the Civil War and had settled temporarily in Greeley in 1872. The following year, Flowers followed the Poudre upstream and founded the town of "Bellevue" later that year (the name was later shortened). The area was considered desirable by the Union Pacific Railroad because of the many stone quarries in the area near the town of Stout (now flooded by Horsetooth Reservoir). The influx of railroad workers to work the quarries prompted Flowers to open a general store, saloon, barber shop, and post office. In 1880 he built a one-story sandstone structure to house his business. The Bellvue Post Office opened in the building on June 24, 1884. The building served as the local general store and post office up through the middle 20th century, when it became the meeting house of Cache la Poudre Grange, Chapter 456 of the Colorado State grange, a designation for which it is now commonly known. Flowers also constructed a track and bandstand south of town that was used for horse racing, community celebrations, traveling medicine shows, and dog and pony shows. Geography Bellvue is located at (40.625679,-105.171089). See also Outline of Colorado Index of Colorado-related articles State of Colorado Colorado cities and towns Colorado counties Larimer County, Colorado Colorado metropolitan areas Front Range Urban Corridor North Central Colorado Urban Area Fort Collins-Loveland, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area References External links History of Larimer County, Colorado, Ansel Watrous (1911). Unincorporated communities in Larimer County, Colorado Unincorporated communities in Colorado