Jacob Flowers was an early white 19th century settler in Larimer County, Colorado.
The valley had been settled by white homesteaders starting in 1860, and the area just south of the town near Stout (under present-day Horsetooth Reservoir) was the location of stone quarries developed by the Union Pacific Railroad.
In 1880, Flowers founded a general store in Bellvue to cater to the quarry workers and their families.
He developed and garden and raised pigs for unfortunate families of quarry workers, a generosity that earned him the name "Uncle Jacob" in the local press during his lifetime.
The road was widely used for passage along the south bank of the Poudre River, as well as to access the timber in the foothills.