur running through the property according to Colorado Railroads by Tivis E. Wilkins. The town of Kluver sprang up along this branch. Sugar beets, potatoes and sheep were hauled on this rail line. The rail spur was gone when the Myers took ownership, but they did salvage the shed by moving it to a temporary location in their hay field. The Myers were pleased to discover that the shed could be used by the Timnath Community Garden, as they needed to re-seed their field and had determined the 10’ by 12’ shed would have to be removed.

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