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Commission holds Juneteenth program on Charlie Clay; speakers call for recognition of local Black pioneer
Summary
The commission’s June 18 meeting included a Juneteenth program about Charles “Charlie” Clay, a Black Fort Collins pioneer whose life was recounted by Meg Dunn and featured in a city video narrated by CSU historian Alexander Pittman.
The Historic Preservation Commission’s June 18 meeting included a Juneteenth history presentation focused on Charles “Charlie” Clay, a Black pioneer who figures prominently in early Fort Collins accounts.
Meg Dunn, president of the Fort Collins Historical Society, narrated Clay’s life in a 25‑minute presentation and screened a short video produced for the city. Dunn summarized archival evidence that Clay was born into slavery in Callaway County, Missouri; left for the West during the Civil War era; worked as a cook for military units and at stage stations; and later settled in Northern Colorado where he worked as a hotel cook, barber and a one‑man city…
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