Big Thompson History
Stage Line to Idlewild
The completion of the Riley Road in 1903 marked the beginnings of a tourist boom in the Big Thompson Canyon. For the first time a road went through the narrows, which would allow travelers to bypass…
Frank Marvin the Murderer of Idlewild
In 1878 Frank Marvin, the trapper of Idlewild, was tending to his traps in the Buckhorn canyon when he came across a mule. Not seeing anyone about he took the mule back to his camp, and was…
Frank Marvin the Trapper of Idlewild
One of the first persons to be documented living in the Big Thompson Canyon was a trapper by the name of Frank Marvin. Frank was born in Ohio around the year 1829. At the age of 29 he made his first…
Forgotten Rock Formations of the Big Thompson
The Big Thompson Canyon is an ever changing landscape. Rock falls, floods, and human development have dramatically changed the canyon in the last hundred years. So many landmarks that were once…