High up on a hill overlooking Fort Collins, a giant “A” marks the town as the home of the CSU – Rams? One winter day in 1923, Colorado Agricultural College students hiked up a hillside near what is now Horsetooth Reservoir with rocks, tools, and determination. The Aggies had earned their “A.”
The following year, the emblem was expanded to 450 feet top to bottom and painted white, making it visible from both campus and the city. Later the Aggies became the Rams, then the school became Colorado State University. But the A on the hillside remains. What began as a lime-and-water bucket brigade paint job is now done with a generator-powered sprayer and a volunteer team of students and alumni. And every year, new students hike to the “A” to leave a small white pebble as a symbol of their place in CSU’s history.
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Colorado Postcards are snapshots of our colorful state in sound. They give brief insights into our people and places, our flora and fauna, and our past and present, from every corner of Colorado.
