Bobcat Ridge

The chicken house, built in the late 1800s, is no longer collapsing after a recent restoration project at Bobcat Ridge Natural Area. (Pamela Johnson / Loveland Reporter-Herald)

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An old well, seen through the window of a historic cabin, provided water for families who lived and farmed on land near Masonville that is now the Bobcat Ridge Natural Area. ( Pamela Johnson / Loveland Reporter-Herald)

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The inside of the Pioneer Cabin at Bobcat Ridge Natural Area has been furnished to look as it would have when homesteaders lived on the property, which is located near Masonville. (Pamela Johnson / Loveland Reporter-Herald)

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The inside of a restored chicken house with the original wooden boxes in which the chickens laid eggs and a wooden roost. This was restored as part of a project to save the history at Bobcat Ridge Natural Area. (Pamela Johnson/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

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The scenery at Bobcat Riade Natural Area ranges from meadows to red rock in an area rich with history. Meadowlarks are known to perch upon this tree at the natural area located near Masonville. (Pamela Johnson / Loveland Reporter-Herald)

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Emily Olivo, an educator with Fort Collins Natural Areas, demonstrates how this wheel was once used to sharpen tools. (Pamela Johnson / Loveland Reporter-Herald)

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Emily Olivo, an educator with Fort Collins Natural Areas, demonstrates a hand wringer and wash board Saturday, June 4, 2016, that pioneers used during the time they lived in the historic cabin located at Bobcat Ridge Natural Area. (Pamela Johnson / Loveland Reporter-Herald)

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