Ted's Place is a gas station in

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, United States. Ted's Place is located near the mouth of the

Poudre Canyon The Poudre Canyon is a narrow verdant canyon, approximately 40 mi (64 km) long, on the upper Cache la Poudre River (called the "Poudre" for short, which locals pronounce as "Pooder") in Larimer County, Colorado in the United States. Th ...

, approximately northwest of

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. In May, 1922, Ted Herring opened a filling station and store at the intersection of

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and

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. The popular stop near the canyon was quickly named 'Ted's Place' by local residents. After Herring's death in 1963, the property had various owners and as of 2016 is owned by

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. There are "a number of log cabins built by forgotten pioneers" to the south.

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