In 1882, James B. Arthur commissioned Denver architects Nichols and Canman to design and build a mansion residence in the town of Fort Collins. At age 51, having made a fortune selling hay and raising cattle, it was time to move to town to pursue irrigation, gypsum and plaster, banking, sugar beet processing, brickmaking, and more.

The board of directors of the Fort Collins-Colorado Sugar company chosen at the annual meeting held in Denver on Wednesday, is the same as it was last year, namely: B.F. Hottel, J.A. Brown, F.C. Avery, and James B. Arthur of Fort Collins; M.D. Thatcher of Pueblo; C.W. Waterman, W.A. Dixon, C.S. Morey and Chas. Boettcher of Denver.