The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Settlement of the area which would become Colo began in 1856 when the small village of New Albany was founded. By the early 1860s the railroad reached the area with the first train station in Story County being built in the community in 1863. Colo would be incorporated on April 26, 1876 and would take its name from the dog of railroad official John Blair. Reportedly Colo the dog succumbed to a grisly fate as it was crushed by a train that was carrying construction material. The community would see an influx of visitors in the 1920s and 1930s with the completion of
the Lincoln and Jefferson highways which intersect in Colo at the Reed/Niland Corner.
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Start Colo’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Colo’s history is told.
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Nothing in Colo is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Colo has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Mulcahy Barn in Colo, 2.5 miles away.
Colo and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.